Former SEC Commissioner: Dodd-Frank Reforms Far Too Weak
Roberta Karmel, Professor at Brooklyn Law School, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about her thoughts on how to reform the...
10 Tuesday PM Reads
My just-got-back-from-Shoals-Bay reading : • Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness in Best Recovery Story (Bloomberg) • Ben...
2 yr auction fine as yields move higher
The 2 yr auction was line with the various metrics but at a yield that is the highest since late October at .31%. It’s still anemic...
Earnings Season Update – Still Not Good
Factset – Earnings Insight, February 10, 2012 Estimated Earnings Growth Rate for Q1 2012 Falls to 0% Today. The blended earnings growth...
Ben Graham’s Curse on Gold
Ben Graham’s Curse on Gold John Mauldin February 20, 2012 ~~~ This week we have a shorter Outside the Box, from my friend David Galland...
Greece/China/gasoline prices
No sooner than the ink is dry on the agreement to provide a 2nd bailout for Greece, the front page of today’s FT is saying that...
My Seinfeld Year
I HATE this guy! At least that’s what I thought when I first heard him on Marc Maron’s podcast, when I finally figured out who it...
Here Comes Dow 13,000. Then What?
As expected, the (second) Greek bailout is now approved (WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg, FT.com). This rescue plan was widely expected —...
Why America spends while the world saves
Edited transcript of interview with Sheldon Garon, a professor of history and East Asian studies at Princeton University and author of...
Greece bail out deal agreed
The RBA minutes state that the Australian Central Bank will ease, though only if “demand conditions were to weaken...