http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/greenspan Blog Articles Tagged with 'greenspan' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1133084?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Soothing words from former Fed chair Volcker: The inevitable recession can be moderated. The groundwork can be laid for reconstructing the financial system and the regulatory and supervisory arrangements from the bottom up. The extraordinary interven... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1133084?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132877?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan I wrote the following on 9/1/2007, the first day of the blog's existence. As you read it, remember, the dot.com bubble and bust, historically low interest rates, real estate and credit bubble, concerted global interest rate reductions to historically... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:16:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132877?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132754?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan While I'm reading the front page of the NYT, it's worth noting the latest installment in its crisis series: 3,000 words from Peter Goodman on how Alan Greenspan's lax oversight of the derivatives market got us all into this mess to begin with. The nu... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:18:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1132754?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1132693?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Not only have individual financial institutions become less vulnerable to shocks from underlying risk factors, but also the financial system as a whole has become more resilient. Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, 2004 The quo... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:42:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1132693?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1132619?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Robert Reich is worried that we are about to have a rerun of 1993 :Saved by the Deficit?, by Robert Reich, Commentary, NY Times: Both presidential candidates have been criticized for failing ... to name any ... plans they re going to have to scrap... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1132619?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1132621?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble - Vernon Smith Back to the Great Depression Debates - Econbrowser In Praise of Bernanke - Economix TARP: a simple model - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy - NYTimes.com Ho... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:06:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1132621?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/business-pundit/1132164?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Or speak softly and carry a big stick, which is what Teddy Roosevelt said. Or talk softly, but carry a big stick, which is what McCain said last night s debate, in which misquotes, mistakes, and lies were rampant. Not that it was a bad debate, by a... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:02:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/business-pundit/1132164?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1131946?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan This is a good thing to do. But does the Fed have enough resources to do it well? Edmund Andrews and Michael Grynbaum: The Fed said in a statement that it would begin to buy large amounts of short-term debt in an effort to stimulate the credit marke... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:39:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1131946?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131919?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan The Butterfly Effect (adapted from Wikipedia): refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado, say from an open corn field to the center of a crowded urban popul... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:43:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131919?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1131617?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Paul Collier says the financial crisis presents a chance to stop looting in Africa:A chance to crack down on Africa's loot-seeking elites, by Paul Collier, Comment is Free: ...A criminal can safely be put in charge of a fish-and-chip shop but not of ... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:58:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1131617?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131397?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan In the aftermath of the great calamity brought upon by the creator of the phrase irrational exuberance, the formerly revered Alan Greenspan, the giant pendulum of investor sentiment has moved to a new extreme: Irrational Despair.Across the boar... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:22:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131397?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131216?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan As virtually all stock market participants know by now, Congress has passed the $700 billion bailout plan (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008). Let us quickly assess the implications for investors and traders. First, those familiar with Au... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1131216?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1131085?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan On Steven Gordon's blog, Nick Rowe of Carleton University offers his thoughts on what caused the financial crisis/es along with the economics behind his thinking:Some thoughts on the bubble/s and financial crisis/es, by Stephen Gordon: Nick Rowe prov... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:06:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1131085?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1131086?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Here's Barry Ritholtz' view on the cause of the financial crisis.We agree on a lot of points regarding the cause, though I call the lending standards issue an agency problem, and we agree that a source of liquidity was needed to inflate the bubble,... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:25:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1131086?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1131066?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan The Sunday New York Times has a very interesting article on Fannie Mae and the current financial crisis. They do a decent job at delving into the complexities of the GSEs, and the many factors that went into the decision making at the senior level of... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1131066?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1130873?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan There is a terrific opinion piece in the Sunday Washington Post, titled Bad Medicine that is your MSM Saturday morning reading for the day. Its by James Grant, purveyor of the Grant's Interest Rate Observer. While some folks (myself and Nouriel Roub... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:58:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1130873?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1130821?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Do changes in oil prices impact core inflation? That is, do changes in oil prices - which are excluded from core measures - pass through over time and raise prices generally? According to this, the answer is no, at least in the U.S.:Oil Prices and In... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1130821?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1130607?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan Alan Greenspan's calling a bottom: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said financial markets and the economy will recover sooner rather than later from the worst turmoil in seven decades.... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:39:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1130607?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1130031?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan It's telling that, amid all the recent recriminations, even lenders have not fingered CRA. That's because CRA didn't bring about the reckless lending at the heart of the crisis. Just as sub-prime lending was exploding, CRA was losing force and relev... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1130031?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1129345?rsstype=tag&tag=greenspan click for iTunes Excellent series of podcasts by Tom Keene of Bloomberg on the Economy. Highlights include conversations with Nobel Laureates, professors and top economists. Great stuff.If you don't use iTunes, there is a listing of podcasts at Bloom... 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