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Banks: We Should Have Nationalized Them

There isn’t really much to add to this article from the NYT: The bank bonus season, that annual rite of ... The post Banks: We Should Have Nationalized Them appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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How Do We Deal with the Banks Now?

There’s so much comment on the bankers’ bonus plans and now the still vague plan from the administration to pull ... The post How Do We Deal with the Banks Now? appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Bonus Fury: Why the Bankers Misread Things

I’ve intended to write something along the lines of why the banks were so tone deaf that they missed the ... The post Bonus Fury: Why the Bankers Misread Things appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Housing: Recovery is Hard to Spot in this Sector

As hard as they try, the banks and the Washington establishment seem unable to get a grip on a housing ... The post Housing: Recovery is Hard to Spot in this Sector appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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What’s the End Game for A Long-Term Recession?

Henry Blodget has a good post with a couple of great graphs addressing the trends in federal revenues and expenditures. ... The post What’s the End Game for A Long-Term Recession? appeared first on...

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Where Oh Where Are the Jobs?

The sugar high from the very positive ISM manufacturing report on Monday is fading fast. Blame it on the unemployment ... The post Where Oh Where Are the Jobs? appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Let The Foreclosures Proceed

I’ve said on more than one occasion that the eventual outcome of the crises in residential and commercial real estate ... The post Let The Foreclosures Proceed appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Bank Regulation: Obama’s Bad Joke

Only the Congress of the United States is capable of this sort of monumental stupidity. It appears as if the ... The post Bank Regulation: Obama’s Bad Joke appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Subprime Sovereign Debt

It’s, I think, unlikely that we are going to witness the collapse of the European Union, though the revelations that ... The post Subprime Sovereign Debt appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Obama May Ban Foreclosures, Further Decrees to Follow

Look, I’m not a card carrying member of the Tea Party and I’m not an uber-conservative, but who the Hell ... The post Obama May Ban Foreclosures, Further Decrees to Follow appeared first on Wall Street...

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Will Americans Fall Back In Love With The Sun Belt?

As many of you know, I’m a big fan of demographics. Generally, I think, that how populations grow or stagnate ... The post Will Americans Fall Back In Love With The Sun Belt? appeared first on Wall...

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Real Estate Fraud: Why Don’t We Stop It?

Ed Harrison had a nice post the other day concerning mortgage fraud. He started off his piece this way: Rampant ... The post Real Estate Fraud: Why Don’t We Stop It? appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Blanche Lincoln Throws the Banks a Derivatives Curve Ball

How did the bankers miss this one? It appears as if Senator Blanche Lincoln and the Senate Agriculture Committee are ... The post Blanche Lincoln Throws the Banks a Derivatives Curve Ball appeared...

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The Biggest Fraud

While various parts of the private economy are vilified, sued and other wise pursued for their part in the meltdown ... The post The Biggest Fraud appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Back to the Future: Homebuilders Snapping Up Land

Uh-oh! The New Normal is beginning to look like the Good Old Days. From the WSJ: Foreclosures and depressed prices ... The post Back to the Future: Homebuilders Snapping Up Land appeared first on Wall...

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Lurching to a Solution for Greece

Let me start this week’s Outside the Box by venting a little anger. It now looks like almost 30% of ... The post Lurching to a Solution for Greece appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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The EU Throws the Kitchen Sink at Its Problems

Euroland has apparently decided that things are getting out of hand and it’s time to flex a muscle or two. ... The post The EU Throws the Kitchen Sink at Its Problems appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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This Wasn’t the First European Bank Bailout

If you’re like me, you probably bought into the meme that the $1 trillion that was more or less committed ... The post This Wasn’t the First European Bank Bailout appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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Greece, the EMU and Hard Choices

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is always a worthy read when it comes to European economics and the serial crises of the past ... The post Greece, the EMU and Hard Choices appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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GM and the Unions: Some Things Never Change

Remember how much more competitive GM was going to be coming out of bankruptcy. Aside from shedding a lot of ... The post GM and the Unions: Some Things Never Change appeared first on Wall Street Pit.

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