Can the TARP be Fashioned into a Safety Net?
Good Evening: As the U.S. stock market heads into earnings season, one immediate question on the collective minds of investors is whether...
A conversation about National Intelligence
A conversation about National Intelligence with David R. Ignatius author and columnist for “The Washington Post”, Mark...
Why Might a Madoff Plea Deal Take Place?
Fascinating conversation today over lunch today. It was held under Chatham House Rules, so I cannot reveal the identity of any of the...
Madoff’s Investors Had $43 Billion
via Bloomberg: Client Total Source Access International $1.4 billion Company statement, Advisors Bloomberg Data Alicia Koplowitz, $14...
From Washington to Wall Street
What caused the financial turmoil of the past year? MarketWatch’s David Weidner lays some of the blame on the relationship between...
Ben Bernanke Holds Q&A Session
Live! From LSE in London, England: Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Answers Questions (FULL CLIP – 20:43)
From Truman to Bush: Presidential Employment Gains
Here’s another look at job creation, this one via WSJ’s Real Time Economics: Presidential Employment Gains click for...
Labor Force Participation Rate
While looking at the unemployment numbers is useful, an additional employment metric that is very interesting over time is the labor...
Bernanke: I’m All In
Well, I’ll give Ben credit for this much: He recognizes the need for a plan (of any sort), and he seems to be recognizing that this...
U.S. vs. Global Manufacturing: Anything But...
Although the once popular notion of “decoupling” has already been discredited by recent statistical and anecdotal reports,...