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- What the Greatest Investor in the World Is Doing Right Now
- Greg Feirman submits: Three or four years from now, people will ask why they didn’t buy gold earlier. - John Paulson, quoted in “Profiting From The Crash”, Gregory Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal, October 31 by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-11-19
- Fannie and Freddie Shares Soar Though Value in Question
- Greg Feirman submits: It’s very hard to come up with scenarios where they’re worth any money. There’s a tremendous amount of sentiment trading in general. - Bose George, Analyst, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-08-26
- Caterpillar: Another Example of 'Groupthink' on Recovery
- Greg Feirman submits: Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar CAT reported earnings Tuesday morning before the open. We all know the stuff they make. As such, they are a terrific bellwether for capital spending. The company earned 72 cents a share, excluding redundancy costs, on revenue of...
- External links 2009-07-22
- Bullish Calls Drive Markets Higher
- Greg Feirman submits: We have experienced the brief euphoric one-month “pop” phase of the typical equity market recovery from a bear market low (27% rally from 667 to 850), endured the characteristic several-month long range-bound “stall” period (10% range from 850 to 940), and now we anticipate a more...
- External links 2009-07-20
- Will Ginnie Mae and FHA Be the Next Fannie and Freddie?
- Greg Feirman submits: Another fascinating article from two Thursdays ago in The Wall Street Journal about how Ginnie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration are playing an increasingly large role in the mortgage market (“Banks Load Up on Mortgages, in New Way: This Time, Once-Burned Firms Are Buying U.S....
- External links 2009-09-21
- Lennar Q3 Shows Signs of Stabilization
- Greg Feirman submits: During the third quarter, the overall housing market continued its road back to recovery as more confident homebuyers took advantage of increased affordability. While high unemployment and foreclosures will continue to present challenges, consumer sentiment has significantly improved as homebuyers have recognized that the residential...
- External links 2009-09-21
- The Dollar Is Driving Financial Markets
- Greg Feirman submits: We’ve got this very unstable situation in which Fed policy is dictating the behavior of so many assets. The dollar is at the nexus of this. - Dean Curnutt, President, Macro Risk Advisors, quoted in “Dollar Calls the Tune For Stocks, Bonds, Oil”, Tom Lauricella,...
- External links 2009-11-03
- Bove's Wells Fargo Call Sinks Markets
- Greg Feirman submits: On a day when the S&P peaked its nose above 1100 for a few minutes in the morning, the market ended up having a severe late day selloff Wednesday as respected financials analyst Dick Bove downgraded Wells Fargo WFC to sell in the wake of the...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Securitization Market Maker: The U.S. Government
- Greg Feirman submits: The securitization markets are dead. - Robert Shiller, Economist, Yale University by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-10-08
- Government Still Holding Everything Up: Retail Sales Provide Proof
- Greg Feirman submits: The Cash For Clunkers program was widely held as a smashing success with more than 700,000 vehicles sold with the rebates between July 27 and August 24. August 2009 auto sales were up 1% from the year ago period at 1,262,189. Unfortunately, September...
- External links 2009-10-07
- WSJ Preps for an FHA/Ginnie Mae Bailout
- Greg Feirman submits: One place to start is the Federal Housing Administration, the nation’s insurer of nearly $750 billion in outstanding mortgages. The agency acknowledged this month that a new but still undisclosed HUD audit has found that FHA’s cash reserve fund is rapidly depleting and may drop...
- External links 2009-09-29
- The Inflation/Deflation Forces Battles On
- Greg Feirman submits: There is a great debate raging between students of monetary economics. On the one hand, there are the deflationists who point to the massive deleveraging in the housing, mortgage, credit and stock markets. The fall in prices in these asset markets, at least through...
- External links 2009-09-27
- What Will Happen When Homebuyer Tax Credit Expires?
- Greg Feirman submits: Everyone coming through the door is talking about this tax credit. They know exactly what it is and when it expires, and they’re rushing. - Brad Cohen, Mason Dixon Funding, Rockville by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-09-26
- 2 Very Important Changes in the Fed's Statement
- Greg Feirman submits: There were two subtle but significant changes to Wednesday’s Fed statement (FOMC Statement Sept 23) compared to the one from August 12: (1) Upgrade Of The Economy - by Greg Feirman
- External links 2009-09-23
- Why I Covered Half My Shorts
- Greg Feirman submits: I must state at the outset that I am in fundamental disagreement with the prevailing wisdom. The generally accepted theory is that financial markets tend towards equilibrium, and on the whole, discount the future correctly. I operate using a different theory, according to which...
- External links 2009-09-22
- WSJ Weighs in on Peter Schiff
- Greg Feirman submits: Geez…. Mish’s post from Sunday night, “Peter Schiff Was Wrong”, has sure generated a lot of interest and controversy. That’s because Peter Schiff is a polarizing figure. People tend to either love him or hate him and have a hard time coming to a...
- External links 2009-01-30
- Commodities: The Next Bubble?
- Greg Feirman submits: With the Fed slashing the funds rate to 1% on Wednesday, it’s worth remembering what happened the last time they did this: We got the most massive housing bubble in the history of mankind. On Wednesday, in the midst of this crisis, where the...
- External links 2008-10-30
- Doug Casey: How to Play Interest Rates
- Greg Feirman submits: People who short interest rates - in other words, people who bet they are going much higher in the coming years - are going to make a fortune. I think interest rates will go back to the levels we saw in the early 1980s, possibly...
- External links 2009-06-24
- Credit Card Companies Getting Offers They Can't Refuse
- Greg Feirman submits: The banks were bailed out last fall, the automobile companies last winter. For Edward McClelland, a writer in Chicago, deliverance finally arrived a few days ago. Mr. McClelland’s credit card company was calling yet again, wondering when it could expect the next installment on his...
- External links 2009-06-16
- Best Buy Reaction Could Reflect Sentiment Change
- Greg Feirman submits: But the bigger issue is sales. Comparable store sales were down 6 percent compared to the same period last year. True, the stimulus checks handed out last year have created difficult comps for retailers this quarter, not to mention the economic troubles. So why...
- External links 2009-06-16
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