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Louise Yamada: Dow could hit 4,000

This prediction does make for a scary headline and gets Louise Yamada some buzz. But, Yamada is a technical analyst and is saying absolutely nothing about the fundamentals here. You should also note that Jeremy Grantham has said similar…

PIMCO: “Stay under the umbrella”

I was just discussing the recent revelation by the Federal Reserve's Don Kohn that the Fed has secretly been aiding the banking sector via AIG (here, here and here), when it was pointed out to me that a number of smart investors have been…

Cramdowns are coming your way

Below is an interview with an expert on the issue of mortgage cramdowns. Basically, this issue is all about debt forgiveness for borrowers and writedowns for lenders. Lenders do not like cramdowns for that reason. See below for a view on…

Creeping Nationalization

Banks do not have enough tangible common equity to make the grade on Tim Geithner's stress tests. That means the government will have to step in and bail them out. I will call this creeping nationalization. Paul Miller of FBR Capital…

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