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Japanese Stocks Advance on Nissan, Central JR Earnings Reports
Bloomberg - ... Canon Inc. and banks such as Mizuho Financial Group Inc. gained after Countrywide Financial Corp., the largest U.S. mortgage ... Stocks also got a boost on increased expectations the Federal Reserve will cut U.S. interest rates at its meeting on Oct ...
2007-10-28 05:45:00 -
Charles H. Green: The Subprime Mortgage Mess: Viewed From a 12-Year Rear View Mirror (HuffingtonPost)
Securitization made mortgage lending a national, even global, market. It made more money available, at lower rates, with greater accessibility. It did what it set out to do.
2007-10-28 06:35:02 -
Rates on 30-year mortgages fall slightly
Mojave Daily News - WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level in six weeks as financial markets grew more hopeful that the Federal Reserve will boost the sluggish economy by cutting interest rates further. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company ...
2007-10-24 05:57:00 -
Euro and Crude trade at record highs. AUD trades above 92 cents
FXStreet.com - ... on Friday fell to 80.9 for the month of October from the previous 83.4 (the lowest ... view on the USD came after Countrywide Financial Corp., the biggest U.S. mortgage ... month in September, dousing any claims of an increase in interest rates in the ...
2007-10-28 04:05:00 -
DATA SNAP: UK Oct House Prices -0.1% On Mo, +4.4% On Year
FXStreet.com - ... in prices eased back to 4.4% from 5.0% a month earlier, the lowest ... British Bankers Association last week reporting a slowdown in mortgage lending and approvals. "The slowdown in the housing market continues to worsen, with higher interest rates ...
2007-10-28 04:55:00 -
5 economic myths about sick old Europe
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Today, with the stock market jittery over Iraq, the mortgage crisis, huge budget and ... the 15 core nations of the European Union had per-capita economic growth rates ... Even France, at 8 percent, is at its lowest rate in 25 years. That's still higher ...
2007-10-28 05:09:00 -
Citigroup Dividend, Falling Shares Make Bank Stocks Unbeatable
Bloomberg - ... net income in more than three years, and the housing slump led to record foreclosures and rising mortgage defaults. Citigroup dropped to its lowest ... Investors are counting on the Fed to cut rates this year to bolster growth in the world's largest ...
2007-10-28 04:41:00 -
U.K. Home Prices Fall for First Time in 2 Years, Led by London
Bloomberg - Rates Rising The interest rate on a mortgage fixed for two years was 6.33 percent in September, compared with 5.41 percent a year earlier ... fell for a second month in September, with the number of potential buyers dropping to the lowest ...
2007-10-28 05:16:00 -
Nervous Liberals urge PM to change election tactics
News.com.au - Mr Howard responded last night by saying interest rates, for variable home mortgage rates, were still at their lowest for 30 years. Mr Howard said "let's get real" and talk about what people pay for their mortgages, not the official cash rate. "What ...
2007-10-28 04:33:00 -
New Zealand Dollar Advances on Prospect Interest Rates May Rise (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's dollar gained to the highest in two weeks after a report showed imports rose last month, bolstering speculation the central bank will need to increase interest rates again.
2007-10-28 06:29:53 -
O’Neal poised to step down at Merrill
Financial Times - Merrill said that, net of hedges, it still had $15.2bn of net exposure to mortgage-backed securities and $5.7bn of subprime loans at the end of September. Given the recent market deterioration, some analysts estimate it is already sitting on further ...
2007-10-28 04:26:00 -
Tonight's TV
Times Online - Mortgage brokers sold the American dream of home ownership to people who failed to read the small print. The regional banks passed on the loans to Wall Street, who bundled them into sexy packages with exciting names and handed them on to foreign ...
2007-10-28 05:38:00 -
Merrill's Former Chief Tully Calls Losses `Sickening' (Update2)
Bloomberg - Merrill last week disclosed $8.4 billion of writedowns on loans and mortgage-linked bonds, leading to the biggest quarterly loss of its 93-year history. O'Neal, 56, is facing pressure to resign as investors, angered by a 29 percent drop in the stock ...
2007-10-28 05:02:00 -
Fed braces for weaker growth ahead
Reuters - Fed officials expect the economy to slow because of the credit crisis that hit over the summer after worries about sour mortgage loans spread, though strong exports and steady hiring and spending have buoyed the world's largest economy so far. ...
2007-10-28 10:28:00 -
Fed Seen Bracing for Weaker Economic Growth Ahead
CNBC - Fed officials expect the economy to slow because of the credit crisis that hit over the summer after worries about sour mortgage loans spread, though strong exports and steady hiring and spending have buoyed the world's largest economy so far. ...
2007-10-28 11:40:00