Run-don’t-walk to read Jesse Eisinger’s article, Wall Street’s Next Crisis: "In their own way, however,...
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Thus, It Begins: I believe Barclays is now the first big plaintiff against the major Wall Street brokerage houses. The United Kingdom...
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Part of an interesting series at Google: Paul Krugman. If you don’t know who he is, Krugman writes a twice-weekly column for the...
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Since the Housing market peaked in August 2005, we have argued that reported home sale prices dramatically understate the actual price...
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The Fed slams the barn door shut: "The Federal Reserve, acknowledging that home mortgage lenders aggressively sold deceptive loans...
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> “Hindsight is always 20-20, but it’s clear the Fed should have acted earlier. Financial innovation is great, but you have to...
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One of the more interesting things about the inter-tubes is that a great many things manage to find their way to the public than in the...
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In an interview this morning with NPR, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said that the odds of a recession are "clearly...
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Shorter Fed Statement: Cut 1/4 point federal funds rateCut 1/4 point discount rateGrowth slowing, inflation risks remain Mr. Market...
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"The worst part of the credit crunch" is already reflected in the data, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the NAR . . ....
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