Today is the Second Anniversary of the Market's All-Time High
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And, in case you missed it, here is a very brief summary of what has transpired in the meantime.
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And, in case you missed it, here is a very brief summary of what has transpired in the meantime.
It is very clear that Hank Paulson overstepped all ethical boundaries by bailing out Goldman through AIG. He probably crossed legal lines as well. This isn't going to be investigated much further...
Tomorrow, Ken Lewis, the head of Bank of America goes in front of Congress to testify on the events leading to the Bank of America acquisition of Merrill Lynch. The lesson that he gets should be...
As the attached article explains, Sweden had a very successful response to their banking crisis in 1992 that unlike Paulson's original TARP plan didn't involve just giving bank's money for nothing....
Hank Paulson made a series of bad choices when he changed the focus of the $700 billion TARP. Here is what I think happened.
Obama is about two weeks late on this one, and probably could have saved us from the last three legs of this plunge had he had enough sense to make the appointment earlier.
It turns out that not one cent of the $700 billion TARP monies are going to be used for the original plan to purchase troubled assets.
Hank Paulson directed a homerun this week. Times like this show the importance of having someone at the plate who is experienced and skilled in charge of the economy.
Paulson is expected to announce his plan to put Freddie and Fannie into government-run conservatorship amidst clear signs that the situation at the two biggest mortgage lenders was even more dire...
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