Mass Home Refinancing Rumor Rejected, And Why Even If It Was True It Would Not Help BAC

Looking for a reason why the surge of BAC has been abruptly halted after hours? Look no further – as predicted earlier, when we commented on the periodic reincarnation of the always false global refi rumor which served among other things to push BAC higher by almost 10%, the rumor was found to be false… all over again. In other words no refi, no benefit to TBTF, and all of [...]

From Occupy to Withdraw

http://www.scuttledd.com/2011/10/from-occupy-to-withdraw-the-simple-plan-to-let-wall-street-destroy-itself-withdrawfromwallstreet/

 

From Occupy to Withdraw: The Simple Plan to Let Wall Street Be Its Own Undoing By Scott Ledd October 2, 2011

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What is needed is a simple plan that resonates with nearly all the People, regardless of political stripe.  And no matter what one’s background, nearly everyone is united in abject disgust at the reckless greed of Banksters run amok and its deleterious effects [...]

Potentially huge news out of MBIA vs Bank of America battle.

NY court today ruled that MBIA can use statistical sampling (instead of costly and laborious loan-by-loan examination) to prove their case in mortgage putbacks.

CNBC:

Judge Eileen Bransten granted a motion to allow the insurer, MBIA, to use statistical sampling, turning down the objections by Bank of America.

Bank of America [BAC  13.06  -0.32  (-2.39%)   ] had told investors that it intended to fight repurchase requests—also known as put-backs—on a [...]