www.informationarbitrage.com — So much promise, so many risks. This is how 2009 is shaping up. While euphoria surrounding the Obama Administration's fiscal stimulus plans will drive the markets early in the year, I believe this rally will lose steam as massive deficit spending begins to shine a light on the greatest risk ...
America's Fear of Competition
tbm.thebigmoney.com 1/24/2009 — Although everybody claims to love the market, nobody really likes the rough-and-tumble of competition that produces the essential "creative destruction" of capitalism. At bottom, this abhorrence of competition and change are the common theme ...
Although everybody claims to love the market, nobody really likes the rough-and-tumble of competition that produces the essential "creative destruction" of capitalism. At bottom, this abhorrence of competition and change are the common theme ...
SEC looks to reassure investors
(Reuters)
news.yahoo.com 2/8/2009 — Reuters - Securities and Exchange Commission officials looked to reassure investors on Friday that they would reinvigorate the agency's policing of Wall Street, improve the quality of credit ratings and said they expect to bring more cases against ...
Reuters - Securities and Exchange Commission officials looked to reassure investors on Friday that they would reinvigorate the agency's policing of Wall Street, improve the quality of credit ratings and said they expect to bring more cases against ...
How the New SEC Enforcement Director Can Help Restore Investor Confidence
www.securitiesdocket.com 4/14/2009 — by Bruce Carton
Robert Khuzami began his new job as director of the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30. His arrival marks the first change in leadership for the Enforcement Division since 200
Khuzami joins the SEC from Deutsche Bank AG in New York, ...
by Bruce Carton
Robert Khuzami began his new job as director of the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30. His arrival marks the first change in leadership for the Enforcement Division since 200
Khuzami joins the SEC from Deutsche Bank AG in New York, ...
SEC Skipped Normal Inspection of Madoff Hedge Fund
www.nakedcapitalism.com 12/14/2008 — So how did Madoff get away with his $50 billion fraud? Time will tell when and how it started, although I'd hazard the dot com bust. Madoff may have been unwilling to report losses, and assumed (initially) that no one would be hurt if he fibbed if ...
So how did Madoff get away with his $50 billion fraud? Time will tell when and how it started, although I'd hazard the dot com bust. Madoff may have been unwilling to report losses, and assumed (initially) that no one would be hurt if he fibbed if ...
SEC Heal Thyself: Compliance Program Revamped
www.securitiesdocket.com 25 days ago — The Securities and Exchange Commission just hasn’t had enough bad news recently, so last month the media piled on even more: a probe of insider-trading allegedly going on inside the SEC.
Specifically, the agency’s inspector general has found evidence of “suspicious activity, appearances of ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission just hasn’t had enough bad news recently, so last month the media piled on even more: a probe of insider-trading allegedly going on inside the SEC.
Specifically, the agency’s inspector general has found evidence of “suspicious activity, appearances of ...
Transcript: March 11, 2009 Prepared Testimony of SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Before House Financial Services Subcommittee
www.securitiesdocket.com 3/11/2009 — Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --> <! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; ...
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <! st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --> <! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; ...
SEC Stonewalls at Senate Hearings on Madoff (and Congressional Fireworks!)
www.nakedcapitalism.com 2/5/2009 — L'affaire Madoff gets more interesting by the day. I had though the failure to pursue the hedge fund scamster had more to do with incompetence and a disinclination to go after investment managers (insider trading cases, which is what seems to get ...
L'affaire Madoff gets more interesting by the day. I had though the failure to pursue the hedge fund scamster had more to do with incompetence and a disinclination to go after investment managers (insider trading cases, which is what seems to get ...
Today’s Testimony of SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Before Senate Subcommittee
www.securitiesdocket.com 6/2/2009 — Today, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. A copy of her prepared testimony is available here. Key sections of her testimony are laid out below:
»»REINVIGORATING SEC ...
Today, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. A copy of her prepared testimony is available here. Key sections of her testimony are laid out below:
»»REINVIGORATING SEC ...
Specialization Key to SEC Enforcement Division Overhaul
www.securitiesdocket.com 5/5/2009 — by Bruce Carton
In a column last month, I noted the arrival of a new Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement director, Robert Khuzami (pictured below). I suggested that Khuzami had to hit the ground running and discussed the flood of suggestions from within the SEC and from the outside ...
by Bruce Carton
In a column last month, I noted the arrival of a new Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement director, Robert Khuzami (pictured below). I suggested that Khuzami had to hit the ground running and discussed the flood of suggestions from within the SEC and from the outside ...
Pondering Madoff as we enter 2009
www.ritholtz.com 12/23/2008 — Pondering Madoff as we enter 2009
by David Kotok
December 23, 2008
David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the ...
Pondering Madoff as we enter 2009
by David Kotok
December 23, 2008
David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the ...