I just read a great article in Barron's Magazine this evening. The article is titled, "The Lessons of the Savings-and-Loan Crisis" by Jack Willoughby. Mr. Willoughby interviewed William Black, Associate Professor, Economics Law University of Missouri, Kansas City. Towards the end of the article, Professor Black states, "Why had no one heard of the subprime crisis of 1991? Because America's regulators also faced down the crisis early. The same thing happened with bad credits being securitized in the secondary market. Remember the low-doc or no doc mortgage done by Citibank? Well, the problem didn't spread-because regulators intervened."
Bingo, someone seems to have gotten it right! Finally!
Stay tuned...I have more to share. Just another day in the mortgage mess!
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