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Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...erest-only options or any of the other fancy stuff that got so many borrowers in trouble during the subprime mortgage-lending crisis — if they choose.
But the Washington Post today asks an impo...
Secret Allergy Triggers Revealed
in Allergies, on June 20, 2009
... © flm Did you know that limes can trigger your allergies? Apparently, lime and other citrus fruits contain a compound called limonene , which gives many people watery eyes and a burning sensatio...
Does owning a home have to be the American Dream?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 17, 2009
We like to find people to blame for our problems, don't we? And today, a lot of us are busy looking for people to blame for the mortgage meltdown the country is currently suffering through.
You know all about the meltdown: Housing foreclosures are soaring. Owners are walking away from thei...
How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
... you ever wanted to know — and then some — about mortgage loans, bad lending practices, subprime mortgages and the reasons why the mortgage industry went so wrong: It's NPR, of course....
Are reverse mortgages the next trouble spot?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
...ke action to prevent reverse mortgages from causing some of the same problems for homeowners that subprime loans have already caused.
Reverse mortgages are popular these days. They let homeowners 6...
Wells Fargo accused of pushing bad loans on African-Americans
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
... Bank singled out African-American borrowers in Baltimore and suburban Maryland for high-interest subprime mortgages.
Baltimore has since filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo. The city claims that t...
Subprime and racism
in Sox First, on June 7, 2009
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One of the things that has disturbed me the most about the subprime crisis is the impact it's had on the African American and Hispanic communities, and the way banks had targeted these people ...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...ated $461 billion worth of mortgage loans. Too many of those loans, though, were bad ones. When the subprime lending crisis hit, Countrywide quickly fell apart.
Mozilo was once the king of the mortga...
What the GM bankruptcy means
in Sox First, on June 1, 2009
...ize and global scope, GM is more complicated, so I would be concerned if I was the one pulling the trigger on this bankruptcy," Jeremy Anwyl, chief executive of the auto research Web site Edmunds...
More housing woes
in Sox First, on May 29, 2009
...rtgagees are in serious trouble. What's even more concerning is the fact that it's not the subprime loans that are the main cause of the problem. Prime fixed-rate loans now represent the larg...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...difications aren't quite working .
The paper cites a Fitch Ratings report that points out that subprime loans that have been modified are turning bad again at high rates, even with a change in lo...
Looking to buy? Your mortgage loan might be smaller than ever
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 13, 2009
...elling today.
And qualifying for a mortgage loan today is more difficult, as lenders, stung by the subprime lending crisis, are doing everything they can to avoid passing out mortgage money to borrow...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
...g virtual products as they did in financial markets wasn't serving anyone. Neither was flogging subprime packages to people who couldn't repay them, securitising them in packages that nobody c...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
...won't crack down on them? First comes its report showing that that the top 25 originators of subprime loans, the $1 trillion worth of assets that created the meltdown were owned and financed by...
Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
... loan (S&L) crisis, the 2001 recession by Enron and the latest by the totally amoral selling of subprime mortgages to people who would never be able to repay them, and their securitization in pack...
Improving Indoor Air Quality
in Allergies, on April 30, 2009
...ple who are sensitive to these chemicals. They can cause watery eyes and sore throats and even can trigger coughing and shortness of breath. Choose milder yet effective cleaning aids like those that u...
Diabetes Drug Januvia May Trigger Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer
in Daily Diabetic, on April 30, 2009
A new study from UCLA's Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center found that the type 2 diabetes drug sitagliptin - sold in pill form as Januvia - could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users.
Researche...
What's the State of Your Air?
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 30, 2009
...ople who are sensitive to these chemicals. They can cause watery eyes and sore throats and even can trigger coughing and shortness of breath. Choose milder yet effective cleaning aids like those that ...
Think Big! Could Sun/ORCL Trigger IBM/SAP Combo?
in Wangtam, on April 24, 2009
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More bad news ahead, says Roubini
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...rtgage delinquencies comes when you break down the figures further. According to the data, 39.8% of subprime borrowers were at least 30 days behind on their home mortgage loans, up 23.7% from last yea...
Effortless Power in the Downswing
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 24, 2009
...omments instantly reminded me of an old Golf Digest tip many, many years ago in which the downswing trigger was likened to a "bump and turn" - you "bump" the weight from your back ...
GM - too big to fail?
in Sox First, on March 7, 2009
...ts from those suppliers. We are talking here about millions of jobs and if they go, that could well trigger a global depression. Maybe that's why some investors are hanging in there, and counting...
Lactic Acid Bacteria as Vehicle for Anthrax Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 24, 2009
...tine".
There, the vaccine targets the first line of immune cells - dendritic cells - that can trigger the mucosal immune system to respond to and elicit protection against anthrax. In the study,...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...take over the US economy, a turbo-charged growth of financial debt and extending mortgage credit to subprime and other unqualified buyers, swelling the housing, mortgage and credit bubble to the point...
The meltdown and fascism: minister warns
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
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In his book The Subprime Solution , economist Robert Shiller warns that in good times people are willing to co-operate and accommodate others but when optimism for the future turns sour, they bec...
Wii Webkinz - not yet but...?
in WebKinzBlog, on January 21, 2009
...owser and go to Webkinz, you'll get the main Webkinz.com to come up but you can't get it to trigger the window to play without downloading a more updated version of Flash, which the Wii browse...
Beware of Twitter: lawyers
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
...ere are potential invasion of privacy and defamation issues, not to mention the potential for it to trigger claims for workplace retaliation and wrongful termination. The other big issue is that twee...
New Year, Diabetes and Low T
in Daily Diabetic, on January 9, 2009
...r of his health issues in the New Year. Research suggests that an increasing mid-section in men may trigger other health problems like depression and even low testosterone (with symptoms like sexual...
Subprime meltdown drives litigation
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...were sued in a federal securities class action in 2008, compared to only 5 percent in 2007. And the subprime/liquidity crisis was associated with 97 federal securities class actions. In 2008, 111 cla...
Blocking Allergies with Pre-Treatment
in Allergies, on December 31, 2008
...nical professor of immunology at the University of South Florida. So if you know the allergens that trigger your allergies, getting a jump on them should be easy.
Consult your allergist if this appro...
Hypoallergenic Flowers
in Allergies, on December 20, 2008
...amples of these are Lilies , orchids and tea roses.
Want some flowers that will definitely not trigger your hay fever? Go artificial! Silk flowers are not only nose-friendly, you can keep them fo...
Obamas Search for a Hypoallergenic Dog
in Allergies, on December 11, 2008
... So the Obamas are looking for a hypoallergenic dog to bring to the White House that won't trigger the President's daughter's dog allergies. Wel,, that's going to be a tough order. ...
Why did the housing meltdown happen in the US?
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...preventing riskier loans. And finally, there was the unique role of securitisation which encouraged subprime lending. The big question for the US now is whether the egg can be unscrambled. Given that...
The Subprime Solution - Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
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Have just finished reading Robert Shiller's The Subprime Solution which offers plenty of food for thought. Provocative and unsettling stuff. Shiller argues that the the impact of the US hou...
US market: it's back to 1997
in Sox First, on November 21, 2008
...loomberg says the collapse comes as writedowns and credit losses stemming from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market reaches $965 billion. And it's growing. The market is responding to da...
How the predication models failed
in Sox First, on November 11, 2008
...rectly predicted that a drop in real estate prices of 10 or 20 percent would imperil the market for subprime mortgage-backed securities but the analysts assigned a very low probability to that happeni...
Deutsche Bank's accounting shell games
in Sox First, on November 5, 2008
...o be strongly capitalized. The message: the banks are capable of lending even more. But when the US subprime loan market collapsed, resulting in the credit crunch, those same assets have been marked d...
Greenspan's legacy
in Sox First, on October 25, 2008
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In his book The Age of Turbulence , former Fed chief Alan Greenspan proclaimed that subprime was a good thing for America. "The gains were especially dramatic among Hispanics and blacks, as ...
Is reverse offshoring a trend?
in Supplychainer, on October 24, 2008
...ation, the complaints of some companies about the quality of offshore service/products is enough to trigger the change; but a recent survey done by Duke University shows that still most of the compani...
One Version of How the Meltdown Happened
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 20, 2008
...ill happen in the future.
Ben Stein goes on to give a generally understandable explanation of the subprimes mess and credit swaps and other financial instruments you and I will never grasp completely...
Financial meltdown and climate change
in Sox First, on October 17, 2008
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Why does the subprime meltdown remind me of our inability to deal with climate change? Both are the result of market failure, both are symptoms of the inability of government and markets to plan f...
Forecasts of the economic disaster
in Sox First, on October 13, 2008
... of risk have becomes concentrated in the hands of relatively few derivatives dealers ... which can trigger serious systematic problems"), Joseph Stiglitz ("The economy's weaknesses ...
How the Credit Crisis is (Sort Of) Like 9/11
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 1, 2008
... as us shaking our heads from afar at the greed of Wall Street and the stupidity of Willy -nilly subprime mortgages could now morph into a financial crisis that will personally touch us, that reall...
Washington Mutual - another one bites the dust
in Sox First, on September 26, 2008
...ating had been cut to junk status by Standard&Poor's. It has already lost $6.3 billion on subprime mortgages and was facing $19 billiion in losses over the next two and a half years. An e...
Boxing Cox
in Sox First, on September 23, 2008
...buddies in corporate America and on Wall Street." One thing for sure. When the history of the subprime and debt mess is written, Cox will not be spared.
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Is AIG next?
in Sox First, on September 16, 2008
... used by many companies world-wide to manage a range of risks, including exposure to investments in subprime mortgages. Its demise would potentially make it harder or more expensive for businesses to ...
Pegasus Sees 36th Month Of Positive Returns
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 12, 2008
...g the 36th subsequent month of positive returns for the Pegasus Auto Loan Fund, which invests in US subprime auto loans.
In the $200 billion auto industry there is high demand for auto loan originati...
Why the markets imploded
in Sox First, on September 12, 2008
...ent when you read this IMMF working paper Transmission of Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from the 2007 Subprime Crisis . The blame is sheeted home to the unprecedented complexity and integration. "...
What Does Hypoallergenic Mean?
in Allergies, on August 28, 2008
...at a product is hypoallergenic.
So although the term implies that a product may be less likely to trigger allergic reactions, one should take it with a grain of salt. In fact, I've seen a lot of...
Trusted eSentry Security: Innovative RFID Facial Recognition System
in The RFID Weblog, on August 22, 2008
...ances of stealing and copying of information is limited as there is no central database which could trigger the same. This is a multi authentication platform which brings together RFID and facial reco...
Wal-Mart CEO says US contagion spreading
in Sox First, on August 15, 2008
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Is this the canary in the coal mine? In another sign that the effects of the US subprime crisis have spread globally, Bloomberg reports that global business air traffic fell 0.4 percent in June...
Risk managers come clean
in Sox First, on August 11, 2008
... bundles of risky debt, including mortgages, bonds backed by some of the riskiest home loans in the subprime market, credit card debt, loans to private equity, all parcelled up into neat little sectio...
Subprime + volatility = litigation
in Sox First, on July 30, 2008
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It's clear that the subprime debacle has resulted in an outpouring of litigation. The trend was fairly obvious just months ago when I looked at the issue here . Now, the trned seems to be ga...
Merrill Lynch's day of reckoning
in Sox First, on July 29, 2008
...hrough a public share offering. That's after revealing another $5.7 billion in write-downs on subprime mortgages. Significantly, Merrill Lynch's total writedowns are now put at close to $4...
Asthmatic Kids with Food Allergies Need Second Dose of Epinephrine
in Allergies, on July 28, 2008
...otal of 95 anaphylactic reactions. Parents of the children were asked to recall the suspected food trigger, how rapidly symptoms developed and the timing of treatment.
Of the 95 reactions treated with...
How GERD Trigger Asthma
in Allergies, on July 25, 2008
...any patients with asthma also suffer from GERD ( gastroesophageal reflux disease).
GERD triggers asthma, as recently found:
Working in laboratory experiments with mice, Dr. Shu Lin, an a...
GM staves off bankruptcy
in Sox First, on July 16, 2008
... is the problem with GM? One way of looking at it is to say that high oil prices, combined with the subprime debacle, has stopped people buying its cars. But Toyota has responded quickly to a fall of...
Ratproxy, a passive audit tool for your web services
in HackITLinux, on July 12, 2008
Ratproxy is described as a " semi-automated, largely passive web application security assessment tool", by Google. This tool was released by Google to help developers and system administrators monitor their web traffic without taxing the system too much.
Subprime's hot spinoff: arson
in Sox First, on July 7, 2008
Another sign of desperate times! Expect a record number of arson incidents with the growing number of mortgage defaults, reports Bloomberg . Still, you would have to ask why people would do it when, as the policy holder, you would be the first suspect on the list. People do dumb things ...
Citrulline: Watermelon Compound That Gives Viagra-Like Effects?
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 6, 2008
... such effects, called citrulline .
Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happe...
Moody's subprime error bug
in Sox First, on July 4, 2008
Ratings agency Moody's has admitted that it incorrectly graded several European mortgage debt instruments because of a computer bug. The agency admits that it incorrectly gave its highest AAA rating to about $1bn worth of European "constant proportion debt obligations" (whi...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 31
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 1, 2008
...e whole first 4 paragraphs of this letter are worth reproducing here, especially as pertains to the subprime crisis that so many people are still feeling the effects of:
Our gain in net worth during ...
Cats Can Trigger Allergies in Some Children
in Allergies, on June 29, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Marzanna Syncerz
Whether keeping pet cats (or dogs) can trigger asthma and allergies in children or not has been long argued. For every research study showing tha...
In the works: Anti-Migraine Device?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 28, 2008
...es are caused by abnormal brain activity, typically brought on by certain foods, stress, or another trigger. In addition to being painful, the headaches can involve nausea , vomiting, and other ...
No SOX relief in sight
in Sox First, on June 24, 2008
...rnment sitting on its hands and doing nothing, reports Financial Week's Neil Roland . With the subprime crisis in full swing, and the US economy in deep strife, regulators are unlikely to start u...
Arrests everywhere
in Sox First, on June 20, 2008
...is in some emails. These included some correspondence that had Tannin telling Cioffi that the "subprime market looks pretty damn ugly'' and could be "toast'' and another wher...
Lawsuits come in
in Sox First, on June 18, 2008
...laiming Deutsche Bank fraudulently sold M&T high-risk collateralized debt obligations linked to subprime loans. M&T has accused Deutsche Bank of intentionally withholding material infor...
FBI steps up on mortgage fraud
in Sox First, on June 13, 2008
...berg reporting that the FBI has pulled agents off financial crimes cases so that they can focus on subprime. Clearly, this problem is getting bigger than anyone expected....
Beware of "Surgery Today, Pay Later"
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 11, 2008
...ers get a portion of the practitioner's fee.
Consumer Reports calls the practice "akin to subprime mortgages," saying that some patients are pressured into risky financing plans by the ...
WHB - Watercress and Sausage Frittata
in Do you like to cook?, on June 8, 2008
...ss daily can significantly reduce DNA damage to blood cells, which is considered to be an important trigger in the development of cancer. - www.watercress.co.uk It is also chock full of Vitamins C, ...
