Wall Street Folly » Credit Crunch http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Dubai tensions seem to be easing; AIG closes on 2 debt for equity swaps with NY Fed; Investor who put money with Madoff 6 days before collapse slapped down; GE/Vivendi agree on NBC stake value; A 180: Jim Cramer retreats on stock transaction tax; Did SEC staffers being probe to see if they “committed acts of negligence”; CBOE demutualization close? http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/12/dubai-tensions-seem-to-be-easing-aig-closes-on-2-debt-for-equity-swaps-with-ny-fed-investor-who-put-money-with-madoff-6-days-before-collapse-slapped-down-gevivendi-agree-on-nbc-stake-value-a-180/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/12/dubai-tensions-seem-to-be-easing-aig-closes-on-2-debt-for-equity-swaps-with-ny-fed-investor-who-put-money-with-madoff-6-days-before-collapse-slapped-down-gevivendi-agree-on-nbc-stake-value-a-180/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:42:51 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9493 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/12/dubai-tensions-seem-to-be-easing-aig-closes-on-2-debt-for-equity-swaps-with-ny-fed-investor-who-put-money-with-madoff-6-days-before-collapse-slapped-down-gevivendi-agree-on-nbc-stake-value-a-180/feed/ 0 File this under accidents waiting to happen: FHA making easy big loans to those with little cash down #EasyMoney #CreditCrunch #RealEstate #FHA http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/file-this-under-accidents-waiting-to-happen-fha-making-easy-big-loans-to-those-with-little-cash-down-easymoney-creditcrunch-realestate-fha/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/file-this-under-accidents-waiting-to-happen-fha-making-easy-big-loans-to-those-with-little-cash-down-easymoney-creditcrunch-realestate-fha/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:23 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9468 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/file-this-under-accidents-waiting-to-happen-fha-making-easy-big-loans-to-those-with-little-cash-down-easymoney-creditcrunch-realestate-fha/feed/ 0 Big talent drain at Goldman says Whitney; Small businesses dialing for Goldman dollars; Former Galleon #2 guy emerges as another Galleon ring link; Citadel looking to bounce back from dreadful ‘08; Geithner: “This credit crunch is not over”; Lehman creditors’ claims $824M so far; Thain for B of A CEO? We’d bet not; Mack says more regulation ok with him; Chrysler may ax 145 dealers http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/big-talent-drain-at-goldman-says-whitney-small-businesses-dialing-for-goldman-dollars-former-galleon-2-guy-emerges-as-another-galleon-ring-link-citadel-looking-to-bounce-back-from-dreadful-08/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/big-talent-drain-at-goldman-says-whitney-small-businesses-dialing-for-goldman-dollars-former-galleon-2-guy-emerges-as-another-galleon-ring-link-citadel-looking-to-bounce-back-from-dreadful-08/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:41:41 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9450 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/big-talent-drain-at-goldman-says-whitney-small-businesses-dialing-for-goldman-dollars-former-galleon-2-guy-emerges-as-another-galleon-ring-link-citadel-looking-to-bounce-back-from-dreadful-08/feed/ 0 Apologies for their credit crisis role and millions to assist small businesses from Goldman; Report says that if AIG collapsed, yes, Goldman would have been screwed; B of A’s Moynihan skewered in congressional testimony; Some Citigroup execs get big stock grant; Bernie Madoff’s boats sail away for $2M; Gold hits another record; Foiled Trump settles for AC casino stock consolation prize http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/apologies-for-their-credit-crisis-role-and-millions-to-assist-small-businesses-from-goldman-report-says-that-if-aig-collapsed-yes-goldman-would-have-been-screwed-b-of-as-moynihan-skewered-in-con/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/apologies-for-their-credit-crisis-role-and-millions-to-assist-small-businesses-from-goldman-report-says-that-if-aig-collapsed-yes-goldman-would-have-been-screwed-b-of-as-moynihan-skewered-in-con/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:25 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9446 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/apologies-for-their-credit-crisis-role-and-millions-to-assist-small-businesses-from-goldman-report-says-that-if-aig-collapsed-yes-goldman-would-have-been-screwed-b-of-as-moynihan-skewered-in-con/feed/ 0 John Paulson disses “The Greatest Trade Ever” — the new book about him — and calls it a “tabloid-style disappointment” filled with “numerous inaccuracies” #johnpaulson #housing #hedgefunds http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/john-paulson-disses-the-greatest-trade-ever-the-new-book-about-him-and-calls-it-a-tabloid-style-disappointment-filled-with-numerous-inaccuracies-johnpaulson-housing-hedgefunds/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/john-paulson-disses-the-greatest-trade-ever-the-new-book-about-him-and-calls-it-a-tabloid-style-disappointment-filled-with-numerous-inaccuracies-johnpaulson-housing-hedgefunds/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:07:04 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9363 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/john-paulson-disses-the-greatest-trade-ever-the-new-book-about-him-and-calls-it-a-tabloid-style-disappointment-filled-with-numerous-inaccuracies-johnpaulson-housing-hedgefunds/feed/ 0 CDS hedge: If CIT fails, Goldman banks; Sheila Bair wants no one to invest in banks (she wants secured creditors to take hits!); Audit faults U.S. assessment of bank health during crisis; Roubini skeptical on stocks’ rise; HSBC CEO scared of another downturn; Saudi prince wants orderly U.S. Citigroup sale; BofA speeding up CEO search process; internal clash?; Lehman paydown plan; September retail sales to foreshadow holiday sales? 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