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Subprime

Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart: Was CNBC serving the needs of traders?

by reynz on March 15, 2009

What’s the financial buzz?
My entry today is about Cramer vs. Stewart and what transpired on the Daily Show. It’s been the current rage and water cooler talk in America brought about in part by Madoff’s story that hugged the headlines the past few days.

Who is Jim Cramer? He is the person on Cramer’s Mad Money [...]

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Bernard Maddoff and the Philippines very long list of scam and corruption investigations

by reynz on March 14, 2009

Long… very, very long.
The list is getting very, very long. Pero, wala pang kinu-kulong. Puro lang sya investigations chorva. Mga pa eklavu, sigaw dito sigaw dun, then another kurapsyon. “Days of our Stolen lives” mapapanood sa TV. Trauma na mga Pinoys. Hallucinations don’t work no more. After the show? Wait ka naman nang panibagong nakawan. [...]

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Iceland: from 1st world to 3rd world? What the Philippines can learn

by reynz on January 27, 2009

Iceland: Bankrupt and in political turmoil
I was following this news on Iceland, especially when this whole subprime crisis exploded in the United States. In October 2008, Forbes Magazine ran an article about Iceland Teeters On Bankruptcy. Today, the story got worse. Iceland’s government is toppled amid the financial mess. They’re in a political turmoil. It’s [...]

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2008: reyna elena dot com: year in review

by reynz on December 29, 2008

(L-R [Jing, Pusa, Reynz, Malen, Mitchie])

What can I say, it’s been one crazy year of blogging. Yet, no doubt, despite all the flames that burned on the internet, this was were I met the best bloggers around through some never ending social climbing! Yes, this is a virtual world, but make no mistake, the feelings [...]

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$50 billion biggest ponzi scheme ever!

by reynz on December 17, 2008

Investors reel at $50b fraud

If those failing mortgage giants, investment companies, credit card companies were not enough, automakers in trouble, companies shutting down, employment downsizing, layoffs, well what about a hidden investment ponzi scheme?! This must be the mother of all the ma-fkrs! I’m telling, there are a lot of reasons to say putang ina [...]

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Managing people according to Reyna Elena

December 12, 2008

Job losses
See this? It’s unbelievable the number of jobs lost in the United States. Milions. And it is going to even increase further with the bad news in the auto industry. Lucky you if you still have a job. And these headlines brought me back to when I was still working. Managing people.

My Italian boss
Besides [...]

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Save the U.S. Homeowners, Stupid!

November 2, 2008

Typically, in the loan and mortgage industry, when a customer fails to live up to his obligation, then you take ownership of the property to cover your losses. No question, pretty understandable. As basic as all the Business Law we had in college.
But what happens when a customer fails to live up to his [...]

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This is not a very good world’s santacruzan!

October 10, 2008

World?s stock markets plunges! That was the news that greeted me when I woke up early this morning. Was I shocked? Not really. I was expecting these kinds of news. And the bad news continues.
Iceland is on the brink of bankruptcy. They?ll have to go back to fishing to sustain their economy.
Japan?s Nikkei Index [...]

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Money Smarts features: Ross Delgado of USA

October 10, 2008

Last week, Salve Duplito of Money Smarts, interviewed via email Filipinos working all over the world to find out how the US global financial crunch is affecting one of the major sources of the country?s liquidity?the OFWs. She is publishing this week in installments the full version of their emails. Head over to this site [...]

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Money Smarts features: Kengkay of Germany

October 9, 2008

Last week, Salve Duplito of Money Smarts, interviewed via email Filipinos working all over the world to find out how the US global financial crunch is affecting one of the major sources of the country?s liquidity?the OFWs. She is publishing this week in installments the full version of their emails. Head over to this site [...]

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Bomba star na ang lola nyo!

October 6, 2008

Malaya, Ellen Tordesillas Section, Monday Edition, 10/06/2008
One of the entries I wrote about subprime and the US housing market became such a hot property that it ended up in a lot of financial forums in Singapore, the Middle East and the US. I’m glad it was a big help to a lot of non-financial people. [...]

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Bailout: Kaya kong maging Presidentress nang Amerika!

October 5, 2008

The Bailout
An sama-sama nang tama nang lecheng bailout chorva na to saken mga kunichiwa! Napa-praning ang Reyna. Leche sila! Mga tiga Wall Street ang minumura hindi mga blogista! Walang ba silang alam sa problema? Ano baaa??? Binasa ko ang Bailout, from page 1 to page 451. Hehehe! Charing lang! Haller!!! Porno lang ang binabasa ko [...]

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I’m a Wall Street Shit Investor

September 29, 2008

Wall Street and Capitol Hill are in a frenzy. They are waiting for the much anticipated coming… the huge, gigantic $700 billion US dollar, superman bail-out of what seemed to be the obvious failure of corporate capitalism.

If you?re a Reyna reader, I?m sure you already know what this esoteric term ?mortgage-backed securities? means. Now, what [...]

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Where to start on stock investing

September 23, 2008

My entry today is dedicated to reyna readers from Hongkong, Singapore, the Middle East and a number of stock trading wannabes in Manila pati na tong mga blogfriends kong handa na ata akong umbagin because I have not posted nothing about this in a year. Yeah, I lurked in all of your forums and read [...]

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What should I do with this $5,000?

September 20, 2008

What do you do when you have $5,000 at your disposal? Right now? To me, I see a lotttta of boylets mga kunichiwa! Small, medium, big, tall and very wide boys! So, let’s do some conversion in pesos. Tadanng!

Who’s giving me access to this anda when according to Wall Street, credit is tightening ever??? I [...]

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Subprime Summary: Liquidity, bridge loan and bail-out, anoto?!

September 19, 2008

Earlier, I said, “At sa bawat hatsing nang America, magkakasipon ang mundo. Pati kayong mga Filipino kasali sa hindi magandang santacruzan na to.” Kaya naman, nung bineyl-out ni Tito Sam ang mga impakto sa Wall Street, nag-santacruzan ang mga stock exchanges around the world. Look at them! Pati sa Russia, an sasaya nila! WORLD PEACE [...]

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How home equity and home equity loan works

September 17, 2008

Pano daw ba nag-wo-work ang tinatawag na ?home equity?? Eto pa, and dahil na-mention ko dun sa last paragraph na nag-qualify ako nang statement ko dahil bawal nga ang nag-bibigay nang financial advice pag wa ka license, ano daw ang tax credits? So, as follow up entry and by this time, you guys are [...]

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Understanding Subprime and the US Housing Market

September 17, 2008

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO LINKED THIS ENTRY ON YOUR FINANCIAL FORUMS: MANY THANKS. IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING SOME HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING SUBPRIMES, HERE IS MY SUBPRIME SUMMARY THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
My entry today will try to explain and give you an understanding why events like this happens, [...]

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