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March 14, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Politics:
Fed gets new oversight powers under Dodd bill - Reuters
“No need” for Greek bailout decision – German finance minister - Reuters
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March 11, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Equity volatility might seem to have little to do with the level or shape of interest rates, but after a bit of exploration we might be able to draw some solid ... (
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March 11, 2010 at 8:29 am
A sobering perspective.
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March 10, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Sheila Bair has to be given credit, she is working with a whole mess of financial institution failures that would give anyone nightmares. 168 failed institutions ... (
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March 8, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Every few months I draw the spotlight on long-term US interest rates as they approach a long held barrier. Thirty year treasury yields have not been above ... (
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February 24, 2010 at 10:05 pm
On a daily basis we all get confronted with a lot of data. In that data resides many false signals and conflicting statistics. Today, I would like to take a step back and ... (
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February 22, 2010 at 10:27 pm
The holy grail of derivatives trading is to predict future levels of volatility. Unlike equity prices alone, volatility has a somewhat predictive nature. An equity price ... (
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February 22, 2010 at 12:16 pm
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen gave a speech today at the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate School of Business Administration, University of San Diego. ... (
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February 21, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Politics:
Ron Paul for President, says Conservative Political Action Conference poll – NY Daily News
Majority says stimulus program has been negative for economy –
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February 17, 2010 at 10:56 pm
It seems that the equity markets are shrugging off a rather tumultuous few weeks. The consensus is that the Greece situation is under control and the crisis mode has been put ... (
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February 17, 2010 at 12:10 am
“Web 2.0″ has been a hot phrase since social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Digg.com, etc. have taken over the web. Basically, Web 2.0 represents community ... (
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February 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Economics is a very inexact science. We can all feel the relief from asset prices that are 50% above the 2009 lows, but the uncertainty lingers like a thick and unforgiving
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From SurlyTrader
February 14, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Politics:
CIT TARP wipeout is official: The US Treasury loses its entire $2.33 billion TARP investment in CIT Group — the largest TARP loss to date - MSN Money
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February 11, 2010 at 7:36 pm
If you are at all wondering why Europe and specifically the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, & Spain) have been in the macro spotlight as the next shoe to drop, it is very ... (
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From SurlyTrader
February 10, 2010 at 10:38 pm
I found the following story highly entertaining. It is one thing to counterfeit money, but it is quite another to counterfeit treasury securities without abandon:
“A ... (
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