Too Big to Fail banks still extend, pretend American Banker reports the big four are sitting on tens of billions of dollars of losses October 10, 2013 By Ryan Chittum
Is BofA mining profits from mortgage misery? June 21, 2013 By David Cay Johnston A Laurel to The Palm Beach Post
No, it’s not another housing bubble May 30, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Hysteria in pockets of the press over a long-awaited recovery
An ugly bit of blame-the-borrowers March 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Predatory lending is real, contra RealClearMarkets, and it particularly targets minorities
Financial crisis bodies are still surfacing January 24, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Jesse Eisinger on a Morgan Stanley CDO scandal
Audit Notes: NYT on AIG, subsidizing fraud, free logic January 9, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Probably a bit hyped
Audit Notes: blame the borrowers, Walmart cashiers, newspaper prices September 5, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Democratic Party platform on mortgage issues
Audit Notes: Auditor conflicts, Frannie holdup, London Whale pressured August 8, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The latest money-laundering scandal points to problems with a business model
The housing market at an inflection point May 7, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Journal explains why bidding wars are starting to bubble up again
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s Lobbyists, Reuters on Chesapeake, Shadow Space (UPDATED) May 1, 2012 By Ryan Chittum
Audit Notes: Walmart Rewrite, AMR’s Strategic Default, Debtors’ Prison December 16, 2011 By Ryan Chittum