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THE ALT-A LENDING IS A NOTHER TIMEBOMB TICKING AND NO ONE IS EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT. http://www.thestreet.com/newsanalysis/realestate/10344684.html

Included in the employment count was a make-believe 118,000 jobs that were supposedly created by newly formed companies. THIS IS A BIG ASSUMPTION IN LIGHT OF THE SUB PRIME CONCERNS AT THE MOMENT. There must have been a cartload of small companies gone under on the back of the subprime...

and you can call me al. http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070315/usa_economy_greenspan.html?.v=1

i disagree. as least you know where you stand in a corrupt country thats openly corrupt. they dont try to hide it and at least on that principle you can get things done. compared to the eu and uk where months of red tape and legal nonsense is common place its a wonder any business can work at...

is it me or is there a trend here. generally official figures seem to be rosy and good lately (e.g. us ppi) and non govt figures (e.g. surveys etc empire manufacturing) seem to be weak. just an observation.

seems to be enough people collectively to get something going here in terms of a small group of guys working together. might be an opportunity to be the first prop shop in manila.

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the fourth largest banks have big losses. whats about the top three and other big institutions in france. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3QMm3nUp1Ds

i wondered why my scumbag neighbours managed to move into my nice road. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/03/15/ccmort15.xml

give me my ball back.its my ball not yours. unlucky. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/03/15/cnbarc15.xml

could not agree more. there will be heads to roll for this one. according to this report below the fed has failed to follow up on any poor lending. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aaaaiJy5auiY&refer=us

no wonder the sub prime market is really causing problems. One cheeky lender went so far as to advertise what it dubbed its "NINJA" loan -- NINJA standing for "No Income, No Job and No Assets." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301733.html

on cnbc the chairman said this is going to get uglier and he was generally pessimistic on the housing market. of course he failed to mention how much stock he unloaded in the last few weeks. http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN135862720070313

its not contagious. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/business/14debt.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

OH SURPRISE another sub prime lender in trouble. but dont worry its not contagious. http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1318912520070314

more good news. cant make any money selling cars. now cant make any money selling mortgages. fantastic. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ale9ZVAm5zuk

Three questions. (1) What exactly is this (2) A recent example (3) Is the sub-prime markets or CDO market about to become a victim of this and in turn the general market.

sounds more like they are trying to find some more money urgently. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070313/20070312006303.html?.v=1

more good news: 40% of CDO'S are Mortgage BACKED Securities. Of that 40%. 75% are sub prime. so in real terms most CDO'S are packaged one third sub prime. i think that is more than people realise in owning these packages...

this is a real mess. they wont be the only ones restating. this whole thing is a tightly woven web thats unravelling. credit derivatives spread risk yeah righto. all it did was allowed everybody to leverage upto the eyeballs.