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The Fed and Fannie Mae: Throwing Money Down a Black Hole
Karl Denninger submits: It's a policy according to Barney Frank to lose money on purpose, right? Well then, Fannie Mae FNM ought to get some sort of award: by Karl Denninger
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
External links 2009-11-06
Are Best Buy's Earnings a Warning?
Karl Denninger submits: Eek - I don't like this report.... Same-store sales down 3.9% isn't good, but what's worse is the SG&A numbers rising from 20.8% to 21.8%. by Karl Denninger
Tags: Retail, Karl Denninger, Best Buy Co. Inc.
External links 2009-09-15
Dell: Signs of Insider Trading
Karl Denninger submits: From Marketwatch: Dell's release slipped out about three minutes before the market closed Thursday, giving the company's shares a boost of 98 cents, or 6.7%, to end at $15.65. The stock topped $16 ahead of Friday's opening bell. by Karl Denninger
Tags: US Market, Financial, Karl Denninger, Dell Computer Corp.
External links 2009-08-28
No, This Is Not a Recovery
Karl Denninger submits: Ehhhhh.... Delinquency cure rates refer to the percentage of delinquent loans returning to a current payment status each month. Cure rates have declined from an average of 45% during 2000-2006 to the currently level of 6.6%. It is important not only to observe total...
Tags: US Market, Financial, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-08-24
Didn't Caterpillar Say Things Were Improving?
Karl Denninger submits: Or so I thought their conference call and earnings release said.... There is still a great deal of economic uncertainty in the world, but we are seeing signs of stabilization that we hope will set the foundation for an eventual recovery. by...
Tags: Materials & Industrials, Karl Denninger, Caterpillar Inc.
External links 2009-08-20
Weren't Retail and CapEx OK?
Karl Denninger submits: One has to wonder where the levitation act is coming from in the market these days. Certainly not from the big retailer Sears SHLD.... by Karl Denninger
Tags: US Market, Karl Denninger, Network Appliance Inc., Sears Holdings Corp.
External links 2009-08-20
Judge Strikes a Blow to SPE Game
Karl Denninger submits: That which the lawmakers won't stop, that which the regulators won't stop, the judges just might: The judge in General Growth Properties Inc.'s bankruptcy case rejected creditors' motions to dismiss several properties from the case, clearing the way for the mall owner...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-08-12
So, Buffett's a Capitalist - Why So Shocked?
Karl Denninger submits: It seems my previous article has garnered a bit of criticism from someone I hold in rather high regard, indicating that perhaps I have been less than clear in my criticism. Let me be clear: There is nothing wrong with making a lot of...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-08-07
Warren Buffett: The Rust on the Icon
Karl Denninger submits: Who doesn't love the image Warren Buffett projects in the media? The beloved stock-picker, with his mantra "buy smart, sell never", has become an American icon. He preaches the free market, capitalism, smart business practices and running a tight ship. He lives...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-08-06
Goldman: Is Its Trading Performance Statistically Reasonable?
Karl Denninger submits: Remember what was said about Madoff when people started looking at his operation? There were only two possible explanations for the firm's apparently never-losing trading: They were either front-running or cheating in some other fashion, or the entire thing was a gigantic...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
External links 2009-08-05
8 Steps to Get Back to Banking Basics
Karl Denninger submits: After three articles in four days on the FDIC, banks, and what sure looks to me like a willful refusal to enforce the law over a period of more than two years, it appears time to once again talk about what should be done in the...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-08-04
Welcome to Economic Hell
Karl Denninger submits: The last week or two I had noticed that the /DX dollar index had a somewhat-odd correlation to the stock market - one that had not been present to the same degree, if present at all, before. Specifically, it would move just before the...
Tags: US Market, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-07-23
Bank Atlantic: No Luck Trying to Fly Under the Radar
Karl Denninger submits: Resurrecting a time-worn practice of issuing really nasty press events at midnight (ok, 11:00 PM Eastern), Bank Atlantic announced "earnings" this evening. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. today reported a net loss from continuing operations of ($38.4) million, or ($3.41) per...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc.
External links 2009-07-22
Declaration of Accounting Games
Karl Denninger submits: Gee, isn't this enough for everyone including in Congress? 12:29 *WELLS FARGO CITES 'ECONOMICS OF LIQUIDATING ASSETS'12:29 *WELLS FARGO PREFERS TO HOLD NONPERFORMERS RATHER THAN SELL12:26 Wells Fargo Says Non-Performing Assets Expected to Increase by Karl Denninger
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, Wells Fargo & Co.
External links 2009-09-16
Is WFC Playing a Mortgage Shell Game?
Karl Denninger submits: Jingle mail, Jingle Mail, Jingle all the way..... This borrower couldn't pay and thus stopped doing so. This should generate a "NOD" Notice of Default and ultimately lead to foreclosure, right? It should result in an impaired asset which might be sold...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, Wells Fargo & Co.
External links 2009-09-17
Junk Bonds Are Still Lurking
Karl Denninger submits: Let me guess - record levels of junk bond defaults are positive for the economy going forward? NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 40 percent of all U.S. junk bonds outstanding in late 2008 will likely default by 2013 as government aid measures...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-09-18
Insider Trading on UUP Options?
Karl Denninger submits: Ok, who knew in advance of the UUP "dislocation" from this news: Creations of new shares in the fund are temporarily suspended pending clearance of the registration statement by the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the National Futures Association and...
Tags: ETF, Karl Denninger
External links 2009-11-05
JPMorgan and the Alabama Swaps
Karl Denninger submits: Amazing story here.... you really need to read the whole thing. The salient point is here: The county paid JPMorgan and a group of banks $120.2 million in fees for $5.8 billion of derivatives, according to a series of stories published...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
External links 2009-11-04
CIT Goes Boom
Karl Denninger submits: Hope you didn't buy any CIT on the hope of a bailout! Nov. 1 Bloomberg -- CIT Group Inc., a 101-year-old commercial lender, filed for bankruptcy with financing from investor Carl Icahn after the credit crunch dried up its funding and a...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, CIT Group
External links 2009-11-02
Is This the End of 'Too Big to Fail'?
Karl Denninger submits: The WSJ reports: WASHINGTON -- A deal between the Treasury Department and a key House Democrat would give the government sweeping new powers to police the country's largest financial companies, including the ability to seize and break up failing companies and order large firms...
Tags: Financial, Karl Denninger, American International Group Inc., Citigroup Inc.
External links 2009-10-28
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