Follow-up to The Mortgage Bankers Misleading Headline...
February 11, 2010
TARP Panel: Small Banks Are Facing Loan Woes | online.wsj.com
If you really want the insight, download their 183 page report. Then tell me how much lending will be going on.Once you read this article you'll fully understand what we are facing.
Anticipating Lending and Actually Lending are The Realities to be dealt with
February 10, 2010
Banks Resume Commercial Real Estate Lending Despite Losses Ahead | online.wsj.com
The Title of this article is totalling misleading. It should read Banks "anticipate" resuming lending. But even if that is the case...you cannot believe the credit gates are about to really open up.
The new method of creating false optimitism...talk in percentages.
February 5, 2010
Mortgage Bankers Stepping up Financing for Commercial Real Estate: MBA | www.dsnews.com
Now we have the Mortgage Bankers Association chiming in about the surprise uptick in commercial real estate lending. Their way of hiding the facts of this morbid bound sector of commercial real estate is to report percentages....how misleading.
The Difference between Forecasts and Reality in Commercial Real Estate
January 26, 2010
Forecast Sees Bright and Dark Spots in Recovery | www.globest.com
Optimistic forecasts for the near term future of commercial real estate says those that are making these forecasts have not done their due diligence or are in total denial of the reality of what is going on in the United States or worse yet, outright making things up.
Curbs will have little impact on a rampaging bull
January 2, 2010
[Reserve Bank of India] RBI hints at money supply curbs | www.deccanchronicle.com
1. Indian economy is on a vertical.2. There is no bubble in the economy.Foundations are strong and ancient.
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January 2, 2010
Mobile tariffs in India hit all-time low | www.ft.com
1. Cut throat competition in the mobile phone industry augurs well for the poorer population of India.2. Lower rates means expansion in accessibility and communication.
Scotiabank: Canada's Most "International" Bank Increases Investment In China
December 30, 2009
Scotiabank boosts stake in China | www.theglobeandmail.com
Scotiabank has increased there stake in Xi'an City Commercial Bank to 14.8% (with an announced intent to take that to the maximum allowable stake of 20% under current Chinese regulations).This announcement reflects Scotiabank's continued commitment to expanding internationally via both investment and operations at opportune times in regions the Bank believes offer strong fundamentals with long-term growth potential.
Confirming what we should already know
December 17, 2009
Zuckerman on commercial real estate | blogs.journalrecord.com
Mr. Zuckerman is right on...especially since this writer has been saying this relationship between unemployment and vacancy is interrelated just as credit and commercial real estate are tied together at the hip.
Once again The Commercial Real Estate sector's spin doctors get it wrong
December 7, 2009
CMBS Offerings: Recent Success Doesn't Represent End to CRE Liquidity Crisis -- Seeking Alpha | seekingalpha.com
The subject article couldn't be more on point. Thank goodness there are still intelligent people in the industry that get it. Sorry for the lump of coal in your collective stocking!
More Under Armour Red Flags...
November 20, 2009
Stock Jocks Punish Under Armour's Mathletes | www.cnbc.com
Under Armour's most recent 10K contains a number of financial reporting "red flags" that reflect a cavalier attitude toward financial reporting transparency.
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