Quantitative Easing (and The Ben Bernanke) Explained, or Not

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Yes, this is hilarious … as is our world’s current financial situation, if you have a irrepressible sense of humor or a sense of the absurd. Truly, that we are putting up with it is comical.

“What does that mean?”

“It means that they are going to print a ton of money.”

“Why don’t they just call it [...]

Must See Film Inside Job Opens to Widest Number of Theaters Today

Charles Ferguson’s film Inside Job is brilliant filmmaking that explains clearly and emphatically how the easiest way to rob a bank is to own one. Beautifully shot and scored, revealingly edited ,the film is a compelling, well written heist film — only this time, the pit in your stomach reminds you you’re one of those whose bank account has been cleverly siphoned [...]

Changing the Paradigm of Money

While the Fed congratulates itself on what it’s pulled off over these 100 years, “Scandal is spreading across Wall St like a very bad case of poison ivy. It seems as good a time as any to reconsider the paradigm we are holding of money and [...]

Five Big Reasons To Stop Procrastinating and Just Say No to Your Debt

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Photo Alan Cleaver via Creative Commons License

Since I’m writing a book about money, friends often take me aside and ask what I recommend to deal with debt. Before this out-of-balance system made itself obvious, many of us created debts — now old debts — that we’re struggling to clear. Others of us — [...]

Debt Clearing Research Links

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It is next to impossible to track down good reputable sources about debt settlement or bankruptcy these days, with all the articles out there trying to lure your business. I’ve done my best to compile a healthy list here.

Do your research before deciding which route to take. If you want some rallying reasons to clear [...]

BofA Halts Foreclosures in ALL States; Plus Doc Fabrication Price Sheet

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The snowball keeps rolling. On Friday (again waiting until the end of the week for the big news), Bank of America halted foreclosures across all 50 states — more lenders no doubt soon to follow their action. The New York Times reports:

The plan swept states with some of the highest foreclosure levels, including California, [...]

No, Actually, It's the Whole Financial Industry That's Been Lying

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The tide is turning. The shakeup ongoing from recent court cases that have uncovered the extended fraud in the foreclosure industry has given long-battered homeowners newfound power and resolve. On Wednesday, the Home Defenders League launched in California to help homeowners keep their homes and to call on Gov. Schwarzenegger to halt foreclosures in California.

Today, [...]

Foreclosure Fraud Indicates Deep Faultline in Financial World

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I’m not the only one seeing that the major disturbances coming to light in the foreclosure world are not mere surface tremors, but indicate a deep faultline that, as it keeps opening, just may cause the entire industry to fall into the sea.

Wall Street wants us to move along, nothing to see here. Firms [...]

More Big Banks Trapped by Fast Expanding Foreclosure Fraud Discoveries

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Over the weekend, the AP reported that a Wells Fargo executive admitted back in May that he robo-signed up to 150 documents a day, yet that bank is still resisting halting foreclosures. A foreclosure case in Florida involving IndyMac/OneWest Bank was thrown out due to a robo-signer and lack of standing to foreclose. Saturday, [...]

Foreclosure Machine Seizes Up: JPMorgan and GMAC Halt Foreclosures

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Update: BofA waited until the end of the day today to announce it was also halting foreclosures in 23 states. From San Francisco Chronicle:

The move adds the nation’s largest bank to a growing list of mortgage companies whose employees signed documents in foreclosure cases without verifying the information in them.

Due to the [...]