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Structured Finance

Securitization's not all that bad, and we know it. Now it's our job to convince the rest of them. This group is formed for the discussion of issues in structured finance and securitization and how the technology could actually help the economy.

January 28

John Stoj commented on Rudy Orman's blog post 'The Goldman Sachs Witch Hunt'

A couple of additional thoughts: (This has been a nice, friendly discussion - unlike many internet threads) Rudy, I don't think I'm being too socialist because I'm not suggesting forced profit sharing with the government any more than my old asset…

January 16

John Stoj commented on Rudy Orman's blog post 'The Goldman Sachs Witch Hunt'

I agree with you for the most part Rudy. As a (former?) institutional structured finance bond investor it was my responsibility to ID the risks and make investment decisions. Did I buy some "bad" bonds on behalf of my investors (the pension funds, e…

January 15

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January 4

John Stoj commented on Rekha Vatsa's blog post 'Was it a good choice to exit TARP now?'

I think there are two layers to the question whether TARP funds should have been repaid so quickly. The first is addressed by your post above, where you have an environment in which the "stronger" banks exited quickly, leaving the remaining banks pe…

January 4

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Let's continue to confuse the issue (aka, bankers are evil)

December 29, 2009

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Let's continue to confuse the issue (aka, bankers are evil)

December 29, 2009

JJ Hornblass commented on John Stoj's blog post 'And the Shell Game Continues...'

I read that earlier this morning -- good article.

December 17, 2009

A blog post by John Stoj was featured

And the Shell Game Continues...

December 17, 2009

John Stoj and Rekha Vatsa are now friends

December 17, 2009

John Stoj added a blog post

And the Shell Game Continues...

December 17, 2009

Gary Schurman commented on John Stoj's blog post 'Anyone else read this headline and think it's a bit of a problem?'

How can you blame the government for cheap money? Are interest rates immune from the forces of supply and demand? In a recession no one wants to invest. Less demand for borrowings gives us lower interest rates.

November 11, 2009

JJ Hornblass commented on John Stoj's blog post 'Anyone else read this headline and think it's a bit of a problem?'

I would. The market's gorilla, as someone described it to me today.

November 10, 2009

John Stoj commented on John Stoj's blog post 'Anyone else read this headline and think it's a bit of a problem?'

The Fed as well, of course, you could consider them the same thing.

November 10, 2009

John Stoj commented on John Stoj's blog post 'Anyone else read this headline and think it's a bit of a problem?'

Oh, I do JJ. I do.

November 10, 2009

JJ Hornblass commented on John Stoj's blog post 'Anyone else read this headline and think it's a bit of a problem?'

Blame your federal government, John. It's responsible for the cheap money.

November 10, 2009

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Let's continue to confuse the issue (aka, bankers are evil)

I'm going to post my letter to the NYTimes editors in response to their editorial on financial institutions "betting against" their clients. Let's see whether they publish my, or any other, dissenting opinion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/opinion/29tue2.html

To the Editors:

I must take umbrage at your recent editorial commenting on fina… Continue

Posted on December 29, 2009 at 7:30am —

And the Shell Game Continues...

Anyone who thinks that the recent news of Citi and Wells repaying their TARP funds is winding down the government bailout of our financial sector should read this article. Just as one of the reasons Goldman prospered is that we (the taxpayer) paid them $13 billion, many of the big banks which are paying the government back are doing it with the government's own money. The shell game continues...… Continue

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 6:48am — 1 Comment

Anyone else read this headline and think it's a bit of a problem?

Haven't we seen this show before?

http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2009-11-09-stocks-mon_N.htm

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 8:00am — 7 Comments

Bank Regulation - Why such pushback?

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The NYT has what I think is an excellent article questioning why bank lobbyists continue to oppose regulation that looks to be quite reasonable (linked above). Now, I'm not a banker, just an (ex?) institutional investor and evil Wall Street guy, so the questions posed in the article make a lot of sense to me. What about the bankers out there?

Posted on October 10, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

Maybe it's finally time to leave Citi alone and concentrate on the "real" problems...

I'm sure no one on this site missed these stories this weekend:

Major Bank Fails in South
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125026270774732295.html

Toxic Loans Topping 5% May Push 150 Banks to Point of No Return
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTTT9jivRIWE

I think we can probably agree, whether we think there is more trouble coming down the pike or not, the TARP banks are safe for the time being. What about the rest? I know from experience how many people were making inv… Continue

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 6:31am — 4 Comments