MFGlobal Reveals You Are A Bank Counter-Party
The esteemed former Fed Chairman, Paul Volcker, introduced a very simple regulatory concept that bears his name: The Volcker Rule. It was...
William K. Black on Financial Fraud
William K. Black talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about financial fraud, starting with the Savings and Loan debacle up through...
A Dimon Repeatedly in the Rough who Demands Winter Rules (aka...
A Dimon Repeatedly in the Rough who Demands Winter Rules (aka Preferred Lies) By William K. Black ~~~ Golf is one of the sports...
Rally Mode Continues
click for updated futures > Yesterday’s morning sell off gave way to a rally on the umpteenth Greek rescue announcement. If the...
Federal Reserve and Big Banks Are Going to Crush the Dollar …...
The Fed’s EXPLICIT Goal Is to Devalue the Dollar by 33% … and NEGATIVE Yield Bonds Are Coming The Federal Reserve’s explicit goal...
10 Tuesday PM Reads
Afternoon Train Reading: • Kass: The ‘Wisdom’ of Jeremy Siegel (The Street) • Greece faces death by a thousand cuts...
NFIB Correlation: Retail Sales & Unemployment Rate
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its monthly Small Business Economic Trends report this morning....
When Earnings Slow, Focus on Big Cap, Quality
Some strategists are noting that the bounce in January was driven by lower quality names and sectors. Others are pointing out that the...
Retail sales mixed relative to expectations
Retail Sales in Jan rose .4% headline m/o/m, .7% ex auto’s, .6% ex auto’s and gasoline and .7% at the core. The headline...