Showing posts with label Too Big To Fail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Too Big To Fail. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Jamie Dimon - To big to fail?

UPDATE & BOMBSHELL: (Business Insider)
Wall Street Journal Report: Jamie Dimon Personally Approved The Concept Of The Disastrous Trade, Losses Could Total $5 BILLION! .....The reporter's sources appear to be very close to Dimon. The story includes an exchange between Dimon and his wife and also references an evening fueled by vodka.
JP MORGAN CHASE & CO - We’re Number ONE !!!! (1)
What!: "it's ok to lose 2 billion...we've made billions this quarter"...
Liar: JPM Didn't "hedge" (4) 2 Billion dollar loss - JPM Chase placed a huge bet that went bad, a bet that cannot be described as a “hedge” in any policy relevant way. JPM Chase was simply gambling for profit (HERE)

FBI & DOJ announce investigations of 2 billion "trading loss" (HERE)
How?:   Foreclosure as a Business Model (HERE)(1)
When:  Tuesday May 15th - 2012
Where: Tampa, Florida "Back-office Complex"
Event:   Jamie Dimon vs. Shareholders & CALPERS
Jamie Dimon - I'm to big to fail..let me count the reasons......

CHASE – NUMBER ONE - in AMERICA - for FORECLOSURES(1) **

(1) SNL Finacial report 6-10-10 - JP Morgan Chase had the highest dollar value, 19.5 Billion, of 1-4 family homes in foreclosure. JP Morgan Chase had an additional 54.5 BILLION in foreclosure properties which it serviced for others
Scharf stated that most of the paper problems were simple "affidavit issues" but confirmed it could cost the company a few million dollars for every month that foreclosure proceedings were delayed. However, Schaff quelled investors’ worries by stating that re-filings with fraudulent new paperwork would begin in a few weeks and would only take three to four months to complete.
Moreover, Scharf stated ALL the company’s foreclosure decisions were "based on materially accurate information" and Chase had multiple controls in place to assure that all property records had been properly assigned and transferred.
Finally, Scharf's presentation showed that JPMorgan’s default employees (currently numbering around 17,000) had independent "operational processes" in place - to assure - all foreclosures were proper. That process was checking a loan status - twice.  First before a loan was  referred to a Mill Firm attorney for foreclosure and then again, before the final foreclosure sale.
Below are excerpts from the 41 page report (full report linked at bottom): 
….The ability to continue to foreclose is critical to continued economic and real estate recovery (translation we have 375+ billion dollars worth of exposure, and we need to unload this crxx - as soon as possible – we’ll simply call it Economic Real Estate Recovery) Will $56 Million help? for Chase overcharging 6,000 active military
….We strongly believe foreclosures should not be delayed any longer than necessary (translation: Judges…go back to sleep…and get back to Rubber-Stamping our foreclosures as we have profit margins and analysts’ projections to meet. Our stockholders & investors can’t be delayed by any legalities or Rules of Law.)  JP Morgan will foreclose - even if your an Ohio Judge  
….{Any} further foreclosure delays will damage communities and the economy(what? - silly me - of course any delays to the emptying of occupied houses and further blighting cities will damage the economy! Our drug-dealers need safe-houses to store and sell drugs in order to quickly stimulate the economy) 
…..{F}acts and circumstances supported {our} decisions to foreclose but if we become aware of any fraud exceptions, we will fix them (translation: hopefully this Robo-Signing thing will blown over quickly….and we can FRAUDulently create needed transfers and bogus assignments)
 
......Pg 29....{All} the following are ...…Misconceptions of Chase:
{that} liens were not properly transferred
{that} foreclosures are pursued too aggressively and completed without sufficient review
{that} borrowers current (on loans) have been foreclosed upon;
{that} foreclosure decisions are not supported by underlying facts and circumstances
{that} servicers were not willing or able to staff up to cope with volumes....Inspector General to ask Chase to testify - only has modified 67,000 of the 204,000 eligible. + 2011 Class Action
 
.....Pg 6….by the way... JP MORGAN CHASE & CO has a Nationwide footprint (over 5,000 branches & 16,000 ATMs in 23 states) and “We operate from a position of strength” and “We will be appropriately paid for the services we provide
 

Sunday, May 22, 2011

TBTF - Too Big To Fail

Title:      "TOO BIG TO FAIL"
What:   HBO Films Docu(drama)mentary
Date:    Monday May 23, 2011
When:   9:00pm est
Where:  HBO Network

Why: If you really want to know how the "Wizards of Wall Street"
(Big Banks and Wall Street Investment Firms) Collapsed the entire world's economy
You must see this HBO Film - Documentary
               THE TITLE  -  SAYS IT ALL
HBO brings the whole sordid tale to the screen in the sensational original two-hour movie based on the book with the same name by Andrew Ross Sorkin
NEWYORK POST (Review by Linda Stasi)- Right click and Open in New Tab for review
...."They cheat. They steal. They lie. They leave hardworking families homeless. They undermined the entire economy of the United States for their own personal greed. They don't go to jail and still get billions in bonuses.  Who are they? They are the Wall Street SOBs who brought the US to its knees, that's who. Too bad to be true? No." The movie tells the minute-by-minute, seat-of-the-pants story of how Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson (William Hurt) tries to wrangle the arrogant CEOs of the giant financial institutions. It's like watching the meeting of the five families in "The Godfather," except that these five heads were part of the industry that brought not just their enemies, but the whole country, to its knees.
The group includes JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon (Bill Pullman), Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein (Evan Handler), Morgan Stanley's John Mack (Tony Shalhoub), Merrill Lynch's John Thain (Matthew Modine) and Citigroup's Vikram Pandit (Ajay Mehta).



More info - here - from HBO: "Too Big To Fail "- Right click and Open in New Tab to:  
Read movie Synopsis, Bios, and hear from the Cast and crew
Really Cool: Click here for "Source Documents" used by Andew Sorkin for his book
PDF document showing NYSE Dow Index compared to the "Timeline of the Crisis"

MAY 2010:  OHIO Senator Sherrod Brown (D): ....The biggest problem is the enormous size of the institutions being regulated. "Too big to fail" means they are simply too big, and shrinking them is not on the table.  Last month, Senator Sherrod Brown explained the size problem this way: "Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17% of GDP.  The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63% of GDP, and that’s too (big) - we’ve got to deal with risk to be sure, but we’ve got to deal with the size of these banks, because if one of these banks is in serious trouble, it will have such a ripple effect on the whole economy." Representative Alan Grayson said,"Too big to fail means too big to exist. I don’t think the big banks will get appreciably smaller until after the next meltdown, and one is coming sooner than later Read the Rest Here..from USAWatchdog (Right click and Open in New Tab)

JULY 2010:  OHIO Senator Sherrod Brown (D): Sent a letter to the 4 largest banks, calling on them to work with homeowners facing foreclosure. (Text of letter Here) Nothing happened!

APRIL 2011:  OHIO Senator Sherrod Brown (D): Introduces landmark legislation titled  Foreclosure Fraud and Homeowner Abuse Prevention Act of 2011
(We covered - in detail - on this blog - Click HERE)