[TigerLikesRooster]

Exposure by asset category	($ bn) (a)	(a) % of Equity	Incl in L3 (b) ($ bn)	(b) % of (a)	(b) % of Equity
Prime	$12	29%	$1.7	14%	3.9%
Alt-A	$5	12%	$2.0	41%	4.7%
Subprime	$2	4%	$0.9	49%	2.1%
Total	$19.1	45%	$4.6	24%	10.8%

Hmmm! 16% of Goldman's equity is in Alt-A and subprime assets. Alt-a doesn't look to good. Read this article thoroughly (The banking backdrop for 2009 ), then let's move on - or we can just glance at this chart.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Travis McGee]

"The logic of the conspiracy theorists in this regard is, of course, impeccable: Goldman alumnus Josh Bolten runs the White House, while his former boss, Hank Paulson, runs the Treasury. They both speak regularly to former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin, now over at Citigroup, who ran Goldman before Paulson and who keeps Paulson and Bolton dangling like puppets on a string. They all supposedly touch base with the heads of the Italian and Canadian central banks—both Goldman alumni—and with Robert Zoellick, head of the World Bank, ex Goldman. What's more Paulson is now getting his advice on how to handle the crisis from Ken Wilson, the recently retired Goldman partner and financial-institutions M&A banker, who Paulson just recruited to Washington to help him out. Already at Treasury were Goldman alumni Dan Jester, Anthony Ryan, David Nason and Bob Hoyt, the department's general counsel. And—the conspiracy crowd can't help but point out—Neel Kashkari, 35, a former vice-president at Goldman who Paulson recruited as assistant secretary of international affairs in 2006, has just been appointed—by Paulson—to run, on an interim basis, the new $700 billion bailout fund."

~~William Cohan, "Does Goldman Sachs Really Rule the World?" October 2008

[kabar]

That Nov 09 heading must be a projection or it should be Nov 08, which I think is the case based on text describing GS increasing its real estate holdings.

[ex-Texan]

This graph pretty much explains what is happening. It has been posted on my freeper page for over two years. Things will get far worse before they will get better. Obama and his Wall Street handlers are lying. Everybody in government has been lying to us for over six years.

Subprime and Alt-A Mortgages Will Reset Until 2012

Study the graph. We have another four years to go. Most of my friends with real wealth are planning in advance. They want to live in safe havens away from political turmoil. Check my freeper page. Check my recent posts. Do some deep thinking. Wake up, people!

[M. Espinola]

Eye opening data and charts. The market manipulating Big Banking insiders & their strategically placed cohorts in the White House and the Treasury Department are making more $$$ now since they are controlling the financial future, while the general public continues declining in their standard of living.

Additional market problems ahead:

"Michael Mayo of Calyon Securities gave warning of broadening bank losses, which actually roiled the stock market when released. He said, “Mortgage related losses are about halfway to their peak, while credit card and consumer loan losses are only a third of the way to their expected highest levels. The nation’s largest banks may be transitioning from a financial crisis marked by write-downs of capital, to an economic crisis featuring large loan losses.” And then the headline catching report from Calyon Securities suggesting that total bank loan losses could reach 5.5% by the end of year 2010.

Source: http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article10074.html