White House: Rescind AIG Bonuses
The Treasury will use a $30 billion infusion into AIG to force the company to repay all of the bonuses promised to employees of its...
The Ratings Trap
The Quote of the Day comes from an OpEd piece in the NYT, titled Rated F for Failure, by Jerome Fons and Frank Partnoy: “Why, more...
GDP-Based Supercycle Valuation And Timing Oscillator
Bob Bronson (BRONSON CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH) looks at GDP and Valuation: We prefer the following construct of the stock market vs. GDP....
Thomas Friedman’s Obama Administration Update
> Thomas L. Friedman – Thomas L. Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and a...
AIG Counter-Party Details
Here are the specific details via last night’s AIG press release: (click for larger charts) Payments Under Guaranteed Investment...
AIG: $105 Billion to Counterparties
The ongoing debacle that is the AIG bailout has entered a new phase. Outrage to follow. The latest admission from the (defunct yet...
60 Minutes: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
I found the interview tonight quite fascinating . . . If you think your job is tough, consider Ben Bernanke’s. As Chairman of the...
Google Does Charlie Rose
A conversation with Marissa Mayer, V.P. of Search Product and User Experience, Google Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Thursday, March 5, 2009
Interview with a Financial Blogger
I did this interview with a financial site some time ago — Its as good a time to post it as any. ~~~ How long have you been...