Jim McTague, a dyed in the wool Republican, is surprisingly negative on the McCain/Palin team. Recall that McTague forecast the GOP would...
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Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, says this is really happening: "Rep. Barney Frank (D.,...
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Last evening, we asked what are the costs and consequences, as well as the market reaction to, the imminent bailout of Fannie Mae (FNM)...
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A series of high-level meetings between Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and the chief executives...
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WTF is up with PIMCO ? Strange things are afoot at the biggest bond fund in the world. A weird sense of panic seems to be emanating from...
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Roger Altman, former deputy secretary of the Treasury, thinks so: "Today, regulatory authority is divided among the Federal Reserve,...
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Hmmmm . . take two poorly run, debt laden GSEs . . . Merge them . . . What do you get ? One giant, poorly run, debt laden, GSE. Its...
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Harvey Rosenblum, 38 Year veteran of the Fed, and now head of Research of the Dallas Fed. click for video > The Money Quote is: ...
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Today’s guest post is from Rob, the founder of Business Pundit, now with Capitalist Banter: McDonald’s Corp. held a press...
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"In 2006 and early 2007, the industry, many analysts and market observers were generally not predicting a downturn in the housing...
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