The Big Picture

> The MSM article of the day is a NYT takedown of JP Morgan’s raping and pillaging of various cities and pension funds. The...

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With Bernanke on Friday again making it clear that he believes another program of asset purchases is needed to both help the economy grow...

via the NYT

There seems to be an increasing amount of rhetoric about government spending — how much of it there is, whether or not it’s...

From Manal Mehta of Branch Hill Capital: > I cannot do this justice by attempting to summarize – full transcript for session 3...

Last week, I was surprised by an unusually disingenuous article by Greg Mankiw in the Sunday NYT column – “I Can Afford Higher Taxes....

This morning’s must read MSM article is a long form piece from Gretchen Morgenson, titled: How Countrywide Covered the Cracks....

The Subprime Debacle: Act 2 October 15, 2010 By John Mauldin The Subprime Debacle: Act 2 Where is the Housing Recovery? The Foreclosure...

This commentary, forwarded by David Kotok, is a very worthwhile read — but it has a significant legal flaw in it that requires me...