Americans Still Delusional About House Prices

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-americans-still-delusional-about-house-prices-2009-10

Besides The Fed, Nobody Is Buying Agency Debt

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-who-bought-us-government-deb-2009-10?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Clusterstock+Chart+of+the+Day%2C+Thusday%2C+10%2F8%2F09

34 Banks Miss TARP Dividends

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/10/34-banks-miss-tarp-dividends-and-almost-no-one-notices.html

Commercial Real Estate May Be Next Victim of Recession

data suggests that the $3.5 trillion in outstanding commercial real estate debt could be what some fear: the other shoe about to drop . . . There have been estimates of $800 billion to $1 trillion of commercial mortgage defaults over the next several years, if we don't find a solution to our current troubles.

Transcript: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/realestate_10-06.html

FHA may need a $54 billion bailout

voltron says: too bad there is no way to short this (it's a government agency)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOmu318hOZr4

Union Bank of Switzerland says sell Wells Fargo

http://www.dividend.com/blog/?p=14677

The Dollar Collapse Is A Huge Part Of This Rally

Voltron says: about 50% of the stock market recovery is due to the dollar crashing.

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-sp-500-in-dollars-and-euros-2009-10

Whalen: Q4 “Going to Be a Bank Bloodbath”

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/whalen-real-economy-is-dying-q4-going-to-be-a-bloodbath/

On the Edge with . . . Janet Tavakoli (video)

“meltdown risk today is greater than in 2007″

http://maxkeiser.com/2009/10/03/ote21-on-the-edge-with-janet-tavakoli/

When Banks Start Lending... Watch Out!

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-us-monetary-base-2009-10

Report on Bailouts Says Treasury Misled Public

http://marketplace.publicradio.org//display/web/2009/10/05/pm-tarp

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/business/economy/05bank.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=tarp&st=cse

End of the "petro-dollar"

Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html

Military home buyers find VA loans a roadblock

Voltron says: VA loans are sometimes not accepted because the home does not meet VA loan requirements (especially in the case of a trashed foreclosure), they take longer to close and can involve extra costs to the seller.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/10/05/MN0D19UPNL.DTL

Search working again

Voltron says: There is now a search box at the bottom on the blog.

Unemployment outlasts benefits

Weak Dollar Helps Bulls Erase Losses

http://www.businessinsider.com/weak-dollar-helps-bulls-erase-losses-2009-10

Options activity on Wells Fargo, Moody's and Morgan Stanley

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/02/morgan-stanley-bearish-personal-finance-investing-ideas-wells-fargo.html?partner=yahootix

Whitney: Small Business Will Be Strangled By Credit Crunch Part II

http://www.businessinsider.com/whitney-the-credit-crunch-is-about-to-suffocate-small-businesses-2009-10

Unemployment rate officially 9.8% (really 17%)

Voltron says: Over a quarter of a million jobs were lost last month.
If you include people forced to work part time and "discouraged
workers" who have been unemployed so long that they no longer get
counted, one million jobs were lost and the true unemployment rate is
17%.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-jobless-rate-reaches-98-apf-93159528.html?x=0&.v=13

Daily Show: High Frequency Trading Cash Cow (video)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Cash Cow - High-Frequency Trading
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview