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August 22, 2011

Memo to Big Banks: ‘Clean Up Your REO Inventory . . . or We’ll Do it For You!’

The Case for RTC II (“RTC²?”) It seems increasingly apparent — at least to this observer — that what lies in our collective future is some sort of successor to The Resolution Trust Corporation (“RTC”). It was the RTC, of course, that successfully dealt with (and disposed of) all the foreclosed commercial properties left in the...
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Anti-Wall Street Guest Rant

Opting for Swedish over Japanese Tired of my rants against Wall Street? Consider this “guest” rant instead, which IMHO is pitch-perfect (minus a few #!%#!, perhaps): After 40 years of pain avoidance, can we just rip off the f**kin’ band-aid already?  Enough with the asset price protection, it is the root cause of everything bad about...
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