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  • Mortgage Fraud: The Root of Our Economic Malaise by Tom Armistead
    Mortgage Fraud is a very unpopular topic. It is simply not something anybody wants to talk about at all, let alone trace the corrosive effects of the dishonesty of our neighbors and fellow citizens on the fabric of the economy. However, it is not something that will go away. Indeed, the longer... More »
    December 27, 2009 • RDN, MTG, PMI
  • MBIA: Tax Arcana by Tom Armistead
    MBIA (MBI) recently filed an 8-K with the SEC, explaining its current situation with regard to the availability of tax refunds under the recently enacted 5 year NOL carryback provisions.  I have read it over several times and I am still scratching my head in puzzlement. Here is a... More »
    November 18, 2009 • MBI
  • US Financial Instituions: Does the Collective Balance Sheet Add Up? by Tom Armistead
    U.S. Financial Institutions are interconnected – as the fall of Lehman demonstrated, they are tied together and interwoven in a complex web of obligations which can rip, run or unravel with unexpected consequences. As such, they may be regarded, for analytical purposes, as having one... More »
    November 13, 2009 • C, JPM, BAC
  • Daily Distribution Report by daasmt
      The Markets gained $589 billion in market cap yesterday. The Market Distribution Chart for the SPX (69.6%) rose to Very OverBought (OB), the NYSE (55.8%) rose to Little OB and the NASDAQ (38.9%) remains Mostly OverSold (OS). The SPX distribution chart remains "to the... More »
    November 10, 2009 • MBI
  • Have Moody’s and S&P (and Fitch) Seen the Light (Part 2)? by Mark Alexander
    The original idea for this article, when it was conceived around the beginning of August, was to highlight a number of cases where S&P’s ratings for residential mortgage-backed securities remained completely unrealistic, and make a side comment about financial guarantor... More »
    October 21, 2009 • MBI, AGO, MHP
  • Know thyself: My personal 'Hall of Shame' by Jasper M
        Robert Prechter's advise for successful trading is largely focused on discipline. One major component of this is admitting your mistakes.    I believe there can be no better way to accomplish this than to share your performance - that way, if you are failing,... More »
    October 21, 2009 • WFT, MBI, AIG
  • MBIA Cops Another Downgrade by Tom Armistead
    S&P cut MBIA (MBI) another notch, from BBB to BB+.  I still remember when the company starting shedding those nine A's, every loss was huge, the stock would tank, plunge, plummet, etc.  Market response has been mild, the stock is off 4% as I type this, and looking at a 3 month... More »
    September 29, 2009 • MBI
  • MBIA: Inexhaustible Supply of Shares by Tom Armistead
    Today MBIA (MBI) was up as much at 25% on no news, options action was very heavy, volume greatly in excess of open interest on the Oct 8, 9, 10 and 11 strikes. The amazing part was that 40 million shares changed hands.  Ownership has become progressively more concentrated between Warburg... More »
    September 22, 2009 • MBI, ABK
  • 50 Four Day September Expiration Option Ideas by Marco Hickey
    With the September options expiration approaching us in just 4 days, I thought I would outline some trade ideas on stocks I wouldn't mind going long (with the exception of AIG), that would return good percentages in just 4 days. When using the buy/write option strategy, it is important that you... More »
    September 15, 2009 • SPY, DIA, QQQQ
  • Fast Money Final Trade for 8-28-09 by Market Fisher
    Joe Terranova says “time to buy gold.”Pete Najarian recommends long MBIA (MBI) .Neither Guy Adami nor Steve Cortes had stock picks, sorry!Disclosure: None
    August 28, 2009 • MBI

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