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Tag Archives: eric janszen
80% of mortgages backed by FHA, which is low on funds
The Money Times – Rising foreclosures to drop FHA’s reserves below mandated level: Battered by the slump in the housing market, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) said Friday that its reserves will fall below the congressionally mandated level for the first … Continue reading
Low interest rates are bad for pension funds
iTulip.com – Corporate Pension Fund shortfalls weigh on recovery: Corporate pension funding shortfalls are a major operating cash flow problem for the corporations that experience shortfalls because by law corporations must finance pension funds to 100% over time. Pension fund … Continue reading
2009 stimulus spending by country as a percent of GDP
This really shows that this is a global slowdown, not just something specific to the U.S., though the U.S. meltdown is having secondary effects due to the sheer size of our economy. That chart is from Eric Janzen’s latest piece, … Continue reading
Eric Janszen on America’s broken financial trust
Janszen: The American system was completely unique. It leveraged U.S. global economic and military hegemony and the trust of European and Asian investors in U.S. institutions built up over generations. To finance the technology bubble we sold them technology stocks … Continue reading
Eric Janszen gives the economic gloom and doom, take it or leave it
One of my financial gurus is Eric Janszen of itulip.com. As an introduction and an aid to understanding what’s in the interview below, FIRE is Janszen’s acronym for Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. His contention is that over the past … Continue reading