Four Factors Favoring Fabulous Fab
Below are my reactions to the US Securities and Exchange Commission fraud suit that began yesterday against “Fabulous Fab” Fabrice Tourre, a Vice President at
Below are my reactions to the US Securities and Exchange Commission fraud suit that began yesterday against “Fabulous Fab” Fabrice Tourre, a Vice President at
Please see my earlier post, on the creation of a Mortgage bond which reviewed 3 parts of the mortgage bond market. “When Issued” forward-trading of
A friend asked me recently for investment advice. I sent her my thoughts by email but couldn’t resist making it into an “Ask an Ex-Banker”
How do mortgages make it to Wall Street anyway? None of the following is essential to understanding mortgages from a personal finance standpoint, I just
Is mortgage debt good debt? A dangerous drug? Or both? All debt acts like a drug. Debt artificially changes your personal financial metabolism, accelerating personal
Mortgage banks will quote you a mortgage interest rate, with the option to pay more money upfront, in the form of ‘points,’ for a lower
I founded Bankers Anonymous because, as a recovering banker, I believe that the gap between the financial world as I know it and the public discourse about finance is more than just a problem for a family trying to balance their checkbook, or politicians trying to score points over next year’s budget – it is a weakness of our civil society. For reals. It’s also really fun for me.
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