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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Palladium: The New Platinum
- Ray submits: I am sure you are familiar with precious metals like gold, silver and platinum, but there is one more metal that gets ignored, palladium. Palladium is a member of the platinum family and is, actually, much more rare than platinum. This metal just might be...
- External links 2009-08-26
- Jobs, Jobs and No Jobs
- Ray submits: Well, last week was the breaking point in the equity markets and there is no denying that. The GDP figures were cooked to say the least and shows that the economy, unfortunately, cannot survive on its own without massive government intervention. It also proves, to...
- External links 2009-11-01
- All About the Dollar
- Ray submits: The market has not been able to hold a rally as the dollar strengthens which shows that the 60% rally we witnessed was purely liquidity driven. Essentially, the Fed, in their infinite wisdom, decided to drive investors out of less risky assets into high risk...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Lazard Dumps the Dollar
- Ray submits: In a surprise move, Lazard Asset Management’s “The World Trust Fund” has dumped the USD as its primary currency in favor of Sterling. Typically these funds trade in the USD, but the fund’s board apparently felt pressure from shareholders and investors to change its primary...
- External links 2009-10-23
- The Dollar's Breaking Point: Are We There Yet?
- Ray submits: As I have stated several times in the past, there is a point between how low the dollar can go before it will negatively start impacting the market. As my kids ask all the time, 'are we there yet?' I think we are close, very...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Delinquencies in Prime Mortgages on the Rise
- Ray submits: This has been our main concern for some time, in the residential market, as Prime and Jumbo loans are getting ready to reset in the coming years. This, of course, is if they have not reset already because once the LTV, loan-to-value, reaches a certain...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Pending Home Sales Up, Personal Income Drops
- Ray submits: There really is no surprise behind any of these data points given the economy and incentives to buy homes. The absurdity of the bullish view of these numbers is simply unfounded as most of the increased spending in this report was on non-durable goods,...
- External links 2009-08-05
- The Dollar's Race to the Bottom
- Ray submits: I have written about the dollar for some time now and its impact on the markets. The lower the dollar goes, the higher stocks seem to go, but this is not good news for you. The offset of higher stock prices helps to lessen the...
- External links 2009-08-03
- 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
- '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
- Dollar Under too Much Pressure. Decline Will Continue
- Ray submits: We have a significant drop in the dollar today, down 1.2% for the day. This is after the “rally” we had over the past week, ironically when the Chinese were in town. This is a growing problem for America and it is not being fully...
- External links 2009-07-31
- 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
- Gold Is Looking Good
- Ray submits: Gold has been on the move lately thanks to a weak dollar, but yesterday we had a move that did not coincide with the dollar's weakness. The dollar remained relatively flat as gold added another $8.80 to close about $969 which has been a fantastic...
- External links 2009-08-05
- The Dollar's Continued Decline: Unintended Consequences
- Ray submits: Whether it is really an intended consequence or not is up for debate, however what is clear is the dollars rapid rate of decent to the basement. The index has been lower in the past, but the economic crisis last year boosted the dollar’s strength...
- External links 2009-08-05
- 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
- 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
- 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
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