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Forstmann: Credit Crisis Isn’t Near the End
Jul 07, 2008There are enough housing and economy bears out there right now that being willing to suggest things aren’t half bad is grounds for excoriation in most financial media; but when one of those bears is the guy who called the S&L crisis of the 1980s, it’s worth noting. Ted Forstmann, whose scathing editorial in the Wall Street Journal twenty years ago warned things would end badly for the S&L industry, is at it again: but this time, he’s worried things could be much worse.
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FDIC Warns Banks on HELOC Freezes, REO Management
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Bank of America Completes Countrywide Purchase
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Confessions of a subprime lender
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For Wall Street’s Investment Bankers, a Cruel Summer
Jun 23, 2008 -
A defense borne of hubris, or stupidity
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BofA/Countrywide Deal Could Close Within Two Weeks: Report
Jun 20, 2008 -
Criminal Charges Pending Over Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Fiasco: Report
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Credit Crunch Effects to be Felt for Years: BlackRock’s Fink
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Billionaire Investor Bets on Housing’s Bottom
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Buy and bail, the newest trend in housing shenanigans
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