Smarter Regulation Should Precede TARP Repayments
Good Evening: A rally on Wednesday morning gave way to a sell-off in the afternoon that left the major averages with modest losses....
Fighting Derivatives Regulation
Astonishing: “Brooksley Born, the former U.S. commodities regulator who lost the fight to police over-the- counter derivatives a...
Hans Rosling on the Rise of China
Legendary Swedish academic gives his take on the importance of China’s rise and how most people don’t realize what has...
The List: What the business press did (and didn’t do) while...
Nice spreadsheet from the CJR — a comprehensive catalog of relevant stories produced by major business-news outlets on the lending...
Ben and the Boys
While the minutes from the April FOMC meeting mentioned that some members raised the possibility of an increase in the total amount of...
FOMC minutes
The minutes from the last FOMC meeting gave its economic forecast for growth, unemployment and inflation. They modestly raised its 2nd...
Why It’s Time To Reform Investment Banking’s League...
A lack of transparency and overall credibility in so-called league tables for investment banks mean it’s time for reform and...
The stock market is differentiating
This pullback in the market off the morning’s highs is again being led by the three most important groups in my opinion when...
Budget Deficits
Whom do you blame for rising US deficits, Congress or the White House? Policy originates with the President, but Congress is charged with...