dailybail.com - 26 days ago
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A funny piece this week from Paul Farrell of Marketwatch
Yes, Halloween is a perfect holiday to commemorate how the Goldman Conspiracy and Wall Street's other too-greedy-to-fail gangster banks have returned from the dead, like mummies, ghouls, zombies and vampires, rising out of ...
F.D.I.C. May Borrow Funds From Banks
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 9/22/2009 — Tired of the government bailing out banks? Get ready for this: officials may soon ask banks to bail out the government.
Have 'GS' Become The New Scarlet Letters?
dailybail.com 21 days ago —
Guest Post by Wil Martindale of Let Them Fail
Bob Beckel literally read my mind this morning when he emphasized that, among other things, John Corzine’s role as former Chairman at Goldman Sachs DID NOT help his numbers in his bid for re-election.
Though New Jersey-ans are taxed ...
Bond Market Open November
acrossthecurve.com 21 days ago — Prices of Treasury coupon securities have posted modest losses in overseas trading. I do not see a strong impetus in the news for the small declines in Treasury prices. Stocks around the globe are trading well with robust gains in Europe and healthy ...
Happy Halloween!
marketrewind.blogspot.com 27 days ago — With positions flat, I couldn't resist -- but didn't we do this last year too? In any event, Happy Halloween from Market Rewind!
My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 6
alephblog.com 18 days ago — Now, none of us knew when we came that only bloggers were invited. Personally, I expected it to be a broader press briefing that some bloggers could come to as well. “Deep background” is well understood to the press, but new to bloggers. My blogging friends at the meeting can ...
Accrued Interest: Financial Regulation: How would you have it work?
accruedint.blogspot.com 23 days ago — Yesterday myself and several other financial bloggers got the chance to meet with several senior Treasury officials, including the Secretary himself. It was a fascinating experience and I have to admit, it was just plain cool to be within the bowels ...
Did Paulson & Bernanke Lie About Why Lehman Was Allowed To Fail
dailybail.com 10/8/2009 —
Before we even get started down this line of questioning, letting Lehman Brothers go into bankruptcy was one of the few intelligent decisions made last Fall. Markets needed reminding that capitalism still existed and that bad balance-sheet decisions would not be rewarded.
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Why Bernanke And Geithner's Gambit Fails
market-ticker.denninger.net 22 days ago —
Since I wasn't invited to Treasury's confab of bloggers yesterday (there's no surprise there, given how critical I've been of them and how Obama's administration is no less of an echo chamber than was Bush's!) I thought I'd loose this on ...