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- Taxpayers: Beware GM's Decision to Build Compact in Michigan
- Tom Lindmark submits: There’s an interesting story in the WSJ concerning GM’s (GMGMQ.PK) decision to build its new small car in Michigan as opposed to Tennessee, Wisconsin or overseas. All of those places were in the running for the business. This is of more than passing interest, since you and...
- External links 2009-07-05
- Why Housing Storm May Not Be Over
- Tom Lindmark submits: I was all set to write an upbeat post about how a story in the WSJ was another indication that the housing market was slowly getting better when an article in the Arizona Republic stopped me dead in my tracks. Let me explain. First, the WSJ article...
- External links 2009-06-24
- The Assault on Ethical Home Appraisals
- Tom Lindmark submits: I’ve already written about the putsch to overthrow the new appraisal rules and probably should leave it at that. However, Diana Olick and the NAR are beating the drums loudly for repeal and Olick’s blog post is just too over the top to let it pass without...
- External links 2009-06-24
- NAR on Existing Home Sales and Low Ball Appraisals
- Tom Lindmark submits: The National Association of Realtors is out with their monthly report. Overall sales rose but less than expected. Their take on things was upbeat. Here are the details: by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-06-23
- Goldman Bonuses: How to Make Friends in a Recession
- Tom Lindmark submits: If you wondered why Goldman Sachs GS was in such a hurry to pay back its TARP money, this might help explain it. From the Guardian: by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-06-22
- What About Product Liability Claimants in Automaker Bankruptcies?
- Tom Lindmark submits: I’ve linked to Steve Jakubowski’s bankruptcy litigation blog several times during the auto company Chapter 11 proceedings. I think he has done an admirable job of explaining the ins and outs of the process and the peculiar considerations surrounding the auto company actions. Now, he’s...
- External links 2009-06-21
- Weekend Bank Failures: Georgia is the Chernobyl of Community Banking
- Tom Lindmark submits: Another hat trick for the FDIC. Three banks bite the dust. Here are the links: First National Bank of Anthony - Anthony, Kansas by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-06-21
- How Obama's New Financial Rules Might Bite GE
- Tom Lindmark submits: If you own [[GE]] stock, you might want to think over the implications of this little tidbit from the WSJ. The new Obama regulations give the Fed regulatory authority over systemically important financial institutions. Given the size and reach of GE Capital it’s pretty much...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Is China Playing the Protectionist Card?
- Tom Lindmark submits: It should be interesting when Congress starts sinking its teeth into this one. From the FT: by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-06-17
- A Couple of Bearish Views for the Dollar
- Tom Lindmark submits: Two grim assessments for the future of the dollar. The first is from James Pethokoukis at Reuters(if you aren’t reading this guy’s posts then start to do so): by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-06-15
- Too Big? BlackRock + Barclays Fund
- Tom Lindmark submits: I will confess to being no expert when it comes to the asset management business. Still the sheer size of the Blackrock acquisition of Barclays Global Investors takes me aback. For those not familiar already with the transaction, here is a recap from the WSJ:...
- External links 2009-06-12
- Congress Seems Intent on Bringing the Housing Bubble Back
- Tom Lindmark submits: Come hell or high water, the government seems intent on bringing back the housing bubble. From Bloomberg: by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-06-11
- Delphi: Judge Wants to See Other Bidders
- Tom Lindmark submits: I wrote about link here the curious case of GM (GMGMQ.PK) financing the leveraged buyout of Delphi (DPHIQ.PK) by Platinum Equity a few days ago. The post didn’t garner much attention and indeed the whole issue seemed to be of little interest to the MSM...
- External links 2009-06-11
- The Assault on Ethical Home Appraisals, Part Deux
- Tom Lindmark submits: I’m shocked (note, sarcasm intended) that my prior post on the assault on the appraisal process didn’t deter the realtors. It also appears that Diana Olick is setting herself up as their chief flack. Here’s what she had to say yesterday. ...
- External links 2009-06-25
- Firms Accelerate Refinancings, Convey Fragility of Recent Credit Recovery
- Tom Lindmark submits: Sometimes it pays to ignore the blizzard of economic numbers that the government spews out and just pay attention to what business has to say about how business is going. On that score, in the last few days we’ve had Warren Buffett, [[GE]] and FedEx FDX all...
- External links 2009-06-26
- Foreclosures Getting Out of Control
- Tom Lindmark submits: There has been enough talk about an impending next wave of foreclosures to suggest that indeed it’s going to happen. An article in the LA Times throws a little more information into the mix. Just as the nation’s housing market has begun showing signs of...
- External links 2009-07-05
- More Whining About the Dollar
- Tom Lindmark submits: Another country has been heard from on the subject of dollar dominance. India has joined Russia and China in pressing for reforms to the world’s financial system. From Bloomberg: by Tom Lindmark
- External links 2009-07-05
- Updated Case-Shiller 100 Year Real Estate Chart
- Tom Lindmark submits: I’ve posted this chart before and it continues to fascinate me. This time The Big Picture has updated it to show what a decline to “fair value” might mean for prices. You might and probably could quibble with where prices end up but there is a fair...
- External links 2009-07-05
- Wal-Mart's Health Care Coup
- Tom Lindmark submits: Love ‘em or hate ‘em you have to admire not only their chutzpah but their political savvy. By backing a piece of health care reform which mandates employer-provided health insurance they managed to: a) short circuit union organizing efforts; b) get themselves a prominent seat at the...
- External links 2009-07-02
- The Government's Empty GM Threat
- Tom Lindmark submits: This certainly has to qualify as the most obvious empty threat of the year — at least so far this year. From Fox, auto task-force member, Harry Wilson, testifying in the GM (GMGMQ.PK) bankruptcy hearing that the government does have a drop dead date for...
- External links 2009-07-02
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