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Small Banks Have Big CRE Risk? Really? | Bank of America Update
The net losses disclosed by BAC and the other large banks at the end of Q4 2023 are significantly understated...
R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 25, 20247 min read
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Credit Suisse\UBS to Apollo: Bye, Bye
UBS ultimately seems intent upon running off the remaining US mortgage assets, including a few billion in Ginnie Mae MSR financings
R. Christopher Whalen
Oct 2, 20236 min read
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Bank Industry Review & Survey Q3 2023
The US banking industry has seen now two consecutive down quarters for net income caused by the Fed’s massive open market operations
R. Christopher Whalen
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Reverse Mortgage Bankruptcy Festers; IRA Housing Outlook
The Biden Administration has no real strategy for addressing the growing stress in the market for government insured mortgages
R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 14, 202310 min read
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Update: GS, MS, SCHW, RJF & SF
If you agree with our view that the short-selling of the stock was mistaken, then the discount for SCHW is unwarranted.
R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 21, 20235 min read
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Winners & Losers in the New Gilded Age
Mark Twain called Washington ''the grand old benevolent National Asylum for the Helpless'' in his classic "The Gilded Age."
R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 21, 20235 min read
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Citigroup: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Citi has drifted through years of government ownership and weak leadership by the board of directors
R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 22, 20216 min read
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