First Citizens Bank ($83 Million) and Santander ($55 Million) hit by First Brands collapse. Several Wall Street firms including JPMorgan, Jefferies, and Cantor Fitzgerald have also suffered losses

Big things have small beginnings. https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1981673722982674914 https://x.com/MrJJB/status/1981703730778239330 Key insight: Two more regional banks disclosed credit losses related to the bankruptcy of First Brands, the U.S. auto parts maker that filed for bankruptcy amid allegations that it engaged in fraud. What’s at stake: The list of large and regional banks with exposures to First Brands continues …

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“Locked-in” Homeowners Nevertheless Pay Off Below-4% Mortgages: their Share of All Mortgages Outstanding Drops to 55%, Lowest since Q1 2021

The share of mortgages outstanding with rates below 3% – as close to free money as regular folks could get – has been declining slowly but steadily to 21.3% of all mortgages outstanding at the end of Q3 2024, from the peak in Q1 2022 (24.6%), according to the Federal Housing Finance Authority’s National Mortgage …

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Are Stocks Poised to Crash 55% Soon?

by David Haggith One thing I have not predicted for 2024 is stock-market crash, and so far I haven’t predicted one for 2025 either. However, Adam Taggart’s guest in a video posted below says he anticipates a huge market crash is coming soon. You certainly wouldn’t know it to look at the market today, where both the …

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