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Tom Lindmark

I’m not sure that credentials mean much when it comes to writing about things but people seem to want to see them, so briefly here are mine. I have an undergraduate degree in economics from an undistinguished Midwestern university and masters in international business from an equally undistinguished Southwestern University. I spent a number of years working for large banks lending to lots of different industries. For the past few years, I’ve been engaged in real estate finance – primarily for commercial projects. Like a lot of other finance guys, I’m looking for a job at this point in time.

Given all of that, I suggest that you take what I write with the appropriate grain of salt. I try and figure out what’s behind the news but suspect that I’m often delusional. Nevertheless, I keep throwing things out there and occasionally it sticks. I do read the comments that readers leave and to the extent I can reply to them. I also reply to all emails so feel free to contact me if you want to discuss something at more length. Oh, I also have a very thick skin, so if you disagree feel free to say so.

Enjoy what I write and let me know when I’m off base – I probably won’t agree with you but don’t be shy.

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Tom Lindmark's Latest Articles | 366

Home Sales Raise More Questions Than They Answer

May 24, 2010| 

You’ve all no doubt by now seen the numbers. Existing home sales in April were up big time. The NAR report tells you everything (almost) that you need to know: Existing-home... Read »

FinReg Might Cost the Banks Their Lofty Credit Ratings

May 24, 2010| 

It’s still very much up in the air as to what FinReg will look like, but one thing you can probably count on is that there will be unintended consequences —... Read »

GM and the Unions: Some Things Never Change

May 17, 2010| 

Remember how much more competitive GM was going to be coming out of bankruptcy. Aside from shedding a lot of its debt and attendant costs, the company was going... Read »

Greece, the EMU and Hard Choices

May 16, 2010| 

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is always a worthy read when it comes to European economics and the serial crises of the past few years. He has a column today which neatly... Read »

This Wasn’t the First European Bank Bailout

May 10, 2010| 

If you’re like me, you probably bought into the meme that the $1 trillion that was more or less committed yesterday by European nations to forestall inevitable... Read »

The EU Throws the Kitchen Sink at Its Problems

May 10, 2010| 

Euroland has apparently decided that things are getting out of hand and it’s time to flex a muscle or two. They’ve come up, reportedly, with a pretty aggressive... Read »

Lurching to a Solution for Greece

May 8, 2010| 

Let me start this week’s Outside the Box by venting a little anger. It now looks like almost 30% of the Greek financing will come from the IMF, rather than just... Read »

Back to the Future: Homebuilders Snapping Up Land

Apr 21, 2010| 

Uh-oh! The New Normal is beginning to look like the Good Old Days. From the WSJ: Foreclosures and depressed prices are still hammering the Phoenix housing market.... Read »

The Biggest Fraud

Apr 21, 2010| 

While various parts of the private economy are vilified, sued and other wise pursued for their part in the meltdown of the American economy, perhaps the biggest... Read »

Blanche Lincoln Throws the Banks a Derivatives Curve Ball

Apr 14, 2010| 

How did the bankers miss this one? It appears as if Senator Blanche Lincoln and the Senate Agriculture Committee are on the cusp of passing derivatives reforms that... Read »

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