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TBTFBankstwostepconcealeda50foldincreaseinleverageonhouseprices, defraudingeverymortgageborrower(andmanyothers)alongtheway.For decades,60timesleverageunderpinnedthehousingfinancemarketuntilthe 2000swhenTBTFbankshijackeditwith3,000timesleverage.


$17TrillionworthofMortgagebackedsecuritieswereissuedfrom2001to2008,up$1.4Trillion peryearoverthe1996to2000period. 3,000timesleveragecreatedthehousing(priceandoverbuilding)bubbles;Borrowersleverage timesBanksleverage.Mortgageswereapprovedoneatatime,andwereultimatelypricedand controlledexclusivelybybankslargelyinacertainFederalReservedistricteastoftheHudson. Step#1Borrowersleveragea20foldincreasefrom5to100timesleverage: Fordecades,borrowerswererequiredtoputdown20%meaningtheycouldbuyahouseworth5 timesthedownpayment.WhenIput$50,000downIcouldthenapplyforamortgagetoborrow $200,000andbuya$250,000house;equals5timesleverage,$250,000housepricedividedby $50,000downpayment.Inthehousingbubbleborrowers(subprimeorpredatorylendingaside) wereapprovedbybanksforzerodownmortgages;100%loantovalueis100timesleverage.

AREYOUREADYFORTAKEOFFINTOTHECAUSEOFTHEHOUSINGBUBBLE? TBTFbanks50foldincreaseinfinancialleverage!
Step#2TBTFBanksleverageincreasedfrom12to30ormoretimes: Steptwo,copyingthevintage1998LTCMmodel,TBTFbanksstoppedsellingall$17Trillionworth ofMBSofftoinvestors.Why?TBTFbankstradersbonusesincreasedasassetsincreasedthekey however,wasTBTFbankshidtrillionsoffbalancesheet,(seepage7)leverage(seepage13)went from12to30ormoretimes,oneTBTFbankwasleveragedover68times.Saidanotheraway, leverageisassetsownedbutnotfullypaidfor. 100X30=3,000timesfinancialleverageonhouseprices: Borrowersleverageof100multipliedbyTBTFbanks30timesleverageequals3,000times leverageonthepriceoftheunderlyingcollateral,houses.Nowitshopedyoullunderstandthat despitenoborrowerputtingaguntotheheadofanybanker,TBTFbankerswereplayingRussian roulettewithotherpeoplesincludingdepositorsmoney,themostimportantthingwasperhaps theyforgot(Imbeingpolite)totellthemarket,regulatorsattheNYSE,FINRA,FederalReserve andtheSEC.
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