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		<title><![CDATA[The Option Arm Triplets: Dead Banks Walking]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Weston submits: I am continually surprised that people are willing to hold, at any price, the common stock of regional Option-ARM mortgage disasters Downey Financial DSL, BankUnited Financial Corporation BKUNA, and FirstFed Financial FED.  They are dead banks walking. The big investment banks, money center banks, insurance companies, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:42:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Downey Financial is Not IndyMac]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Whalen submits:   The IRA is on the road part of this week in Oslo for our talk  on Monday, "Do OTC Credit Derivatives Increase or Reduce Risk?"  But we  wanted to comment on Downey Financial (NASDAQ:DSL) before we head to  EWR.  We've been getting lots...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:48:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another Leg Down for Financials Is Coming]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Peterson submits:  I think there will be at least one more big leg down. I see numerous potential catalysts; here are two:CFC or the creditors file a BK petitionbank failures, e.g. VNBC, BKUNA, and DSL Check out the deterioration in the enormous CFC option-ARM portfolio.  (Calculated Risk did...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Downey Gets Big Investor; Loan Woes Could Be Issue]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINANCE: Ford eyes control, sale; McAlister remains deciding factor   Could it be for real this time for Downey Financial Corp.? As California's fourth largest savings and loan operator, Newport Beach-based Downey is a constant source of buyout speculation. Earlier this year, Jim Cramer of TV's "Mad Money" called...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EXECUTIVE SUMMARY]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 13--In the argot of Wall Street, Downey Financial Corp., First  American Corp. and Fidelity National Financial Inc. are known as  "interest-rate-sensitive" companies because higher borrowing  costs typically do very bad things to their sales, earnings and share  prices.    In the current climate,...]]></description>
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