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$467 Billion in losses with only $344 Billion in capital

A total of $5 trillion of mortgage loans, or almost half of the nation’s home loans, belong to “risky asset categories’’ such as subprime and Alt-A, Gross of Pacific Investment Management Co. said Bill Gross, who manages the world’s biggest bond fund. A commentary is posted on the firm’s Web site today. HSBC and […]

HSBC did not see oil prices at this level

Where will HSBC Finance be, and their customers, as the economy deteriorates? Does HSBC have any hope for homeowners in the North and Northeast as oil prices skyrocket? In Nymex trading on June 27th, heating oil futures rose 0.71 cent to $3.8905 a gallon while gasoline prices lost 0.68 cent to $3.5045 a […]

HSBC Is Worst Performing Stock, led by U.S. questionable lending

How long before HSBC employs a cohort of burly bailiffs to chase up debtors? Bad loans hang around the neck of the world’s third-largest bank like an albatross. Most of it comes from former predatory lender Household International which is still in business as HSBC Finance Corporation. And HSBC is buying more […]

HSBC Write-offs Don’t Add Up

The instability of oil prices doesn’t just affect how often we drive. Home heating costs are expected to skyrocket throughout the winter. Households heated by natural gas are expected to pay $350 a month this year, an increase of 48 percent from 2004. Homeowners using oil for heating will be paying $378, an increase […]