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Ratigan To Barney Frank: The Financial Lobby Owns Your Committee
dailybail.com - 3 days ago
Ratigan To Barney Frank: The Financial Lobby Owns Your Committee
— dailybail.com — Video: Bailout Barney Frank With Dylan Ratigan -- Aired October 14, 2009 -- Runs 1 Minute Watch From the Sunlight Foundation One year after the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression, Congress is still debating new regulations to protect consumers and prevent ... (more) Ratigan To Barney Frank: The Financial Lobby Owns Your ...

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Breadth Remains Weak
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2 days ago
Breadth Remains Weak
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — In the S&P; 500, 60% of stocks are trading above their 50-day moving averages. As shown in the first chart below, this indicator has made a series of lower highs in recent months, even as the S&P; 500 has made subsequent new highs over this time ... (more) Breadth Remains Weak

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FOX Business Video: Analyzing the Financial Fraud Task Force
feedproxy.google.com - 5 days ago
FOX Business Video: Analyzing the Financial Fraud Task Force
— feedproxy.google.com — John Hueston, a former prosecutor now a partner at Irell & Manella, argues that the new federal task force merely repackages old initiatives, and that rebuilding the FBI will have far greater impact. Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com (more) FOX Business Video: Analyzing the Financial Fraud Task Force

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Warren Buffett: The financial panic is over
finance.yahoo.com - 11 days ago
Warren Buffett: The financial panic is over
— finance.yahoo.com — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, perhaps the world's most admired investor, said on Thursday the financial panic that gripped the globe last year is a thing of the past, even as the U.S. economy's struggles persist. "The financial panic is behind ... (more) Warren Buffett: The financial panic is over

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Q3 Earnings Growth and Q4 Estimates
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 9 days ago
Q3 Earnings Growth and Q4 Estimates
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — The estimates for the year-over-year change in Q3 earnings at the start of earnings season were -23.2% for the S&P; 500. Currently, the actual number sits at -17.2% for the S&P; 500 with less than 20% of the index left to report. As shown below, the ... (more) Q3 Earnings Growth and Q4 Estimates

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scribd.com - 13 days ago
Chanos Presentation: Ten Lessons From The Financial Crisis That Investors Will Soon Forget (If ...
— scribd.com — Log In or Sign Up X Log In If you already have an account, log in. Username or Email Password Spinner_mac_white Trouble logging in? Other Login Options Facebook_connect_gray Spinner_mac_white Log In with OpenID Rightblue_yellow Log In with OpenID ... (more) Chanos Presentation: Ten Lessons From The Financial ...

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econlog.econlib.org - 5 days ago
The Financial Regulatory Chess Game
— econlog.econlib.org — (November 18, 2009 10:46 AM, by Arnold Kling) Edward J. Kane writes, Regulation is best understood as a dynamic game of action and response, in which either regulators or regulatees may make a move at any time. In this game, regulatees tend to make ... (more) The Financial Regulatory Chess Game

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paul.kedrosky.com - 8 days ago
The Best F**king Book About the Financial Crisis?
— paul.kedrosky.com — I get asked all the time what the best fucking book is about the financial crisis. Well, here it is: A (partial) list of books about the past year’s financial crisis, sorted in decreasing order of the number of times the word “fuck” appears. In the ... (more) The Best F**king Book About the Financial Crisis?

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econtalk.org - 29 days ago
Calomiris on the Financial Crisis
— econtalk.org — "Time to buy or just buying time? The market reaction to bank rescue packages" , by Michael R King. BIS Working Paper, No. 288, September, 2009. "Regulating Bankers' Pay" , by Lucian A. Bebchuk and Holger Spamann. October 2009. Georgetown Law Journal, ... (more) Calomiris on the Financial Crisis

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investmentpostcards.com - 28 days ago
Niall Ferguson: US empire in decline, on collision course with China
— investmentpostcards.com — “The US is an empire in decline, according to Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor and author of The Ascent of Money ,” reported Aaron Task of Yahoo Finance - Tech Ticker .“People have predicted the end of America in the past and been wrong,” Ferguson ... (more) Niall Ferguson: US empire in decline, on collision ...

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house.gov - 26 days ago
House Financial Services Committee
— house.gov — Mr. Richard Trumka , President, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations The Honorable Richard Baker , President and Chief Executive Officer, Managed Funds Association The Honorable Phillip Swagel , Visiting Professor, ... (more) House Financial Services Committee

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investmentpostcards.com - 26 days ago
Rosenberg: Stocks “overvalued by at least 20%”
— investmentpostcards.com — The stock market has become overheated since exploding off its March lows and could be in for a strong correction, economist David Rosenberg told CNBC. Click through for the video clip. (more) Rosenberg: Stocks “overvalued by at least 20%”

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marketprognosticator.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
Interesting Article
— marketprognosticator.blogspot.com — I ran across an academic article recently that I haven't had time to read yet, but thought I would share it with readers of this blog. The Financial Crisis as a Symbol of the Failure of Academic Finance? and it's available here . This excerpt from ... (more) Interesting Article

Comments vote down Dividends Value found this 23 days agofound this
tomgpalmer.com - 21 days ago
Norberg on the Financial Crisis…. GREAT!!
— tomgpalmer.com — FF Among the many books I read during my recent travels, I strongly recommend Johan Norberg’s truly excellent diagnosis of (and prescriptions for) the financial crisis: Financial Fiasco: How America’s Infatuation with Homeownership and Easy Money ... (more) Norberg on the Financial Crisis…. GREAT!!

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curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com - 19 days ago
Are finance professors to blame for the financial crisis (Part 2)?
— curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com — Titan of academic finance Gene Fama writes in his blog : The premise of the Fox book is that our current economic problems are largely due to blind acceptance of the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH), which posits that market prices reflect all ... (more) Are finance professors to blame for the financial crisis ...

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ft.com - 19 days ago
Investing in Brazil report from the Financial Times
— ft.com — Search FT.com All times are London time Search News in the FT.com site Search Search Quotes in the FT.com site Quotes Financial Times Reports Breadcrumb trail navigation: FT Home > Reports > Investing in Brazil Resources Pdf Adobe PDF icon Download ... (more) Investing in Brazil report from the Financial Times

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Percentage of Stocks Above 50-Day Moving Averages
bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 18 days ago
Percentage of Stocks Above 50-Day Moving Averages
— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — With the S&P; 500 moving back above its 50-day moving average, the percentage of stocks in the index above their 50-days is unsurprisingly back above 50% -- 51% to be exact. But there are still a few sectors that have failed to get this 50-day ... (more) Percentage of Stocks Above 50-Day Moving Averages

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Here's Why The Financial Transaction Tax Won't Work
businessinsider.com - 15 days ago
Here's Why The Financial Transaction Tax Won't Work
— businessinsider.com — buildingtrust.jpg The idea of a financial transaction tax has never made much sense. But this time it makes less sense than ever. As originally conceived by Nobel prize winning economist James Tobin in the aftermath of the collapse Bretton-Woods, the ... (more) Here's Why The Financial Transaction Tax Won't Work

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Citigroup Eyes Relaunch of Hedge Fund Unit, Report Says
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 14 days ago
Citigroup Eyes Relaunch of Hedge Fund Unit, Report Says
— dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com — Citigroup is preparing to relaunch its hedge fund business operations, after months of debate on the unit's future, The Financial Times reported. (more) Citigroup Eyes Relaunch of Hedge Fund Unit, Report Says

Comments vote down FiNTAG - Hedge Fund News, Views, Opinions and ... found this 14 days agofound this