In Big Picture - Posted 4 days ago

What came together was not only a cyclical undervaluing of risk [but also] a housing bubble, and triple-A ratings were misguided. There was virtua...

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In 24/7 Wall St. - Posted 5 days ago

In the past month, gold mining stocks have hit new 52-week lows. On October 27th, Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) bottomed out at $17.27, Goldcorp...

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In Businesspundit - Posted 1 week ago

Another day, another bailout plan revision. The Financial Times covers the details. One quote in particular caught my eye:Hank Paulson, speaking at a ...

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In Big Picture - Posted 1 week ago

NY Fed President Geithner Gets Vote of Confidence from Wall Street; Reaction with Christopher Rupkey of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi; A Further In-Depth L...

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In Big Picture - Posted 1 week ago

The other shoe in the great Treasury Secretary sweepstakes dropped this morning as Obama s team outlined a way to eat their cake and have it too. As...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 1 week ago

Felix Salmon is very unhappy with David Cho of the Washington Post and with Henry Paulson as well: Yet More Paulson Revisionism: It's not easy to keep...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 1 week ago

We do not yet have an Obama-Biden administration economic policy team. We do not yet have nominees sent up to the Senate. We do not yet even have peop...

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In Businesspundit - Posted 2 weeks ago

MSNBC reported this week that the Bush Administration will leave at least half of the $700 billion bailout fund for President Elect Obama s people ...

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In Bill Cara - Posted 2 weeks ago

The banks are in chaos. The US T-Bill yield is almost zero. Commodity prices are collapsing. Traders are desperate. What next? Well, today the Treasur...

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In Greg Mankiw's Blog - Posted 2 weeks ago

Michael Kinsley is Pro and Stanley Fish is Con....

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