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- Mortgage Melt-Down Investigation: Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank Get Served
- Ray submits: Goldman Sachs GS and Deutsche Bank DB got served by the US Senate which is investigating fraud in the mortgage meltdown last year. Several other financial institutions may also have received subpoenas from the sub-committee that is headed by Senator Carl Levin. WSJ...
- External links 2009-07-30
- 'Too Big to Fail' Cause of Current Community Bank Failures
- Ray submits: We all know there are problems within the banking sector from lack of lending, whether it is demand or banks' unwillingness to lend is a matter of debate, and continuing credit losses. Banks are continuing to set aside more money for potential credit losses which...
- External links 2009-08-02
- Deutsche Bank: 'The Crisis Is Not Over'
- Ray submits: That is what Josef Ackermann the CEO of Deutsche Bank said in a Bloomberg article. This is perhaps one of the first CEO’s to be honest about the situation. Of course this story was not talked about anywhere else that I saw in the media....
- External links 2009-08-03
- Commercial Real Estate: Toxic Asset or Simply Undervalued?
- Ray submits: If you listen to Cramer commercial real estate is the place to be, he mostly points to the increase in certain equity prices in current trading to make his point along with some parallels drawn from the Savings and Loan Crisis. However, rising share prices...
- External links 2009-08-05
- CIT's Problems Have Not Gone Away
- Ray submits: It is very convenient to just assume all of the problems that plague the US economy have just disappeared. With all of this talk about the recession easing or ending, as some commentators contend, it is tough to take an objective look at what is...
- External links 2009-08-11
- Toward Greater Bank Transparency: FASB Considering Expanded Mark-to-Market Rules
- Ray submits: The FASB, or Financial Accounting Standards Board, is considering expanding its mark-to-market rules with loans instead of only securities. I bet you thought this issue was dead n April when Congress forced the FASB to relax on this rule for securities, but this is...
- External links 2009-08-14
- Real Estate Has Hit Bottom? Not Even Close
- Ray submits: Correct me if I am wrong, but hasn’t real estate hit its bottom? According to CNBC, TV, Cramer said that real estate hit its bottom, ‘early’, in June and all other reports yesterday said everything is fine and prices will go up,up,up! However, as usual,...
- External links 2009-08-14
- Regional Banks: Toxic Loans Leading to More Toxic Problems
- Ray submits: It will be interesting to see what banks get shuttered tonight with the news of the Colonial CNB and BB&T BBT deal. We will count the Colonial as a failed bank early and will post the details about it later, as in the potential cost...
- External links 2009-08-14
- Three More Banks Shut Down by the FDIC
- Ray submits: Three more banks were closed on the West Coast Friday tonight. Bringing the total up to 77 banks closed so far this year. They are as follows: by Ray
- External links 2009-08-16
- Should Goldman Get in Trouble over Information Sharing?
- Ray submits: Everyone is a little excited about Goldman Sachs GS getting another black eye today as the Wall Street Journal reveals that the firm shares information with its top clients, which may go against its long-term research. Perhaps I am just old or cynical, but I...
- External links 2009-08-25
- FDIC Eases Rules Allowing Private Equity Firms to Bid on Failed Banks
- Ray submits: With 81 banks closed this year and estimates of a total of 150-200 bank closures in the near future it is no wonder that the FDIC eased rules for private equity firms to bid on the failed institutions. It is amazing that it took so...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Despite Recent Economic Data, All Is Not Well
- Ray submits: I know that everyone has hope of a better economy and an end to the recession, but unemployment and foreclosures are still here. This is a fact, regardless of what the market is doing and regardless of what you are being told. I realize this...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Bank Closures for Friday August 28, 2009
- Ray submits: Here are bank closures for August 28, 2009. These represent the 82nd, 83rd and 84th closures so far this year. I will update you as more closures come in. Banks_____________State___________Assets_________Deposits by Ray
- External links 2009-08-30
- What's Really Going on With Foreclosures?
- Ray submits: Apparently I was wrong about the impact of foreclosures when I said that banks were holding onto the properties and not placing them on the market. It came to light via Diana Olick, who I respect at CNBC, in a report yesterday. It is not...
- External links 2009-09-01
- More on Foreclosures: Real Estate Recovery Unlikely for Now
- Ray submits: Diana Olick did another piece about foreclosures yesteday and I find the data very interesting. The numbers just speak volumes to the problem at hand and the data is provided by Hope Now Alliance. Apparently people were pretty tough on Diana claiming she...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Five Bank Failures: September 4, 2009
- Ray submits: The FDIC reported that the First Bank of Kansas City was seized by the FDIC and sold to Great American Bank. Inbank, Vantus Bank, Platinum Community Bank and First State Bank were also closed which represents a total of 89 banks closed down this year....
- External links 2009-09-06
- Wells Fargo's Balance Sheet: Not a Pretty Picture
- Ray submits: Looking through Wells Fargo’s WFC earnings I see nothing that makes me think the crisis has really ended or that credit is even close to expanding. The company has a very complex balance sheet, so picking it a part is not an easy task and...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Bove Finally Cuts Some Regional Bank Ratings
- Ray submits: What took him so long to figure out that there were problems with this sector? Picking through most of the earnings reports, you see massive “goodwill” and “intangible” builds, along with serious problems with deteriorating credit quality. Even PNC that everyone fawned over last week...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Bank Failure Friday: Nine More Banks Go Under
- Ray submits: Friday was a special night - a large bank holding company failed, which caused 9 banks to fail across various states. Essentially, it counts as a total of 9 individual failures bringing the total US bank failures up to 115. It is insane to believe...
- External links 2009-11-01
- The Hartford: Only Paper Profits
- Ray submits: I was excited to see The Hartford HIG had turned the corner to profitability, until I realized that they only had positive earnings if you excluded the losses. I am sorry, but that is accounting profits, not actual profits. Without the losses the firm posted...
- External links 2009-11-04
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