"Recent reports about falling home prices have rallied support for the plan." [Rep. Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts]...
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Mike Santoli on the Reshaping of a newer, smaller Wall Street: click for Video This is based on the article in this week’s cover...
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My fishing buddy David Kotok, who runs Cumberland Advisors, offers up this fascinating chartporn review of how the Fed is spreading the...
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The well-parsed FOMC statement remains too cheery on growth, not concerned enough about inflation — and is totally irrelevant. What...
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This morning’s news blip is this little ditty on Countrywide CEO Mozilo: "The Illinois attorney general’s office, which...
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Today’s media pick is this article — Government Mortgage Program Fuels Risks — if only for the chart porn: >...
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"We call it the ‘Bank of America bill on steroids.’" -Anonymous House staffer > The staffer was referring...
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Exactly one year ago, my pal James Altucher penned a Real Money article, The Underlevered American Household. I found it perplexing...
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Interesting piece by Jim Grant, from his usually subscription only Grant’s Interest Rate Observer: "Nowadays, the consensus of...
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This mornings must read article is via the NYT’s Gretchen Morgenson and Vikas Bajaj on Credit Default Swaps: MBIA Debt Is Setting...
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