Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:36 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:35 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:34 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:29 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:26 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:25 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Jesse's Café Américain Thu 2009-08-20 16:17 EDT

The Next Wave of the Financial Crisis Is Coming (And Why)

Jesse

These excerpts from the most recent TARP Congressional Oversight Panel Report make the risks in the US financial system abundantly clear.Do you think that the Congress has the will and the ability to act on their recommendation, with the men currently in positions of power on the key Committees? Do you believe that the Obama Administration is capable of reforming itself and effecting genuine

comes; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; wave.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

RGE - The Incredibly Shrinking Market Liquidity, Or The Upcoming Black Swan Of Black Swans

by Tyler Durden; ``quants close out a majority of their intraday positions at the end of each trading day, meaning that the vanilla money is stuck as a hot potato bagholder to what can only be classified as an unprecedented ponzi scheme''

Black Swan; Incredibly shrinking Market liquidity; RGE; Upcoming Black Swan.

Wed 2009-04-01 00:00 EDT

Calculated Risk: Fed's Hoenig: 'Too Big has Failed'

Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig: ``we have not defined a consistent plan and not addressed the basic shortcomings and, in some cases, the insolvent position of these institutions''

big; Calculated Risk; fail; Fed's Hoenig.

Sun 2008-08-24 00:00 EDT

The return of global inflation

by Martin Hutchinson (Prudent Bear); "Almost all the world has abandoned proper anti-inflationary discipline and is destined to suffer a period of high inflation and recession in the coming years...Only a few countries like Brazil have taken the inflationary threat sufficiently seriously and will thus be in a position to continue expanding even while the rest of the world endures recession"

global inflation; returns.

Tue 2008-07-08 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: "Eight hundred years of financial folly"

Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff; long-run historical financial crises; major capital inflows are highly correlated with near-term debt crises; Yves: "we are in the same position as Thailand and Indonesia, circa 1996, except we have the reserve currency and nukes"

financial folly; naked capitalism; years.

Wed 2008-06-18 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Has the Fed Compromised Its Independence? (And Otherwise Messed Up?)

Former Federal Reserve economist Richard Alford opines Fed independence has been compromised; positions on the Board of Governors are to be treated as patronage jobs doled out to party loyalists

Fed Compromised; Independent; naked capitalism; Otherwise Messed.

Wed 2008-05-21 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities; Michael Masters testifies on commodity speculation; "f investors (or whatever) held a stable currency with accurately rated (rather than bogus) investment grade financial instruments, with a positive real rate of return, against a truthful inflation number, would they be loaded to the gills with everything from grains to oil to cattle?"

Berserkers Funds; Commodities; economic; Market; watch; winter.

Sat 2008-05-17 00:00 EDT

Angry Bear: Index funds influence

CFTC exempts index funds from position limits

Angry Bear; Index funds influence.

Wed 2008-05-14 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Jim Hamilton Scolds Bernanke for Regulatory Neglect

calling for margin requirements on OTC derivative positions

Jim Hamilton Scolds Bernanke; naked capitalism; Regulatory Neglect.

Tue 2007-08-28 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Extreme Measures II: Gillian Tett at the Financial Times

"parties who are in the best position to facilitate price discovery have every reason to impede that process"

Extreme Measures II; Financial Times; Gillian Tett; naked capitalism.