Mon 2008-06-09 00:00 EDT
"government spending is a much stronger determinant of persistent inflation trends than money itself."
2008; Fed's Policy Rule; Hussman Funds; June 9; Regret-Minimax; weekly market comments.
Fri 2008-06-06 00:00 EDT
"Robert Cassidy, former assistant U.S. trade for Asia and for China, and Bill Clinton's point man in negotiating China's entry into the WTO, now admits the agreement was flawed from the start, benefiting two groups: multinationals that moved to China and financial firms that financed those investments."; "how globalization was designed"
Angry Bear; confessed; Failed Trade Policy; guys; Negotiated China's Entry; WTO.
Fri 2008-06-06 00:00 EDT
Jesse's Café Américain: To Restore Our Economy the Banks Must Be Restrained; Bloomberg commentary by Mark Gilbert, "Time to Put Investment Banking Back in Its Box"
Wed 2008-06-04 00:00 EDT
Jesse's Café Américain: Lehman Is Still In Trouble Despite All the Calming Words to the Market
Calming Words; Jesse's Café Américain; Lehman; Market; Troubles.
Tue 2008-06-03 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: Financial Worries on Front Burner: S&P Downgrades Big Brokers, Says Outlook "Predominantly Negative"
Financial worried; Front Burner; naked capitalism; P Downgrades Big Brokers; Predominantly Negative; s; Says Outlook.
Tue 2008-06-03 00:00 EDT
Calculated Risk: S&P: More Write Downs Coming for Morgan Stanley, Merrill and Lehman; "Contained. Problems behind us. ... Not!"
Calculated Risk; Lehman; Merrill; Morgan Stanley; P; s; write-downs coming.
Mon 2008-06-02 00:00 EDT
By Kathleen Day; S&L Hell author Kathleen Day; mortgage debacle
Mon 2008-06-02 00:00 EDT
Satyajit Das's Blog - Fear & Loathing in Financial Products: The Credit Default Swap ("CDS") Market - Will It Unravel?
CDS; Credit Default Swap; fears; financial products; loath; Market; Satyajit Das's Blog; unravelling.
Sun 2008-06-01 00:00 EDT
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: S&L Crisis vs. Current Crisis; "upcoming bank crisis is going to be far greater than what happened in the 1980's even though the number of failures will be far smaller"
current crisis; L Crisis; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; s.
Fri 2008-05-30 00:00 EDT
Angry Bear: US bank's noncurrent loans increase; coverage ratio deteriorating
