November 2011 - Page 39 of 44

This lovely Friday’s end of week reading: • Banking Systems Most Exposed to PIIGS Nations – 3,2 trillion USD (Asymptotix)...

Oct Payrolls totaled 80k, 15k less than expected but the prior two months were revised up by a net 102k. The private sector added 104k,...

While we await the confidence vote in Greece after the US market close, a likely new government in the month to follow, and hopefully an...

OK, let’s get this out of the way: Consensus for today’s Payrolls are gains of 95,000, and a jobless rate of 9.1%. By now,...

Source: Send Citi, BofA to ‘Minor Leagues’ for Breakup CNBC, November 01, 2011

Via the Sacramento Bee, we see these astonishing before and after photos of Japan — during, 3 and 6 Months after the terrible...

Bruce Kastings worked on Wall Street for twenty-five years, trading Fed Funds, FX options, long dated swaps, and currencies for Credit...

Financial Reform: Unfinished Business November 24, 2011 Paul Volcker ~~~ It should be clear that among the causes of the recent financial...

Whenever I go off on a rant when writing some critical polemic screed, I try not to edit myself. Just get it all out in print, and we can...

Here is my afternoon train reading: • Wall Street Is Shrinking (Daily Beast) • Emperor Corzine’s Goldman clothes (FT.com) • The...