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Phil Gramm Says Loose Money and Politicized Mortgages Caused the Financial Market Crisis

Posted by zillion 1085 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bank fannie mortgage plan nationalize
Interesting review of roles that the Community Reinvestment Act enforcements of 90s, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide, and Friends played in the explosion and fall of subprime mortgage securities and why we should be concerned w/new mortgage pla read more »
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Dow Falls 6.2% in Punishing Week

Posted by zillion 1085 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: banks dow fear ge gm nationalization
Bank stocks continue slide as fear of nationalization of BAC and C runs wild. Also includes recap of this last week's market action and the various economic and legislative factors influencing investments. Including the potential fates of GM and GE read more »
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Top 10 Worst Finanical Habits

Posted by UIS4821 1085 days ago, popular 1084 days ago (http://thetruthofcredit.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: debt getting out of debt
You would think a list like this would be easy to make but trying to rank these was alot hard than I thought. Anyone of these habits will put you in the “House of Pain” (thanks Jim Cramer). You will find that some of these habits are common sense an read more »
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What would Bilbo do? 14 money lessons from "The Hobbit"

Posted by pimpyourfinances 1094 days ago, popular 1093 days ago (http://www.pimpyourfinances.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: money lessons personal finance tolkien
I'm tired of listening to the financial "experts", so I turned to a much older source of wisdon: J.R.R. Tolkien. Here are 14 money lessons I learned from “The Hobbit”. read more »
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