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Daily Archives: September 6th, 2009

Wall Street’s newest scam

This morning’s Times headlines the newest Wall Street money grab: the securitization of life insurance settlements: The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash — $400,000 for a $1 million policy, say, depending on the life expectancy of the insured person. Then they plan to […]