Social Distancing = Financial Armageddon for Commercial Real Estate and Big Cities
Just imagine if NYC files bankruptcy before Election Day...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- May 18, 2020
- 6 min
Should Banks Stop Paying Dividends? Should Anybody Buy Goldman Sachs?
Rather than asking some bureaucrat in Washington, let’s let the market decide.
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R. Christopher Whalen
- May 14, 2020
- 6 min
Negative Interest Rates and Mortgage Servicing
Numbers define value, enable commerce and compensate for work.
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R. Christopher Whalen
- May 11, 2020
- 7 min
Jonathan Miller on the U.S. Real Estate Market
Jonathan a keen judge of the real estate market environment and the economy.
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R. Christopher Whalen
- May 6, 2020
- 6 min
Amy Brandt: The Way Forward in Mortgage Finance
In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we speak with Amy Brandt, President and CEO of Docutech, which was acquired by First...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- May 4, 2020
- 8 min
Great Lockdown Brings Global Deflation
New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder the state of the bezzle, that fluffy, frothy portion atop the political...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 30, 2020
- 6 min
Robert Eisenbeis on Narrow Banks
The present primary dealer system is a relic of the past when Treasury securities were paper documents....
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 26, 2020
- 8 min
David Stevens: The FHFA's Epic Failure with COVID19
In this issue of the Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a comment by David Stevens, CEO of Mountain Lake Consulting and former...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 24, 2020
- 5 min
Waiting for the COVID19 Credit Wave
We anticipate that net loss rates will rise quickly from the historic lows seen over the past several years to and even exceeding 100% loss
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 19, 2020
- 4 min
Michael Bright: The Fannie-Freddie Forbearance Bailout
The FHFA agenda is tantamount to a bailout for the GSEs at the expense of bank and nonbank servicers
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 15, 2020
- 6 min
Interview: James Koutoulas of Typhon Capital Management
What I emphasize to our team is stick to your knitting. If you are a grain trader, your job is to trade grain spreads.
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Bank Earnings Armageddon
New York | This week, The Institutional Risk Analyst releases our Q1 2020 bank earnings report, which is for sale in our online store. In...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Apr 5, 2020
- 5 min
Calabria's FHFA Fans the Fires of Contagion
The current mess in the housing sector is entirely the fault of Washington....
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 28, 2020
- 6 min
Servicer Advances and Mortgage Payment Holidays
New York | In our March 22nd issue (“What Must Be Done to Support Housing Finance?”), we talked about what needed to happen in the market...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
Q1 2020 Bank Earnings: Pondering the Unthinkable
As Q1 2020 ends, the global banking industry faces a world that has been completely changed by the economic impact of the Wuhan virus,...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 22, 2020
- 4 min
What Must Be Done to Support Housing Finance?
New York | As the US financial markets get ready for another volatile week, leaders in the mortgage finance sector spent the weekend in...
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
Washington Should Play the Housing Card
The Fed can very directly add liquidity to the domestic scene by initiating a massive program to purchase agency and government mortgages
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 15, 2020
- 6 min
For Powell, it's the Agony of the Convexity
“It is not learning, grace nor gear
Nor easy meat nor drink
But bitter pinch of pain and fear
That makes creation think”
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 9, 2020
- 5 min
Panic, Liquidity and Ratings
The panic in the media is having outsized consequences for people, companies and society.
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R. Christopher Whalen
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
The IRA Bank Book Q1 2020
Q: Is the Federal Open Market Committee killing America's banks? A: Yes
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