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The Bailout Bill Passed: Why Are People So Glum?
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
October 4th, 2008 10:20 am
Tagged with: bailout plan, bonds, house of representatives, housing, j carl cooke, mortgagebacked securities, mortgages, oj, paulson, senate
The Bailout Bill Passed: Why Are People So Glum? OK. Arms were twisted, some pork was added, the potential ramifications of doing nothing were averted, Main Street was saved (even if Wall Street also benefited), the middle class was rescued and the Bai
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Do These Guys Really Feel The Pain Of Main Street?
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 29th, 2008 5:26 am
Tagged with: bailout plan, congress, main street, mortgage crisis, senate, wall street
Do These Guys Really Feel Our Pain? As a follow-up to the bank bailout resolution of this crisis that may be passed this week, I just wanted to touch on a phrase that is used incessantly by the politicians as they run to the microphones in order to get
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Reading Between The Lines Of The Mortgage Bailout Plan
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 29th, 2008 3:49 am
Tagged with: asian markets, bailout plan, buy the rumor sell the news, consumer loans, consumer spending, european markets, mortgage crisis, political commentary, recession, stock markets
In moving from the rhetoric coming from Washington and bringing it to the level of Main Street (a term that our politicians love to invoke), and watching the early stock market reaction to the bailout plan as we know it now, actions are speaking louder th
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Quick Response To Harry Reid
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 26th, 2008 9:34 am
Tagged with: alphonso jackson, bailout plan, bipartisan politics, chris dodd, donna shalala, harry reid, james johnson, kent conrad, richard holbrooke
Response To Harry Reid I was driving in my car listening to a press conference that Harry Reid, Democratic Leader in the Senate was conducting. He said that although this entire mortgage and banking crisis was the doing of the current administration, h
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Not Going To Be A Three Legged Stool
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 26th, 2008 3:51 am
Tagged with: bailout plan, bipartisan politics, democrats, jp morgan, mccain, obama, republicans, senator chriss dodd, washington mutual
The calvary coming to the rescue as stated by a congressman yesterday must have been riding lame horses. I woke up to a picture of Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd saying to the TV cameras that there is no deal because the Democrats will not move forward
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A Bailout Package Is Coming Into View
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 25th, 2008 9:30 am
Tagged with: bailout plan, bill gross, cavalry, cnbc, commercial mortgage, commercial real estate, general electric, jack welch, julie davis, paul kanjorski
For all of our sake, let's hope that the cavalry is coming to the rescue, and that they bring all of the right ammunition. Let's get this done and move on!!!
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Know Your Lenders That Are Lending and Goldman Sachs
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 24th, 2008 2:59 am
Tagged with: bailout plan, commercial mortgage, commercial mortgage underwriting, commercial real estate, goldman sachs, warren buffett
As a former trader watching the market yesterday afternoon, the news of this deal was more likely than not already in the marketplace before it was announced. Let's take a look at the way Goldman closed and the volume that it traded between 3:50 and 4:00.
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The Bailout, Real Estate, Mortgages, Economy and the Stock Market. Oh Boy!
Posted at The Political and Financial Markets Commentator by Michael Haltman
September 23rd, 2008 10:38 am
Tagged with: bailout plan, br5idge money, cnbc, commercial mortgage, commercial real estate, jets, mets, stock market
As a participant in the commercial mortgage and real estate markets, I want to know if it will mean that financial institutions that remain will once again be willing to lend. Once we know that they are willing to lend, the question will become who they a
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