Fitch cuts Ratings on Goldman, Deutsche, five other large banks

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES CLICK HERE TO GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION REPORT EDITOR’S COMMENT: Why would regulatory challenges be a threat to the financial viability of the Banks? answer: because the challenges they are talking about drive a stake though the heart of lies perpetuated by those Banks. the result is that they could be [...]

A Sleuth Targets Credit Ratings: Why Not Appraisals?

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary EDITOR’S NOTE: Since the ratings were a symbolic flag to be recognized internationally as “inspected for safety” it hardly seems that the basic mortgage transaction would not be examined as part of the fraudulent ratings of bogus mortgage backed securities. If there was no valid [...]

NEW JERSEY BOND RATINGS FALL

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary THE NEXT WAVE: MUNICIPAL BOND RATINGS AND DEFAULTS EDITOR’S NOTE: With heads stuck in the sand, avoiding the “third rail” of acknowledgment that tens of trillions of dollars of mortgage transactions are fatally defective, which would save or partially save the budgets of most states, [...]

REUTERS: BANK OF AMERICA HIT WITH THREE NEW LAWSUITS FOR “MASSIVE” FRAUD

ONE ON ONE WITH NEIL GARFIELD COMBO ANALYSIS TITLE AND SECURITIZATION Bank of America Corp’s Countrywide mortgage unit is being sued for Fraud! Investors claiming they were victimized by Bank of America’s Countrywide in a “massive fraud” when they bought mortgage-backed securities. “Investors now seem to be conforming their allegations to those set forth on [...]

Ratings, Appraisal Fraud Unraveling: Testimony Reveals Cover-up

SERVICES YOU NEED “According to testimony last week, from January 2006 to June 2007, Clayton reviewed 911,000 loans for 23 investment or commercial banks, including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley.” It’s like slapping some paint on a 30 year old Chevy and selling it as a Rolls [...]

WORLD HUNGER PROVIDES PROOF OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES INFLATING PRICES

One of the hardest things for people to get their minds around is how borrowers were defrauded. The nagging question keeps coming to mind “But you DID sign the loan and take the money, didn’t you?” Yes you did, but you did it because of a representation and virtual guarantee from several parties at the [...]

FRAUD IS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM

It is hard to state this strongly enough. The entire mortgage backed securitization structure was based upon FRAUD. An intentional misstatement of a material fact known to be untrue and which the receiving party reasonably relies to his detriment is fraud. BOTH ends of this deal required fraud for completion. The investors had to believe [...]

is it one of them or is it all of them? Mr. Cuomo, are you listening?

According to two EMC analysts, they were encouraged to just make up data like FICO scores if the lenders they purchased loans in bulk from wouldn’t get back to them promptly Editors’ Note: With Bear Stearns “underwater” it is difficult to come up with scenario where there won’t be criminal charges brought against the bankers [...]

Discovery Hints: Goldman Sachs may not be the only firm in SEC cross hairs

REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP 5/23-24 Editor’s Notes: These lawsuits from the SEC, the Class Action lawyers etc., are already producing fall-out — dozens of articles and production of secret emails etc. that can only help your case. Follow them closely as they will inevitably lead to admissible evidence of what you [...]

Obama Moves Closer to Principal Reduction Mandate

Editor’s note: This is red meat for investors and borrowers seeking restitution for losses caused by improper appraisals, ratings and representations concerning loan and property values, loan viability, securities fraud, deceptive lending practices, TILA violations etc. Obama Bank Policy Signals $1 Trillion in Writedowns April 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators may force Bank of America [...]