Gretchen Morgenson joins us in looking at the bailout of AIG as a bailout of their counterparties: “A.I.G. nearly barreled off the...
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Treasury says US bank rescue could cost more than approved $700 billion Bloomberg, March 07, 2009
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Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (March 2 – 8, 2009) “Down, down, deeper and down”. So goes the...
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A year ago (Feb ’08), I tried to explain why the (so called) Fed Model was worthless as a measure of valuation: “Note that...
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This is hysterical (NSFW): The New Nationalized Citibank from Funny or Die After Citibank becomes nationalized, expect to see commercials...
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Fascinating new magazine, with a quite a few relevant market/economic articles– I just love the digital format version of the...
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Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know. * –Carl Spackler > I should take it as...
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Geithner – Gone by June Chris Whalen Director of Institutional risk Analytics tells TSC’s Debra Borchardt that Treasury...
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Why does this chart look so familiar . . .? > via NYT Oh, thats why: Job Losses: Comparing Recessions (February 7th, 2009)...
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