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The Good, The Bad, and the Deflated

With more than five trillion of sovereign bonds trading at negative yields, and deflation on everyone’s mind, how ugly will it get for securitized assets? There are multiple paths by which deflation impacts structured assets. Some are good, some are bad, some are ugly. “Good deflation” is the magic of capitalism. Competitors find ways to […]

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Mortgage Litigation. One-A-Day Plus Iron

Here we are almost 8 years since the Global Financial Crisis, and mortgage litigation newsfeeds are cranking out about one major headline per day. In February so far, we have found the following stories related to disparate banks (that we will not name here): $470 million settlement of US Mortgage Abuse Claims $131 million payment […]

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