Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Lunch Linkage: Lending, Credit Unions, Bailouts, AIG Bonus Money, Win Insurance, Mortgage Apps, 12(b)-1...
• Why Aren't Banks Lending? They Are Being Rational - ritholtz
• Credit Unions Cash In On Banking Backlash - cnbc
• Modifications: The Rentership Society - calculatedriskblog
• Corrupt Politics and Imprudent Bailouts are Two Peas in Same Pod - globaleconomicanalysis
• Builders Zero In on New Goal of Energy-Neutral Housing - online.wsj
• A Year Later, Less than Half of AIG Bonus Money Repaid - foxbusiness
• I'm going to shop around and find a rip-off bank that works for me - creditwritedowns
• Minor League Team Offers Win Insurance - cnbc
• Mortgage Applications Drop to 2-Month Low - cnbc
• The Continuing Private-Sector Recession - forbes
• Texas adviser used ex-NFL players to promote scheme, SEC claims - investmentnews
• Full Housing Crisis Effect Yet To Be Felt: Economist - cnbc
• Gold futures edge down in thin trading - marketwatch
• Macquarie to Buy Sal. Oppenheim Derivatives Business - businessweek
• Geithner: There Will Be No 'Second Wave' Crisis - cnbc
• NAPFA backs Schapiro's call to rethink 12(b)-1 fees - investmentnews
• The year in review at Credit Writedowns – Kleptocracy - creditwritedowns
• The Fed's $27 Billion (And Counting) Call Provision - zerohedge
• Taxpayer Burden Eases to $8.2 Trillion as Obama Supplants Fed - bloomberg
• USA Today: Best Business Books - ritholtz
• Credit Unions Cash In On Banking Backlash - cnbc
• Modifications: The Rentership Society - calculatedriskblog
• Corrupt Politics and Imprudent Bailouts are Two Peas in Same Pod - globaleconomicanalysis
• Builders Zero In on New Goal of Energy-Neutral Housing - online.wsj
• A Year Later, Less than Half of AIG Bonus Money Repaid - foxbusiness
• I'm going to shop around and find a rip-off bank that works for me - creditwritedowns
• Minor League Team Offers Win Insurance - cnbc
• Mortgage Applications Drop to 2-Month Low - cnbc
• The Continuing Private-Sector Recession - forbes
• Texas adviser used ex-NFL players to promote scheme, SEC claims - investmentnews
• Full Housing Crisis Effect Yet To Be Felt: Economist - cnbc
• Gold futures edge down in thin trading - marketwatch
• Macquarie to Buy Sal. Oppenheim Derivatives Business - businessweek
• Geithner: There Will Be No 'Second Wave' Crisis - cnbc
• NAPFA backs Schapiro's call to rethink 12(b)-1 fees - investmentnews
• The year in review at Credit Writedowns – Kleptocracy - creditwritedowns
• The Fed's $27 Billion (And Counting) Call Provision - zerohedge
• Taxpayer Burden Eases to $8.2 Trillion as Obama Supplants Fed - bloomberg
• USA Today: Best Business Books - ritholtz