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Archive for September 2008

Greenspan Says Housing Prices Not Yet Near Bottom (0)
Posted on July 31, 2008 8:34 PM
An Agency Is Born, Agenda at the Ready (0)
Posted on July 31, 2008 6:45 PM
More on second quarter GDP and revisions (0)
Posted on July 31, 2008 2:37 PM
Weekly Claims at 5-Year High, GDP Revised Lower, Borrowing From Fed Soars (0)
Posted on July 31, 2008 11:55 AM
The “No Loss Sale” Rule (0)
Posted on July 31, 2008 9:53 AM
Accounting for Change (0)
Posted on July 31, 2008 8:53 AM
Mortgaged to the World (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 9:17 PM
FASB votes to delay off-balance sheet rule change (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 9:08 PM
SEC, Fed Move to Bolster ‘Fragile’ Market (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 2:37 PM
Covered by whom? Bonds on what? (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 2:02 PM
Interesting debt data (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 1:28 PM
Fed Extends Emergency Lending Programs Until Jan. 30 (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 8:50 AM
Tuesday’s Stock Rally That Really Wasn’t (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 12:12 AM
Basel II Fixes Fail to Grasp Full Scope of Banking Crisis (0)
Posted on July 30, 2008 12:04 AM
Radio Free Wall Street 7/29/2008 (0)
Posted on July 29, 2008 2:10 PM
Lawmakers Now Pressing for Banks to Hide Losses Longer (0)
Posted on July 29, 2008 1:27 PM
Why the government had to bail out the GSEs (0)
Posted on July 29, 2008 11:43 AM
Banks take heart from official efforts to calm markets (0)
Posted on July 29, 2008 11:41 AM
Las Vegas - Miami home price death match (0)
Posted on July 29, 2008 10:52 AM
FDIC May Stall Paulson Mortgage Plan (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 9:36 PM
Merrill to sell troubled assets, raise capital (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 8:50 PM
City to curb Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac investing (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 8:44 PM
Coincidence or Confirmation? (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 2:56 PM
Is Your Bank Safe? (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 2:47 PM
Russia cuts exposure to US mortgage lenders (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 9:59 AM
Has Deleveraging Even Begun? (0)
Posted on July 28, 2008 8:41 AM
Bank of Canada’s Monkey See Monkey Do Policy (0)
Posted on July 27, 2008 3:55 PM
Bernanke’s, Paulson’s, Bair’s, and Cox’s Next Step (0)
Posted on July 27, 2008 3:15 PM
Ben Bernanke’s Hush Money (0)
Posted on July 27, 2008 11:20 AM
William Poole on Fannie & Freddie: Let Them Wither Away (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 8:53 PM
Doing the Banks One Better (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 8:28 PM
What’s up with the covered bond push? (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 5:47 PM
As Housing Act Passes Congress, Questions Emerge (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 2:44 PM
Why the FDIC Fears Bloggers (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 2:37 PM
H.R. 3221 On Its Way For President’s Signature (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 2:17 PM
Blogs Are Out Of Control, Or The FDIC? (0)
Posted on July 26, 2008 11:36 AM
That clunking sound you hear (0)
Posted on July 25, 2008 10:43 AM
The Crisis Is Upon Us by Ron Paul (0)
Posted on July 25, 2008 10:40 AM
Pimco’s Paul McCulley: Plosser ‘Wrong’ on Rate Hikes (0)
Posted on July 25, 2008 7:24 AM
Bear Market Phases (0)
Posted on July 25, 2008 7:12 AM
NAKED SHORTS ARE FOR PLAYBOY - MORE FREE MARKET MAYHEM (0)
Posted on July 25, 2008 1:05 AM
What’s behind the Slide in Oil and Commodities? (0)
Posted on July 25, 2008 12:36 AM
Banking on Foolishness (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 7:16 PM
Debt capitalism self-destructs (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 6:56 PM
Paulson Wants a Say in Hedge Fund Breakdowns (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 6:02 PM
Fed Weighs Three Plans to Spur Bank Investments by Buyout Firms (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 3:48 PM
FDIC Chairman Shelia Bair Is Out Of Control (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 1:08 PM
Freddie Mac: 30-yr fixed-rate mortgage up on inflation woes (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 11:07 AM
Why wasn’t IndyMac on FDIC problem list? (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 10:51 AM
The Philadelphia Manhole Cover Indicator (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 10:08 AM
Ron Paul: The Housing Bill Is “The Mother Of All Bailouts” (0)
Posted on July 24, 2008 9:19 AM
Radio Free Wall Street 7/23/2008 (0)
Posted on July 23, 2008 1:57 PM
Plunger Alert (0)
Posted on July 23, 2008 1:00 PM
**RED ALERT** RAPE BY CONGRESS IMMINENT (0)
Posted on July 23, 2008 12:58 PM
Fannie Mae Unsold $5 Billion Homes Bring Peril to Shareholders (0)
Posted on July 23, 2008 11:21 AM
“Cherished myths fall victim to economic reality” (0)
Posted on July 23, 2008 9:49 AM
Fannie, Freddie Rise After Lawmakers Agree on Bill (0)
Posted on July 23, 2008 9:29 AM
Another look at the Gold and Silver ETFs (0)
Posted on July 22, 2008 3:26 PM
When retail therapy fails (0)
Posted on July 22, 2008 10:32 AM
Fed’s Plosser Calls for a Reversal in Monetary Policy (0)
Posted on July 22, 2008 9:23 AM
Market Hit With Big Load - Professional Edition (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 1:39 PM
Changing leads in the oil-gold tango (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 1:36 PM
U.S. Companies to Raise Prices Amid Soaring Costs, Survey Says (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 1:21 PM
Bernanke, Paulson Pressed to Seek Big-Government Bank Bailout (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 12:09 PM
U.S. Defaults On Debt! (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 10:08 AM
Julie, Fannie, and Freddie (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 9:35 AM
Pyramid of Greed (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 2:59 AM
That dreaded phrase: ”The system is fundamentally sound” (0)
Posted on July 21, 2008 2:54 AM
Sovereign wealth funds likely to turn to Asia (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 11:01 PM
Banks Ask to Join SEC Protection Racket (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 5:56 PM
Peter Schiff on Charles Osgood’s Sunday Morning: The Economic Crisis (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 2:32 PM
End of Illusions for GSEs (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 2:12 PM
ML Editorial: What Everyone’s Missing On Fannie and Freddie (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 11:11 AM
Why No Outrage? (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 11:10 AM
“One of the Wildest Chapters in the History of Lending and Borrowing” (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 9:32 AM
Z$100B Note (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 9:30 AM
Panic By The Fed: Anatomy of a Short-Squeeze (0)
Posted on July 20, 2008 12:19 AM
Commercial bankruptcies soar, reflecting widening economic woes (0)
Posted on July 19, 2008 7:49 PM
Taxpayers Can Bear No More (0)
Posted on July 19, 2008 12:44 PM
The Sacking of America (0)
Posted on July 19, 2008 11:52 AM
Why The Mania Phase In Gold May Be Upon Us (0)
Posted on July 19, 2008 11:50 AM
Armed and Dangerous (0)
Posted on July 19, 2008 11:14 AM
Freddie commits to raising $5.5 bln in capital (0)
Posted on July 18, 2008 8:39 PM
SEC Issues Order To Protect Those Most Responsible For Naked Shorting (0)
Posted on July 18, 2008 8:22 PM
Fed’s Tall “Tail” (0)
Posted on July 18, 2008 11:39 AM
Wall Street’s Great Deflation (0)
Posted on July 18, 2008 7:49 AM
Stupid “taxpayer funded” bailout talk (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 12:59 PM
Where is Marshall Prentice? (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 12:48 PM
Rear View Mirrors and Lemonade (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 12:36 PM
Don’t get too excited about the housing starts (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 9:41 AM
Ron Paul on Fox Business talking about inflation as the greatest tax. (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 9:16 AM
Fed’s Kroszner Says Fed Rules Will Affect Subprime and Alternative Mortgages (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 9:04 AM
Round up the usual suspects (0)
Posted on July 17, 2008 6:26 AM
Betting big on $1,000 gold in September (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 5:28 PM
Radio Free Wall Street 7/16/2008 (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 5:25 PM
Ron Paul: Federal Reseve is a predatory lender (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 5:23 PM
The Modern Stealth Depression (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 4:09 PM
The California SUV Fill Up Index at $4.50 per gallon (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 11:58 AM
Contact Your Senator: Say No To Fannie Bailout (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 11:03 AM
Goldman in the hotseat (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 10:09 AM
Moral Hazard Meets Hazardous Manners (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 10:00 AM
Why Should I Care?: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 9:56 AM
Non-core inflation at almost a three year high (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 9:37 AM
Merrill: US May Face “Financing Crisis” (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 9:32 AM
Bazooka Man and the House of Pain (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 9:18 AM
Bank runs, inflation, and other desperate memes in the Internet age (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 9:15 AM
Idiots Fiddle While Rome Burns (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 8:44 AM
Inflation up most in 26 years (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 8:40 AM
US faces global funding crisis, warns Merrill Lynch (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 8:37 AM
Opposition, From Both Parties, Over Bailout Plan (0)
Posted on July 16, 2008 8:33 AM
Lehman Mulls Going Private: New York Post (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 6:34 PM
Senators Bunning and Shelby Blast Bernanke on Monetary Policy (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 6:30 PM
SEC Preparing For the Perfect Storm? (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 2:42 PM
More eery similarities to the Great Depression (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 1:43 PM
Sen. Jim Bunning fixated on Fed messes (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 11:57 AM
Bernanke’s Hogwash (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 11:50 AM
Bernanke says U.S. Economy is Facing Numerous Challenges (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 9:51 AM
Retail sales disappoint (0)
Posted on July 15, 2008 9:47 AM
Sheet Sandwiches for the Old, Money Tree for the New? (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 2:37 PM
We need a new financial bubble … seriously (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 2:11 PM
Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 1:56 PM
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Posted on July 14, 2008 12:11 PM
Fannie and Freddie: The Worst of Both Worlds (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 12:07 PM
Fannie Plan a `Disaster’ to Rogers; Goldman Says Sell (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 10:34 AM
Freddie’s Charm Offensive (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 10:17 AM
The Real Test of the Not-Yet-A-Plan Fannie & Freddie Operation (0)
Posted on July 14, 2008 9:20 AM
March of the Bailouts: A Lesson courtesy of IndyMac (0)
Posted on July 13, 2008 8:40 AM
Nature of the Fannie Mae Bailout (0)
Posted on July 12, 2008 1:48 PM
Fed: No Discount Window for FNM, FRE (0)
Posted on July 12, 2008 9:20 AM
It’s official: IndyMac in Receivership (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 6:01 PM
Radio Free Wall Street 7/10/2008 (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 5:35 PM
IndyMac CD rates surge as its stock price plunges (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 5:11 PM
Bernanke Expands Swap-O-Rama To Include Fannie, Freddie (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 2:39 PM
Mortgage REIT Insider: Agency mREITs Catch GSE Flu (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 1:04 PM
Fed Report (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 12:42 PM
Indymac Gets An FDIC Haircut (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 11:01 AM
GSE Rescue Countdown Survey (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 10:52 AM
Blind Denial About Running a Good Business (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 9:34 AM
Bureaucrats and the Lying Lies They Tell (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 9:30 AM
Stagflation Haunts Global Stock Markets, Buoys Gold (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 9:07 AM
Fannie and Freddie: Conservatorship as Endgame? (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 9:01 AM
US Govt Considers Fannie/Freddie Takeover With No Debt Guaranty! (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 1:49 AM
Touradji Hedge Fund Fell 9.4% in June as Commodities Rallied (0)
Posted on July 11, 2008 1:07 AM
Fasten your seat belts, here comes the jobs crash (0)
Posted on July 10, 2008 5:31 PM
Paulson: Financial Institutions Must Be Allowed To Fail (0)
Posted on July 10, 2008 1:48 PM
Mortgage Rates Sit Tight (0)
Posted on July 10, 2008 10:36 AM
Bernanke Urges Consolidated Investment Bank Oversight (0)
Posted on July 10, 2008 10:34 AM
Think positive! (0)
Posted on July 10, 2008 9:48 AM
Who Should You Believe? (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 10:49 PM
Losses from the Financial Crisis Now Up to $1.6 Trillion (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 12:27 PM
Fed Report on Inflation Prompts Moderation in Interest Rates (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 12:22 PM
A Brief History of IndyMac Stock (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 12:18 PM
Checking in on Ron Paul’s investment portfolio (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 12:11 PM
The Government’s Macroeconomic Series: X-Files, Dilbert, or Resource Constraints? (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 12:06 PM
Fidelity adds a long-short fund (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 12:01 PM
Let’s start with what’s (mostly) known at this point: Merrill Lynch & Co. (MER: 31.52, -3.81%) is likely to sell assets. After all, CEO John Thain has said the Wall Street firm will not need to raise additional equity, and it’s generally assumed tha (0)
Posted on July 9, 2008 11:53 AM
House Panel Sets Hearing on Systemic Risk (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 1:23 PM
Schumer: IndyMac’s Troubles Don’t Extend to Regional Banks (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 1:21 PM
What if what they taught you is wrong? (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 1:18 PM
UAE & Other Gulf Countries Urged to Switch Currency Peg from the Dollar to a Basket That Includes Oil (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 11:35 AM
Dizard: Don’t Worry About Iran, Worry About Central Bankers (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 11:34 AM
Bernanke, Paulson, FDIC Eye Taxpayer Bailouts, More Power (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 11:22 AM
Bernanke Says Fed May Extend Lending Access to 2009 (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 9:37 AM
Fed plans new rules to protect future homebuyers (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 9:36 AM
Rubin: Economy Facing `Extended Difficulties’ (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 6:53 AM
Loan Pains Turned Site Into a Hit (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 6:28 AM
IndyMac Woes Could Spell Trouble For Regional Banks (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 1:05 AM
An oldie but a goodie (0)
Posted on July 8, 2008 12:59 AM
The Looting Of America Continues (0)
Posted on July 7, 2008 5:10 PM
Housing rebound in sight! (0)
Posted on July 7, 2008 1:33 PM
St. Louis Fed Economist: Let Mortgage Mess Resolve Itself (0)
Posted on July 7, 2008 11:45 AM
IndyMac: Significant Seizure Chatter - Is This the End? Finally! (0)
Posted on July 7, 2008 9:17 AM
S&L Redux: Men in Black at IndyMac? (0)
Posted on July 7, 2008 9:17 AM
Fed Accepting Comments On Proposed Credit Card Rules (0)
Posted on July 7, 2008 8:09 AM
The Credit Crisis Is Going to Get Worse (0)
Posted on July 6, 2008 9:51 PM
Running the world is hard, ruining it, less so (0)
Posted on July 6, 2008 3:57 PM
Fed’s Bear portfolio shrinks more than $1 bln (0)
Posted on July 5, 2008 6:34 AM
The rate of option ARM delinquencies is already spiking (0)
Posted on July 5, 2008 1:53 AM
St. Louis Fed’s Approach to Monetary Policy Won’t Change (0)
Posted on July 4, 2008 1:09 PM
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” (0)
Posted on July 4, 2008 1:05 PM
Metalworking Business Index Trends (0)
Posted on July 4, 2008 11:41 AM
NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU SWEAT (0)
Posted on July 4, 2008 9:45 AM
CDS stands for Credit Default Suckers (0)
Posted on July 4, 2008 9:41 AM
Radio Free Wall Street 7/2/2008 (0)
Posted on July 4, 2008 1:13 AM
New Jobs Magically Vanish (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 7:01 PM
World Bank chief urges G8 to act now as “world entering danger zone” (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 6:20 PM
Within five tonnes of a new record at the GLD gold ETF (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 2:57 PM
Goldilocks is dead, CSI looking for the body, says Wells economis (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 2:36 PM
Deutsche Bank’s Jain: Crisis is Solvency, Not Liquidity (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 9:49 AM
Americans on food aid (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 9:09 AM
Grant: ‘This Time Is Different’ for U.S. Consumers (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 8:54 AM
Are Trichet’s Rate Hikes 1930 All Over Again? (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 8:52 AM
AirTran Asks Employees To Take “Temporary” Pay Cut (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 8:48 AM
NFP -62,000, Big Revisions Downwards (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 8:36 AM
Fortis “Collapse” Prediction A Hoax? (0)
Posted on July 3, 2008 12:49 AM
Understanding Bernanke (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 8:56 PM
Above The Law (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 3:37 PM
Benedict Benjamin Bernanke (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 3:03 PM
Toddo on TV: Starbucks Switches to Decaf (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 2:11 PM
Downward Spiral In Jobs (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 1:45 PM
Angry Consumers Flood Federal Reserve Board with Complaints (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 11:22 AM
Central Bank Watch: Market Attention Shifts to ECB - Finally Time to Hike? (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 10:43 AM
Zimbabwe’s Million-Percent Inflation (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 10:39 AM
Britons Shun Shops as Gas Prices Keep Drivers at Home (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 10:22 AM
The Bi-Menstrual Cycle (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 10:18 AM
The Shrinking Influence of the US Federal Reserve (0)
Posted on July 2, 2008 1:27 AM

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