The $45 Billion Dollar Club
The United States of Wall Street just added another major holding to its portfolio of financial garbage: Bank of America. Like Citi, BA...
Bank of America Shareholders Left in the Dark
WSJ’s Evan Newmark and Dennis Berman discuss the latest news from the banking sector, including plans for more aid to Bank of...
Geithner, Obama, Audacity (defined?)
Geithner, Obama, Audacity (defined?) by David Kotok January 15, 2009 David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been...
Hoping for Another Safe Landing
Good Evening: After probing the bottom end of the 820 to 840 range I mentioned yesterday, the S&P 500 and other major stock market...
THE FLY SHOW – Asshat of the Year 2008
Brutal takedown of Bill Miller: Warning: Lots of NSFW language, suitably beeped:
Questioning the Fed
This is Congressman Alan Grayson talking about his questioning of Federal Reserve Vice Chair Donald Kohn, with a 30 second shout-out to...
Why we know less than ever about the world
Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why — though we want to know more about the world than ever —...
One Way of Measuring a Bank’s Health
Click for ginormous chart > Source: In Michigan, Bank Lends Little of Its Bailout Funds ERIC LIPTON and RON NIXON NYT, January 13,...
Madoff Never Traded?
Alternative title: The End of Self-Regulation A Boston Globe article today reveals that Madoff’s firms may never have traded...