10 Monday PM Reads
My afternoon train reading: • Three reasons why the job market still stinks (Fortune) • What makes a rogue trader? (FT.com) • Yahoo...
National Association of State Treasurers Presentation
I presented this afternoon to the National Association of State Treasurers. The room had all 50 State Treasurers, lots of Deputy and Asst...
Presentation: NAST Conference
Here is my presentation this afternoon to the National Association of State Treasurers NAST Issues Conference on Public Funds Management...
Happy Anniversary, Irrational Exuberance
Today is the 15th anniversary of the infamous “irrational exuberance” speech by former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan (see below). Here is...
All 17 Euro countries downgraded
BN: *S&P SAID TO PLACE ALL 17 EURO NATIONS ON RATING DOWNGRADE WATCH According to two officials familiar with the S&P decision.
Now how did FT get this story?
In addition to the surprise that Germany would be put on credit watch negative by any credit rating agency right now, we must ask how the...
S&P500: Lots of Action, But No Progress
Fascinating chart from Ron Griess of theChartStore, showing the increase in trading action but with no real forward progress. Since July...
The Financial Crisis Timeline
The Financial Crisis: A Timeline of Events and Policy Actions click for ginormous interactive web site Hat tip Invictus