Big editorial by Paul Volcker in today’s NYT: “The phrase “too big to fail” has entered into our everyday vocabulary. It...
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David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in...
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Pres. Obama spoke to House Republicans at their two-day retreat in Baltimore, MD. He repeated his State of the Union address plea for...
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Here is an interesting thing I noticed: RSS feeds have exploded — we went from 20k to an astounding 138,000. But as they happened,...
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Great piece in Friday’s Times by Floyd Norris on an earlier boom and bust in securitized mortgages: The 1920s and 30s! “Real...
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Barron’s Review Column asks various people “Is the plan to curtail banking activities and rein in risk-taking a good...
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The Statistical Recovery has Arrived This Time Is Different A Crisis of Confidence Greeks Bearing Gifts Biotech, Conversations and Babies...
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The FDIC ate six banks Friday night, and 15 for the month of January, exceeding by nine the six it ate in January 2009.
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Hey look, I know we are in a *deflationary environment, but this is getting pretty ridiculous: The Sylvania Blu-ray Disc Player...
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