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Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press [view article]
Root Problem: FRE & FNM used up to 100x leverage, AIG & LEH used up to 30X leverage; and that's after the banks used up to 10X Leverage on financial debt. This has to be stopped. The root problem going back to 1912 has to be fixed.WWW.GrandfatherReport....
Richard Fuld, CEO of LEH, admitted to 30x leverage contributing to the problem.
Now I read on seekingalpha.com about FRE and FNM doing 100:01 leverage on their debt insurance.
Most investment banks were leveraged by a ratio of 30 to 1, and they were dealing with billions of dollars instead of thousands. Government sponsored mortgage giants Freddie (FRE) and Fannie were using leverage closer to 100 to 1, because of their supposedly stricter lending standards and implicit government backing.
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How can "we the people" know the root cause is being "fixed" if we don't know about the root cause. Most of the news is telling us the root cause is a lack of confidence about all those mortgages being paid as agreed.
And are we sure we understand what happens when 100:01 leverage is applied after the fractional banking reserve requirement is applied? Maybe if this subject needs a spotlight to get people's attention. Then maybe the "lack of confidence" could be better understood.
GrandfatherReport.Us Reply
Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press [view article]
Richard Fuld, CEO of LEH, admitted to 30x leverage contributing to the problem.Now I read on seekingalpha.com about FRE and FNM doing 100:01 leverage on their debt insurance.
Most investment banks were leveraged by a ratio of 30 to 1, and they were dealing with billions of dollars instead of thousands. Government sponsored mortgage giants Freddie (FRE) and Fannie were using leverage closer to 100 to 1, because of their supposedly stricter lending standards and implicit government backing.
seekingalpha.com/artic...
How can "we the people" know the root cause is being "fixed" if we don't know about the root cause. Most of the news is telling us the root cause is a lack of confidence about all those mortgages being paid as agreed.
And are we sure we understand what happens when 100:01 leverage is applied after the fractional banking reserve requirement is applied? Maybe if this subject needs a spotlight to get people's attention. Then maybe the "lack of confidence" could be better understood.
GrandfatherReport.Us
On Sep 17 01:17 PM kmca1989 wrote:
> yep - i'm getting spanked - having only invested @ august 1, i've
> still managed to catch up w/ the rest of the market's hideous downturn
> by being overly optimistic (and overweight) concerning financials. Reply
Stop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
I made a huge amount of money last week until I got caught in a short squeeze and then I "broke" even.(It's hard being broke.) Reply
Stop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
The real "terrorist" of late are the producers of pesssimism, like the ratings companies, and "journalist slop" such as this __ all added to the probability that "Robinhood" will be elected to the White House. ReplyBulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
Last time you argue with Buffet, his buy and you recommend sell. Today you agree with Buffet, buy GE. Are you promote to one of Berkshire staff now? ReplyStop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
cmetrader, I also see where he made this comment on Tues , Oct. 7th: "I expect the market to become less volatile and that should give us some greattrading opportunites".hahaha, great call there!!!!!! Reply
Lepoff, M.D.
Bulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
"There is a bull market somewhere and I will help you fine it."Well???? Reply
Lepoff, M.D.
Bulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
BxCapricorn said it the best. I just change the channel. Cramer is another good reason to sell GE. The fact that they keep him on TV and actually pretent to the world that he knows something proves bad management everywhere. The more people listen to Cramer, the more they will lose. ReplyStop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
iThinkBig- right about government debt problems not until 2011. Obama runs national debt, not to fight a war that the rest of the world secretly knows has to be fought or their own hides are in for trouble, but to provide health care and other social programs for citizens of the US. The world calls in their debt, we go bankrupt, our dollars are worth 0 and this little blip in the market looks like a walk in the park. I hope for our sakes I am wrong. Replyer
GE Earnings Could Be the Last Straw [view article]
Setting and Meeting realistic expectations and adapting to change are two of the reasons that GE has been able to prosper over its 127 years. Unfortunately, Immelt created very unrealistic expectations and couldn't meet them, but the current crisis appears to have changed this. GE's new expectations, though challenging, are more realistic and Immelt and his team are adapting to the new reality. If this continues and the focus is on reducing complexity and not just GOING BIG, GE and its stakeholders will win and the company will again become a "safehaven" and its stock price will grow.Bill Rothschild, author of THE SECRET TO GE's SUCCESS, the only comprehensive and objective GE strategic history and now a global best seller. Reply
Bulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
LET HIM LIVE; HE SAID MERELY ONCE WHAT HE THOUGHT; AND GUESS WHAT, PEOPLE CLOSE TO RETIREMENT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE MARKET WHEN HE SAID IT. THERE IS NO TIME FOR THEM TO COME BACK FROM THIS NOW. AS LONG AS THE FEDS ARE TRYING TO KEEP HOUSING UP, AND THEY WILL DO THAT, IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO ELEVATE THINGS; AND DON'T CONFUSE THINGS; INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS CAN'T MOVE THE MARKET THAT MUCH. IT'S THE FAT CATS WHO ARE DUMPING AND MOVING INTO CASH AND ALL SORTS OF EXOTIC STUFF. BE AWARE OF THE CREDIT SWAPS. THEY ARE NEXT. WELL AT LEAST SNEAKY PAULSON PLANS ON NOT LETTING THE BIG BANKS GO. WHICH IS SORT OF MAZING HE GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. ReplyStop the Week, We Want to Get Off [view article]
Had you listned to Phil and bought those positions when the QQQQs hit $30, you would have made more than 80% on the day. ReplyBulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
Way to go on Apple. Those that followed your advice missed an opportunity to make money. But at least you are consistent--you have never called Apple right! ReplyBulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
Great advice on Apple! Everyone that followed it, missed the run up! But at least you are consistent at not ever calling Apple correctly! ReplyBulls Take a Stand - Cramer's Stop Trading! (10/10/08) [view article]
Great advice on Apple! Everyone that followed it, missed the run up! But at least you are consistent at not ever calling Apple correctly! Reply