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Archive for January 2009

Credit-Card Fees Targeted by Retailers Who Say Banks Overcharge (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 3:10 PM
Understanding “Tier 1″ capital ratios (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 3:08 PM
If the Fed were a commercial bank, it might be declared insolvent (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 3:06 PM
U. S. bailout of banks morphs into investment (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 2:32 PM
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Commends US and UK Authorities for Following Its Lead (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 12:50 PM
Poverty Tipping Point? (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 12:22 AM
The ownership society takes another hit (0)
Posted on November 30, 2008 12:20 AM
Money Supply, Paul Krugman, and the Great Depression (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 9:54 PM
Ron Paul Warns Of Secret Plans To Create International Central Bank (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 2:59 PM
The Wall Street Bailout Will Not Jump-start “Our” Capitalism (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 1:56 PM
Foreign Cenbank Agency Debt Selloff Accelerates Inexorably (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 1:27 PM
Banks: Start From Scratch or Give it Time? (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 1:21 PM
Rubin: ‘Nobody Was Prepared’ for Crisis of ‘08 (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 1:17 PM
The Fed boosted emergency loans to banks and firms (0)
Posted on November 29, 2008 1:10 PM
The Real Truth behind the Citigroup Bank Nationalization (0)
Posted on November 28, 2008 9:34 PM
Malls, hotels next victims in new mortgage crisis (0)
Posted on November 28, 2008 6:22 PM
After General Bernanke Destroys The Deflationary Threat (0)
Posted on November 28, 2008 3:47 PM
Can the US Do An IMF On Itself? (0)
Posted on November 28, 2008 3:32 PM
Insight: Annihilation on Main Street (0)
Posted on November 28, 2008 3:23 PM
Former Regulator: Clear Fraud in Financial Crisis — Why Isn’t Anyone in Jail? (0)
Posted on November 28, 2008 2:34 PM
Citgroup Blasted By New Yorkers (0)
Posted on November 27, 2008 12:23 PM
Cost Of Bailout Hits $8.5 Trillion (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 2:45 PM
Mortgage Rates Drop! It Does Not Mean What it Used to (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 1:37 PM
Fed Buying Agency MBS - Still No ‘Explicit’ Guaranty (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 1:27 PM
Grim FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 1:21 PM
Obama Will Never Take Office (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 12:47 PM
Spending Commitments: Insurance, Investments, Loans (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 11:35 AM
“Bailout” is 2008 word of the year (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 10:43 AM
All The Talk Of A Depression Is, Um, Depressing (0)
Posted on November 26, 2008 9:49 AM
Is Geithner Up to the Task? (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 4:31 PM
FDIC Graphs Show the Extent of Fiancial Crisis (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 2:30 PM
Protests in Iceland (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 2:22 PM
Citigroup collapses! Banking Shutdown Possible (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 2:09 PM
Fed bets $800 billion on consumers (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 2:04 PM
Paulson Changing TARP Program for the FIFTH TIME (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 12:42 PM
FDIC adds 54 more banks to its ‘problem list’ (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 12:16 PM
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac debt soars on Fed program (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 11:41 AM
FDIC moves in on banks (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 11:22 AM
US Credit Card Performance Indicators Continue to Weaken (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 11:11 AM
Option ARMeggedon: Leverage By the Numbers - Part 3 (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 10:24 AM
Fed and Treasury Want You to Have a Nice Christmas (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 9:48 AM
Fed Announces $800 Billion “Main Street” Bailout; Futures Jump (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 9:21 AM
Bailout Pledges Hit $7.7 Trillion (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 7:26 AM
Citigroup Bailout Raises Viability Questions For Entire Banking System (0)
Posted on November 25, 2008 1:31 AM
Bring back the link between gold and the dollar (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 11:37 PM
The Fed Is Out of Ammunition (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 9:51 PM
U.S. Treasury CDS Hit Record Wide Levels (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 9:38 PM
No Change Under Obama (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 3:33 PM
Your request is being processed… Plan To Save Citigroup Could Be Model For Bank Of America Plan (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 3:28 PM
Federal Reserve and Treasury Offer Half of US GDP to the Wall Street Banks (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 3:24 PM
Donny Deutsch Has ‘The Right Idea’ (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 3:22 PM
A near-riot and parliament besieged: Iceland boiling mad at credit crunch (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 1:11 PM
Citi’s leverage: 280! (Leverage by the Numbers, Part 2) (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 11:24 AM
Fed Pledges Top $7.4 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 10:44 AM
Leverage by the numbers (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 9:42 AM
U.S. Agrees to Rescue Struggling Citigroup (0)
Posted on November 24, 2008 9:35 AM
Recession’s Grip Forces U.S. to Flood World With More Dollars (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 11:22 PM
Builders Make Plea for Federal Aid (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 11:16 PM
Citigroup, U.S. in Talks to Create ‘Bad Bank’ (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 7:35 PM
Citigroup in Emergency Talks with Government for Cash (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 6:51 PM
What About Bob? (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 2:42 PM
And You Thought 1931 Was Bad (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 2:40 PM
Why Washington Cannot Prevent Depression (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 2:29 PM
Six Ways Feds Might Bail Out Citigroup (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 1:39 PM
This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 1:33 PM
WaMu conspiracy theories abound, but there’s no smoking gun (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 12:46 PM
U.A.E. Takes Over Mortgage Lenders Amlak, Tamweel (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 12:12 PM
Citigroup May End Up With U.S. Government Rescue (0)
Posted on November 23, 2008 12:09 AM
Bank eat bank: Bailout encourages mergers (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 8:00 PM
The Two Trillion Dollar Black Hole (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 7:33 PM
Getting Physical Gold (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 2:26 PM
(Summers x White House now) ÷ Fed in Future = Geithner in Treasury (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 12:52 PM
Perth Mint stops taking orders for gold (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 12:46 PM
Leverage Is an 8 Letter Word (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 12:38 PM
Citi Rescue Talks Underway (0)
Posted on November 22, 2008 9:29 AM
Paulson Calls for More Hedge Fund Oversight (0)
Posted on November 21, 2008 5:06 PM
Mint suspends orders amid rush to buy bullion (0)
Posted on November 21, 2008 1:21 PM
Bay area home prices plunge (0)
Posted on November 21, 2008 10:19 AM
The Great Circle Jerk (0)
Posted on November 21, 2008 10:07 AM
The Next Bubble… (0)
Posted on November 21, 2008 9:17 AM
Citi “weighs options” (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:56 PM
Ron Paul on The Fed; New International Reserve System (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:41 PM
The Treasury Buying Failed Money Market Fund’s Assets (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:12 PM
Paulson Was Behind Bailout Martial Law Threat (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:10 PM
The Six Biggest Myths About Gold (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:10 PM
US seeks 300 billion dlrs from Gulf states: report (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:07 PM
$300 Billion in Exotic Mortgages Now Available (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 8:51 PM
Citigroup Blames Short Sellers For Collapse (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 5:51 PM
Debt Deflation Bear Market Update Part I: 2009 Windup (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 4:32 PM
America’s Mark-to-Model Banking System (revisited) (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 2:03 PM
Treasury Yields At Record Lows, Swap Spreads Collapse (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 1:35 PM
GE Denies It’s Seeking Investments From Funds (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 12:27 PM
Record-Breaking Data Everywhere! (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:48 AM
Continued Unemployment Claims Over 4 Million (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:36 AM
More On the New Monetary System … (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:35 AM
Credit Markets: “Back in crisis mode” (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:34 AM
GMAC applies for bank-holding status to access U.S. cash (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:31 AM
GMAC Files Application With Federal Reserve to Become Bank Holding Company (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 11:05 AM
Quantitative easing has begun (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 10:35 AM
Contemplating CAPM (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 10:26 AM
Radio Free Wall Street 11/19/2008 (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:46 AM
Why Gold Is Down, But You Can’t Get Your Hands on Any (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:30 AM
Stocks Are Hurt by Latest Fear: Declining Prices (0)
Posted on November 20, 2008 9:26 AM
A Foreclosure Solution so Simple it Would Work (0)
Posted on November 19, 2008 4:55 PM
Is Ireland the next Iceland? (0)
Posted on November 19, 2008 1:22 PM
NY budget hell (0)
Posted on November 19, 2008 11:52 AM
What Happened When They Pulled the TARP (0)
Posted on November 19, 2008 11:50 AM
Fed capitulates, redux: quantitative easing in the USA (0)
Posted on November 19, 2008 11:43 AM
For gold, a tussle between two groups of investors (0)
Posted on November 19, 2008 9:45 AM
Russia’s banal reality lies in between energy superpower and bankrupt state (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 3:56 PM
Home Prices Tumble in 80 Percent of U.S. Cities (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 1:56 PM
Yet another call for a new gold standard (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 1:31 PM
The 11 Blunders of Hank Paulson (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 1:29 PM
Japan economists call for ‘Obama bonds’ (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 12:52 PM
“Stable money is the key to recovery” (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 12:45 PM
Governments Can’t Handle Global Run On Gold Coins (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 12:15 PM
Bernanke, Paulson and Bair Testify - But Can We get a Witness? (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:52 AM
Hank Paulson Goes Into Legacy Mode: Changing The Lehman Storyline (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:44 AM
InterBank agrees on sale to Genworth (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:41 AM
Moody’s Ominous Alt-A Warning -Mortgage Implosion Round 2 (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:38 AM
Senator Grassley Targets Goldman-Treasury Conflicts, Net Operating Loss Gimmie (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:35 AM
If all else fails, devalue the dollar (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:32 AM
G20 summit shows lack of resolve: John Kemp (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:21 AM
Throwing up opportunities (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:20 AM
30 reasons for Great Depression 2 by 2011 (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 8:54 AM
Volcker warns how serious things have become (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 8:23 AM
The Dollar Trap: Michael Hudson’s Incisive Characterization of Our Global Economic Dilemma (0)
Posted on November 18, 2008 8:19 AM
Forget Bretton Woods II – we need a gold standard (0)
Posted on November 17, 2008 6:29 PM
Lincoln, Aegon May Buy S&Ls With `Unsafe’ Practices to Get Aid (0)
Posted on November 17, 2008 3:31 PM
All the gold in Saudi Arabia (0)
Posted on November 17, 2008 12:07 PM
Inhofe: Roll Back the Bailout (0)
Posted on November 17, 2008 11:43 AM
The Goldman Effect: No Bonuses? (0)
Posted on November 17, 2008 11:14 AM
G20 postpones tough decisions and fails to calm markets (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 11:38 PM
States want their own federal financial bailout (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 11:10 PM
Got Gold Report – Gold, Silver Premiums Highest in Years (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 9:46 PM
Personal Bankruptcy Rising (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 6:58 PM
A return to the Bretton Woods international gold standard is inevitable (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 6:56 PM
What Does the Recent Saudi Gold Rush Mean? (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 6:39 PM
In The Know: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole? (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 6:31 PM
We need more editorials like this (0)
Posted on November 16, 2008 6:13 PM
The Only Cure for a Bubble… (0)
Posted on November 15, 2008 5:31 PM
A Safety Board for Hedge Funds (0)
Posted on November 15, 2008 4:41 PM
Iran switches reserves to gold: report (0)
Posted on November 15, 2008 2:23 PM
Don’t Bail Out My State (0)
Posted on November 15, 2008 2:13 PM
Meet me at the Bottom (0)
Posted on November 15, 2008 2:08 PM
Gold at $14,172 an ounce? (0)
Posted on November 15, 2008 2:01 PM
Gold Outperforms… Everything (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 11:20 PM
Freddie, JPMorgan in Dispute Over Bad WaMu Loans (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:58 PM
Kashkari: “I don’t think it’s a good use of taxpayer money to put taxpayer capital into a financial institution that is going to fail” (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:42 PM
Vindication (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:37 PM
Saudi Arabia buys $3.5bn of gold in two weeks (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 5:30 PM
Lehman task 10 times worse than Enron, say administrators (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 5:28 PM
The lame duck economic summit (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 5:03 PM
China positioned to unleash global deflation (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 4:47 PM
Hartford Insurance Becomes a Savings and Loan and Taps Uncle Sugar’s CPP (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 4:42 PM
The G-20’s Secret Debt Solution (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 2:34 PM
China Expected to Shift Reserves into Commodities and Gold (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 2:20 PM
Insurers Mull S&L Status; Request Could Come Today (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 1:10 PM
Hedge fund managers split over call for more regulation (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:58 AM
U.S. cities seek federal help to ease economic crisis (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:51 AM
The parabolic Fed: divorcing monetary policy from money (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:49 AM
Unemployment Spurs Rise in US Subprime Delinquencies (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 10:49 AM
British Pound Crashes to New Lows as Economic Crisis Deepens (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 12:52 AM
Strange Case of Falling International Reserves Explored (0)
Posted on November 14, 2008 12:39 AM
Financial groups’ losses approach $1,000bn (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 9:07 PM
Banks, investment firms borrow less from Fed (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 7:17 PM
Thirty Year Bond Auction: Not a Good Result for Hank Paulson (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 6:26 PM
October budget deficit hits record of $237.2B (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 3:53 PM
Soros says deep recession inevitable, depression possible (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 1:28 PM
Japan to offer $100 billion to the IMF (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 1:26 PM
The Bailout Failed (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 12:49 PM
Oversight anyone? (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 11:33 AM
The Worst Is Not Behind Us (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 10:01 AM
The deflation-inflation two-step: Too complex for deflationsts to grasp? (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 8:53 AM
Munich Musings (0)
Posted on November 13, 2008 8:40 AM
Mortgage Bonds Fall to New Lows as Paulson Scraps U.S. Buying (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 8:38 PM
Scary Quotes From The Trenches; vs. CNBC (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 7:53 PM
Paulson Shifts Focus of Rescue to Consumer Lending (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 6:18 PM
Radio Free Wall Street 11/12/2008 (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 5:33 PM
UST Bond Obelisk & Printing Press (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 4:50 PM
ING group reports its first loss (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 11:29 AM
Treasury Considers Private Role in TARP (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 11:21 AM
Hedge funds could help finance growth (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 9:09 AM
The American Bailout Group, formerly Insurance (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 9:02 AM
Michael Lewis explains CDS! (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 12:47 AM
FanFred’s NEW PLAN Keeps Borrowers Underwater in Neg-Am’s & Teasers (0)
Posted on November 12, 2008 12:41 AM
GSE Loan Modification Plan Generates Questions, Concerns (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 5:58 PM
GSE Loan Modification Plan Generates Questions, Concerns (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 5:58 PM
FAIL: One Word For Them All (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 4:59 PM
FAIL: One Word For Them All (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 4:59 PM
Thinking the Unthinkable: Are the Markets Warning of a US Debt Default? (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 3:34 PM
Thinking the Unthinkable: Are the Markets Warning of a US Debt Default? (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 3:34 PM
Fannie: $100 billion ain’t enough (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 2:29 PM
Fannie: $100 billion ain’t enough (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 2:29 PM
Banks Giving 1-2% Teaser Rates as Modifications (0)
Posted on November 11, 2008 12:32 PM

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