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[from amaah] As Global Wealth Spreads, the IMF Recedes

Ghana for one has almost escaped the sometimes unbearable clutches of the IMF. Perhaps we are now "mature enough" to actually invest in infrastructure without the paternalistic attitudes and rhetoric

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[from amaah] Sub-prime borrowers not alone

It's not just sub-prime borrowers who are having trouble getting affordable home loans. mortgage investors are shunning all but the most traditional loans, creditworthy borrowers are getting hammered if they want mortgages with payment options or the "jum

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[from amaah] Payments: It's TEN PM, do you know where your mortgage is tonight?

The payment was deducted from the account TWO days BEFORE the due date, but the payment was not credited to the mortgage loan until TWO days AFTER the due date. I'm sure this was all because the servicer utilized a "multi-stage" system. That is, cash the

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[from amaah] The Shareholder Letter You Should, But Won't, Be Reading Next Spring

Dear Shareholder: Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I am referring to your board's decision to approve a massive share buyback and huge special dividend last summer, when the buzzwords going around Wall Street were "returning value to shar

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[from amaah] BNP Paribas Investment Partners temporaly suspends the calculation of the net asset value of 3 funds

The complete evaporation of liquidity in certain market segments of the US securitisation market has made it impossible to value certain assets fairly regardless of their quality or credit rating. The situation is such that it is no longer possible to val

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[from amaah] Two words that spook investors: subprime exposure

At a time when the market is waiting for the next subprime-related shoe to drop, investors are shooting first and asking questions later. "We believe the market completely ignored earnings, dividend and instead focused on the word 'subprime'". Oops!

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[from amaah] Markets Fall as Lender Woes Keep Mounting

The financial pages are very entertaining these days. John Kenneth Galbraith is sorely missed. "I have been at this for 22 years, and this is about as bad as I have seen it in the fixed-income market... A liquidity crunch. It's a credit freeze."

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[from amaah] Easy Money, Lifeblood Of Economy, Is Drying Up

At the root of those seemingly unrelated events is a single new reality, one that could portend trouble for the broader U.S. economy: The era of cheap money appears to be ending. Investors are balking as they worry about having to pay the price for lax le

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