The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sat 2009-10-10 13:01 EDT

Elizabeth Warren: Serious Questions Remain About Obama's Loan Relief Plan

The Huffington Post News Editors

The Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says. The Congressional Oversight Panel, charged with making regular assessments of the $700 billion financial rescue fund enacted last year, said the Treasury Department should consider whether to improve the current $50 billion program or adopt new programs to meet an expected rise in foreclosures fed by increased unemployment...

com; Elizabeth Warren; full Feeds; HuffingtonPost; Obama's Loan Relief Plan; Serious questions remain.

Tue 2009-10-06 21:14 EDT

TraderFeed: Featured Book Look: Dear Mr. Buffett by Janet Tavakoli

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked," Warren Buffett once observed. Janet Tavakoli's book Dear Mr. Buffett is less about the Oracle From Omaha than the various naked swimmers in the recent financial markets. The essence of her argument is that the recent financial turmoil is not the result of unpredictable black swan events; rather, it is the consequence of out and out malfeasance on the part of those who take risk and those who are charged with regulating it.

Featured Book Look; Janet Tavakoli; Mr. Buffett; TraderFeed.

The Wall Street Examiner Tue 2009-10-06 09:27 EDT

From Black Scholes to Black Holes (part 4- Finance)

...the problems associated with mortgage finance pale in comparison to those associated with derivatives. Warren Buffett famously called these securities financial weapons of mass destruction, but I think he understated the problem. These securities are far worse- a Ponzi scheme even Carlo wouldn't have dreamed of. We can choose to fire a WMD, but these securities have taken on a life of their own and they will, in my view, drag everything financially tied to them into oblivion- into a black hole...In the end the remaining banks will merge into one and money, instead of light, would never be able to escape as the fallacy of netting benefits- the assumption that they are all similarly valued- is exposed.

Black Holes; Black Scholes; finance; Part 4; Wall Street Examiner.

naked capitalism Sun 2009-09-13 16:32 EDT

Guest Post: The Economy Will Not Recover Until Trust is Restored

George Washington of Washington's Blog

...our economy is not fundamentally stabilizing ...because the government and the financial giants are taking actions and releasing data which encourage more distortion and less trust..all of the happy talk in the world won't turn the economy around when the fundamentals of the economy are lousy, or there has been a giant bubble and vast overleveraging, or there has been massive fraud, or the government has gone so far into debt that it has formed a black hole... the chair of the congressional oversight committee of the bailouts (Elizabeth Warren) and the senior regulator during the S & L crisis (William Black) both say that hiding the true state of affairs and trying to put a happy face on an economic crisis just prolongs the length and severity of the crash...trying to instill false confidence will actually backfire on Summers, Geithner, Bernanke and the boys and make the crisis worse.

economy; Guest Post; naked capitalism; recover; restore; trust.

Thu 2009-07-30 00:00 EDT

So That's Why the Press Won't Cover Elizabeth Warren! : CJR

-- by Ryan Chittum; ``the notion that you can save the banking system while the American economy goes down the tubes is just foolish''

CJR; Cover Elizabeth Warren; press.

Thu 2009-07-30 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Thought Police I: More Analysis of NPR Trying to Discredit Elizabeth Warren

Analysis; Discredit Elizabeth Warren; naked capitalism; NPR Trying; thought police.

Fri 2009-07-24 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Munger on Phony Accounting, Cultural Decay, and Derivatives

Warren Buffett's longstanding partner Charlie Munger

Cultural Decay; derivative; Munger; naked capitalism; Phony Accounting.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: Congressional Watchdog to Drop a Bombshell on the US Financial Industry

Jesse's Café Américain: Congressional Watchdog to Drop a Bombshell on the US Financial Industry; Elizabeth Warren

bombshell; congressional watchdogs; dropped; financial industry; Jesse's Café Américain.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

AlterNet: Is Geithner's Game Up? Damning Report Calls BS on His Smoke-and-Mirrors Bank Rescue Plan

by Mike Whitney; Elizabeth Warren; COP TARP report

AlterNet; Damning Report Calls BS; Geithner's Game; Mirrors Bank Rescue Plan; Smoke.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Right Wing Turns on Elizabeth Warren, Congressional Oversight Panel Head

Congressional Oversight Panel head; Elizabeth Warren; naked capitalism; Right Wing Turns.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: On Pelosi's Duplicity and Apparent Sandbagging of Elizabeth Warren

Apparent Sandbagging; Elizabeth Warren; naked capitalism; Pelosi's Duplicity.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

US watchdog calls for bank executives to be sacked |

US watchdog calls for bank executives to be sacked | Business | The Observer; Elizabeth Warren seeks removal of top Citigroup, AIG executives

bank Executive; sacked; watchdog calls.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

Assessing Treasury's Strategy: Six Months of TARP, Apr. 7, 2009

Elizabeth Warren; TARP congressional oversight committee

2009; 7; Apr; Assessing Treasury's Strategy; month; TARP.

Mon 2008-10-20 00:00 EDT

Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Why Warren Buffett is Right (and Why Nobody Cares) - October 20, 2008

Hussman says buy equities

2008; care; Hussman Funds; October 20; Right; Warren Buffett; weekly market comments.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

Wal-Mart Wants $10 CDs : Rolling Stone

Wal-Mart Wants $10 CDs, by Warren Cohen : Rolling Stone; 2004-10-12

10 CDS; Rolling Stone; Wal-Mart wants.

Fri 2007-07-06 00:00 EDT

BBC NEWS | Business | Buffett warns on investment 'time bomb'

Warren Buffet: "Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction"; 2003-03-04;

BBC News; Buffett warns; business; investment; time bomb.