1994: SEC Budget Debate
Apparently, Congress screwing around with SEC defunding goes back 20 years, if not further. The villain of the discussion is (of course!)...
Playing Chicken on Both Sides of the Pond
Good Evening: U.S. stocks finished mixed today after digesting a series of news stories that could hardly be described as bullish. The...
Open Thread: Greenspan says “Not My Fault”
Here’s a laugher: “In a detailed review of the causes of the financial crisis, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan...
US$ at high of day…
The US$ is at the high of the day vs the euro coincident with Greek CDS at the wides of the morning by 20 bps to 307 bps following the...
Warren Buffett as Axel Rose (GEICO commercial)
Nice Tatts, Warren! This video features real GEICO associates and a cameo appearance by Warren Buffett. hat tip Time
US Banking: Big vs Small
Nice NYT infographic/Map showing the regional differences between bigger (TBTF) banks and the smaller regional banks. click or ginormous...
First-Time Homebuyers’ Tax Credit
Diana Olick found some interesting stats on the it offered: * 1.76 million taxpayers have filed for this credit in 2008 and 2009 * $12.45...
Household Equity Exposure
I’ve previously shown the AAII survey of equity exposure. Several of you have commented (or emailed) that the AAII data only goes...