Friday, November 27, 2009

subprime mortgages

Another Reason 2008 Is Looking Like 1992

Falling house prices are making people feel poorer, if only on paper. more >>

Stock Watchers Are Cautious After Fed Cut

The market usually soars when the central bank changes course--but maybe not this time. more >>

Tech Stocks, Finally Debugged

After a long hangover, the tech industry is hot once again. more >>

6 Ways to Recessionproof Your Portfolio

Bonds and household consumer stocks will help you weather a market decline. more >>

GOP Debate Seemed Removed From Economic Reality

How could the Republican candidates not mention the housing crisis or the rising risk of recession? more >>

A Credit Card Crackdown?

A top federal regulator says there's growing demand for reining in banks' unpopular practices. more >>

Would a Bush Bailout Save the GOP?

Bond manager Bill Gross says helping homeowners would create a new generation of Republican voters. more >>

Cartoon

—Jack Ohman, The Oregonian more >>

Mortgage Meltdown Not an Economy Killer

"What kind of dope are you smoking?" queries a faithful Capital Commerce reader, taking issue with my outlook–as outlined in the recent posting "Subprime Scare Is March Madness"–that problems in the subprime mortgage market will not lead to a recession. Yet I am going to stick to my guns on this one. more >>

Cartoon

—Matt Davies, The Journal News more >>

Subprime Scare Is March Madness

Maybe the troubles in the subprime mortgage market will turn into some sort of nasty financial contagion that will dramatically worsen the broader housing market and nudge the economy into recession. But I have a difficult time seeing that happen as long as jobs and incomes are growing. more >>

Sympathy for the Subprimes

Boohoo. I am just distraught over the thousands (millions?) of high-risk borrowers who got mortgages over the past few years and are now unable to pay back their loans. more >>

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