CIBC profit tops estimates on lower loan losses
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said third-quarter profit rose 47.5 percent, topping expectations, as Canada’s No. 5 bank sharply reduced its provisions to cover terrible loans.

Banks Getting Stuck With the Bill as Mortgage Loans Fail
Huge banks have already taken losses of nearly $10 billon on loans they have repurchased, or expect to be forced to repurchase.

Association of Mortgage Investors: Profitable Banks are Transferring Mortgage Losses to Private Investors
The Association of Mortgage Investors today released the following statement in response to Q1 earnings reports by Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo:

How Lou Lucido Let AIG Lose $35 Billion With Goldman Sachs CDOs
The insurer had quit guaranteeing securities tied to U.S. subprime loans in 2005, before lenders got reckless, the head of AIG’s derivatives unit told investors on Dec. 5, 2007, as home prices plummeted and mortgage losses mounted.

Today in the press
€22 BILLION FOR LOSSES AND NEW CAPITAL RULES – Irish Banks will require up to € 22 billion to cover losses on property loans moving to the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) and higher future losses on other loans as they meet strict new rules set by the Financial Regulator, The Irish [...]

GMAC posts US$5b Q4 loss
NEW YORK: GMAC Financial Services, a lender that is majority-owned by the US government after multiple bailouts, lost US$5 billion (US$1 = RM3.44) in the fourth quarter after writing down terrible mortgage assets. GMAC, one of the largest car loan makers in the US, said in December it did not expect [...]

"I travel all over the country for business and stick up for Detroit and the Huge Three, but people I meet are just not supportive. So the companies need to have an ad blitz and educate the American people and Washington — and quick! They need to point out what they have done that is [...]

When do I cut my losses?

Two cases here:

1) A friend and I went to a concert in July. I bought both our tickets online with her promise that she would pay me back when we met up. However, neither of us had correct change on the day-of, so we agreed that she’d pay me “another time.” It’s been two months, and she’s now off to uni halfway across the country. The tickets were $31 each, which is enough money to buy a college textbook. I value the friendship, but I could certainly use the money (and she is financially better off than me).

2) In May/June, I loaned a few objects (with incredible emotional/memory significance) to a girl with her word that she would return them when she was finished. She hasn’t needed them for three months now, but she hasn’t returned them yet. I have attempted to contact her several times, with no success. The objects are in no way valuable, but they hold personal significance with me. This girl is not my friend, but more of an acquaintance.

I appreciate any help/advice offered. Thank you for your time.

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I work in the retirement plans field and know the importance of saving for retirement as well as investing in a way which yields the best return for my retirement. I realize being young, I can absorb high losses and still have time to make up for it. But, I am too conservative [...]

Since I was approved for my mortgage the rates have gone up quite a bit. I am closing on 3/25 and will have to lock in soon. I am being quoted a rate of 7.375. I don't know if I should wait or cut my losses and lock in now.