Feb 24 2009

American International Group: AIG Founded in Shanghai China in 1919. Who are we Bailing out Here?

American International Group, AIG was founded in 1919 by Cornelius Starr who established the agency in Shanghai, China.  The business took off and was very successful in Asia.  Later, Starr expanded the company to Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.  It is fascinating how many in the media are portraying AIG as some homegrown […]

Feb 12 2009

Monthly Foreclosures and the Dreaded Road Ahead: On Path to another 3,000,000+ Foreclosures for 2009. 1 out of Every 173 Homes Received a Foreclosure Filing in California. 8,800 Foreclosure Filings a Day in the United States.

Foreclosures filings in past economic downturns were usually driven by job losses or contractions in the economy.  In our current recession we had an interesting dynamic in that many foreclosures were caused by the actual mortgages given to borrowers.  This of course spurred the housing bubble but more importantly, positioned a double whammy for our […]

Dec 31 2008

Housing Bubble Genesis: 5 Reasons that Didn’t Cause the Housing Bubble and 5 Reasons that did.

There is a danger in having power.  Credit at least many decades ago was seen almost as an extension of the morality of the borrower.  That is, the way credit was given many times reflected the capacity, collateral, and character of the borrower.  Main Street is already feeling this recession like the worst since World War II and […]

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