Topic: U.S. Federal Reserve

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE by Matt Taibbi - William M. Keever

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash, BY MATT TAIBBI READ MORE›

FEDERAL RESERVE BERNANKE PLANS EXIT STRATEGY FROM STIMULUS

As the economy sluggishly progresses towards recovery and President Obama announces new spending freezes. The Federal Reserve is focused on pulling back the billions in stimulus money pumped out to dampen the financial crisis. Set now ...READ MORE›

Thanksgiving Week Roundup: Markets and The Economy

Friday, November 28, 2008 In a shortened week that received absolutely dismal economic news, Washington awoke from its most recent policy slumber and made real progress in the War on Scarcity. President-elect Obama must be ...READ MORE›

The New Color of Money

RIP "The Greenback" (1905-2003) The Federal Reserve announced today a firm date for the newly designed twenty-dollar bill to enter circulation, October 9th. The new twenty, which the Fed says is its most secure note ever, still ...READ MORE›

The Great E-pression?

Author Michael Bordo argues that parallels drawn between the 1930s and today are unfounded and should not trigger market panic. Do you agree?READ MORE›

2010 Investment Outlook

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the 2010 Investment OutlookREAD MORE›

Maybe Beige Really Is the New Black

Yesterday the Federal Reserve issued findings from a recent survey of the economy, something it calls the Beige Book (which is totally not code for a new Pottery Barn catalogue). In compiling the report, the Fed slices the country ...READ MORE›

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The Treasury, Mosquitoes, and Unintended Consequences

The moves of our Federal Reserve and Treasury in the last few weeks are gigantic in scope. Decades from now students will study 2008 when the financial markets changed, when the relationship between the government and the private ...READ MORE›

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE - Dugg by William M. Keever

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash BY MATT TAIBBI William M. Keever READ MORE›

John Markis

John Markis John Maragoudakis Trusted TraditionsREAD MORE›

Hennion and Walsh Article: 'Salivating Opportunities' Seen in Tanked Market

"The more the markets are allowed to work things out the better," said Kevin Mahn, Chief Investment Officer at Hennion and Walsh Asset Management Inc., a Parsippany, N.J.-based firm with $300 million under management.READ MORE›

You can change the rules but that won’t change the outcome.

Why do we think more legislation will change the way executives behave?READ MORE›

John Markis John Maragoudakis Trusted Traditions

John Markis John Maragoudakis Trusted TraditionsREAD MORE›

U.S. Industry Pulls Through a Frosty Month

Industrial production rose slightly in February. Not so tough now, are you winter storms!?READ MORE›

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Dealing with Reality

The Fed stated in documents released from it closed-door meeting held earlier this month that in its efforts to fuel the recovery it is holding to its bank lending rate at basically zero. It acknowledged that there is the possibility, ...READ MORE›

Digital Matters - Issue 49

How big a problem is the telecom meltdown?READ MORE›

Dow 10,000! Sellout or Dig in? Is the Market poised for a fall?

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the market opportunities at Dow 10,000 and Goldman SachsREAD MORE›

The Next Shoe to Drop: Commercial Real Estate

15 January 2009 Jose D. Roncal www.financialspeculation.com We’re all aware of the calamitous mortgage crisis with consumers loosing their homes, bank foreclosures, the lending freeze and the rapid unraveling of the economy in ...READ MORE›

Bonds slip as economy shrinks less than forecast

"Consumer spending is about 70 percent of the GDP and this looks like the lowest it has been in two decades, which goes to show that in the fourth quarter we are going into the recession, said Bill Walsh, president of Hennion & Walsh in Parsippany, New Jersey."READ MORE›

How to Repair a Broken Financial World

By MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN Continued from "The End of the Financial World As We Know It" Mr. Paulson must have had some reason for doing what he did. No doubt he still believes that without all this frantic activity ...READ MORE›

Another Stimulus Package? Give Me a Break

Democrats, now backed by Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, are calling for a second stimulus package which could cost as much as $300 billion. To clarify, that’s $300 billion on top of the $168 billion stimulus passed last ...READ MORE›

The Six Best (and Worst) Things on the Web This Week

You were busy listening to President Obama talk about health care, or watching the economy defy even the most pessimistic doomsayers. But all the while, the Web was churning with news of backroom dealings, car tech, Harvard's secret ...READ MORE›

The Federal Open Market Committee

Do you know who to blame for those crazy-low CD returns? The 10 men and women of the FOMC -- five regional Fed presidents and five Fed governors -- will gather October 28 -- 29 in Washington, D.C., to set monetary policy and consider interest rates. READ MORE›

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The Global Trade

Discussion of Global Capital Markets and Emerging Market opportunities as a result of the G20 summitREAD MORE›

Erlend Olson

Erlend Olson BZ The two-character ISO 3166 country code for BELIZE. Charter Amendment Limitations These provisions limit shareholders' ability to amend the governing documents of the corporation. This might take the form of a supermajority vote requirement for charter or bylaw amendments, total elimination of the ability of shareholders to amend the bylaws, or the ability of directors beyond the provisions of state law to amend the bylaws without shareholder approval. READ MORE›