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See you in court

The list of financial services companies that are being sued as a result of the problems in the US sub prime mortgage market and the following credit crisis is very long. Famous names such as Merrill...

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Can you believe it’s been a year since the crash of 2008?

Like many people, I was very disappointed to hear today that the World Economic Forum (WEF) bumped the United States down from #1 to #2 in their ranking of the world’s most competitive economies....

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Lending again!!

Yearend is full of “best of’s” and “worst of’s.”  I must admit that I find most of them pretty tiresome.  It’s only 30 December, but I found the best of the best news item today.  It was about lending....

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Banks, TARP, and OWS Protests: Why confuse an otherwise interesting story...

As a downtown Manhattan resident, I have had the unique opportunity of experiencing the OWS protesters first hand.  I have talked to a few and I have observed their protest.  I have to say upfront that...

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2012 Predictions? Forget Nostradamus and the Mayan Calendar– we’ve got IDC’s...

Any fan of the History Channel knows that, when it comes to forecasts and predictions, 2012 expects to be an extraordinary year.  Whether the Mayan calendar really predicts the “end of the world” on...

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Banks are getting smaller, but the shadows are getting longer.

It seems pretty clear that one of the effects – intended or otherwise – of all this regulation will be that banks will get smaller.  Higher capital requirements and difficulties raising money (not to...

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Retail renaissance they call it…

You have to give it to the Economist.  It’s the most well-written magazine on the planet, and they do such a good job with their Special Sections.  This week is about International banking...

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Mortgages save the day….wait, seriously?

JPMC and Wells Fargo reported strong earnings this week, on the back of – yes – growth in their mortgage business results.  Jamie Dimon cited a 57% profit increase in that business unit and Wells Fargo...

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Its the interest rates, stupid.

Okay, so the saying is actually “it’s the economy, stupid,” but in actuality until interest rates start to recover a bit, the banking sector is going to continue to struggle.  The first earnings...

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Mortgage Originations are up: how are we doing on transparency?

(By guest blogger, Sam Baker, Xerox Business Development Principal sam.baker@xerox.com) I’m sure I’m not alone in my enthusiasm about the housing marketing picking up and banks lending prudently....

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