Rahm Emanuel, Incoming White House Chief of Staff
A conversation with Rahm Emanuel, Incoming White House Chief of Staff Friday, January 16, 2009
Is the Geithner Nomination in Trouble???
I believe that we can stop this nomination and give President Obama another chance to fill this key Cabinet post with a competent candidate.
“Aggregator Bank” for Toxic Assets
Deflationary Pressures – Roundtable Discussion with Peter Hooper of Deutsche Bank Securities and Bruce Kasman of JPMorgan-Chase...
Barron’s Mea Culpa
One of the criticisms I regularly make about the Financial Media is their lack of accountability for their own bad advice, as well as...
Economists Expect a Grim 2009
Economists surveyed in the monthly Wall Street Journal forecasting survey say the economy isn’t improving. WSJ’s Phil Izzo...
Hedge Fund Falloff
via NYT > Source: Hedge Funds, Unhinged LOUISE STORY NYT, January 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/business/18hedge.html
Paul Volcker / Group of 30 Report on Reform
Note: I posted this in the cafe yesterday, but after rereading it, I thought it deserved TBP treatment . . . ~~~ Volker Recommendations...
Words from the (investment) wise 1.18.08
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (January 12 – 18, 2009) Investor sentiment around the globe was negatively...
The Growing Foreclosure Crisis
The Washington Post has a front page article filled with anecdotes about the foreclosure crisis. Their conclusion? Its getting worse,...
Two Ways to Improve TARP for Taxpayers
Below is a comment by Alex Pollock at American Enterprise Institute on the TARP: We need two fundamental improvements in the TARP plan to...