Plans to Hide Commercial Real Estate Losses Won’t Avert a Double-Dip Downturn
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By Shah Gilani, Contributing Editor, Money Morning
Sooner or later, mounting losses on commercial real estate could crash through the market's 2009 optimism and send the economy and stocks into a double-dip downturn.
The major problem is that lawmakers and regulators are setting up investors into believing that commercial real estate (CRE) losses are being [...]
This Time, It’s Different
Have you ever heard those words before? No, me either
One of my "must read" newsletters is written by John Mauldin and it's called – appropriately – John Mauldin's Weekly E-Letter. I get it each week in my inbox; I suggest you do the same.
I will caution you, however, that it may scare the pants [...]
Mortgage Rates Hit All-Time Low
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I've recently been very lax in keeping up with the news. Last I heard, Dubai caused a minor stir in the already-screwed up credit markets, sending markets into a tizzy.
I saw on today's newspaper the big headline, "Mortgage Rates at All-Time Lows." Sheesh. Haven't we seen this TV show before?
Must we go down the same [...]
JP Morgan Chase Up on Earnings Report
Banks, insurers head higher – MarketWatch
A quartet of top U.S. bank stocks rose on Wednesday after J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. reported earnings that surpassed Wall Street estimates, and the insurance sector also weighed in with gains to lift financial stocks more than 2%.
I suggest that the management at JPM horde all that cash, as [...]
New Video Series: Economists Do It with Models
How’s that for a catchy title? My friend, Jodi Beggs, has begun a video series on intro to econ. If you even remotely are interested in learning about the “dismal science” then you ought to check them out!
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