Major banks, including Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley used massive trading revenues to beat profit expectations despite the continued struggles of the United States economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Those trading units tend to perform best when markets are volatile, helping to guard the major banks against economic struggles.
Way back in 2006 and 2007 and when I first started publishing articles about the mortgage meltdown (before most people realized there was a meltdown) I reported that the major banks were siphoning off much of the wealth contained inside the U.S.
I said that these mega banks were parking ill-gotten gains off-shore in various assets, — frequently using a tax avoidance scheme based in Bermuda. And I said that they would repatriate that money only when they needed to do so. And because they had taken trillions of dollars, they would forever use it to consistently report higher earnings whenever they needed to do so in order to maintain the value of their stock.
I said that they would do it by reporting higher trading profits. They are reporting higher trading profits merely by creating false trades at their trading desks between fictitious entities in which one of the subsidiaries is the “seller” who is reporting a profit.
Sure enough that is exactly what is happening. Small and regional banks don’t have that “nest egg.” They must rely on old fashioned fees and interest to earn money. But the big banks are reporting “trading profits” to offset deficits in interest and fee income caused by the huge economic downturn caused by coronavirus.
Part of those trading profits also come from foreclosures. The proceeds go to the megabanks, who have retained little or no financial interest in the alleged loans much less any losses from the alleged default.
There was no default in any obligation owed to any creditor because there is no creditor who maintains an accounting record on which it claims to own any homeowner debt, note or mortgage by reason of having paid value for it in exchange for a conveyance of ownership of the debt, note or mortgage from one who legally owns it.
Simple common sense. If you don’t own the debt you have no reason or authority to mark it “paid” even if you receive the money. Homeowners and their lawyers should stop taking that leap of faith in which they admit the existence of a default. A default cannot exist on an obligation in which there is a complete absence of a legal creditor. Homeowners didn’t create this mess. It was all the megabanks who made a fortune stealing from investors and homeowners.
A default is the failure to perform an obligation or duty owed to a particular person — not a failure to perform a duty owed to the world in general.
There could be many reasons for the absence of a legal creditor — including the simple fact that everyone has received sufficient payments and settlements such that nobody needs to step into the shoes of a lender which could produce liability for violations of lending and servicing laws.
IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THE BURDEN OF HOMEOWNERS TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF THE REAL CREDITOR. There isn’t one and the banks and their lawyers have been laughing at us for 20 years over getting away with that one.
It was the mega banks that created loans without lenders — i.e., transactions in which there was no legal person or entity claiming ownership of the obligation.
The banks are using smoke and mirrors. They claim (through third party intermediaries) a “default” in the obligation to pay a nonexistent creditor. The money they receive from foreclosure is pure revenue offset only by the fees they pay to the other intermediary foreclosure players who exist solely to produce profits for themselves and the megabanks.
And pro se homeowners and even lawyers are confounded by this system. They admit the basic elements of the claim even though the basic legal elements are missing.
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Trump said he plans to sue Obama and Democrats for their coop with fake “Russiagate”
I think he needs to start much earlier, from bailouts to Big Banks and bogus Settlements none of which were approved by American PEOPLE.
Summer – you are really good. Kudos, of course, to Neil too.
I will say over and over — check the prior “transaction” — was it paid by YOU at your refinance? Unlikely if a non-bank was involved. All you have is your “friendly” debt collector at day one. Debt collector before you even defaulted.
Now, why is the market doing well? Because settlements were done, and the Fed has manipulated interest rates for over a decade to provide liquidity. The market loves liquidity. The people have no liquidity. Not the average people.
Trump has to call those settlements out. Think in a second term he would. Because those that did it will not. Not ever.
And, this virus? This is not 1918— come on scientists. Are you that behind the times? We are tired of it.
Happy Dodd Frank Act 10th Anniversary. (Senator Dodd is one of friends with Angelo Mozilo, Countyrwide)
These money are moved offshore and back, tax-free, by Domestic International Services companies like Transcentra, Inc and their branch Regulus LLC who collect borrowers payments to pass them to Mega banks, while Servicers pretend that they “collect payments for investors”.
Besides fake trades between themselves Mega Banks get secretive bailous though the back doors while American people struggles to buy food.
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/07/dodd-frank-is-10-years-old-today-and-the-fed-is-back-to-bailing-out-wall-street/
You have erroneous assumption here, all profits between subsidiaries are eliminated in consolidation of the parent company financial statements.