Fascinating chart from Citigroup, showing its history from 1812 (City Bank of NY) to present, including all of the various acquisitions,...
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An interview with David Crowe of the National Association of Home Builders talking about the housing market. A pleasure to hear an honest...
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From BCA: China currently has about 64% of its foreign reserves in U.S. assets, a level that has declined gradually from as high as 84%...
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In researching the Citigroup section of Bailout Nation, I came across this improbable 1998 William Safire essay on the Citicorp-Travelers...
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Fantastic, must read OpEd in the NYT today by Jake DeSantis, the soon-to-be-former head of equity trading at AIG. DeSantis argues that...
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The MBA said the average 30 yr mortgage rate fell another 26 bps to 4.63%, the lowest in at least 20 years as the Fed’s purchases...
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Part I > Part II > Sources: Part I: Geithner’s Plan “Extremely Dangerous,” Economist Galbraith Henry Blodget Mar...
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Things are tough all over: > via NYT Top Hedge Fund Managers Do Well in a Down Year LOUISE STORY NYT, March 24, 2009...
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From Alpha Magazine via the NYT, comes the latest list of earners, in order of 2008 take home pay. Unlike the weasels who ran Merrill,...
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I am off to Tunku Varadarajan’s MBA class with John Carney of Silicon Alley Insider to discuss blogging and the media. The class is...
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