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• The Kanjorski “We’re Tough on TBTF” Headfake

  
  Fuck Bankers — Authority: 167
  Dear God, if you read the media, you’d really think the Congressional huffing and puffing at the banking industry was going to solve the “too big to fail” problem, or even make much of a difference. Folks, I hate to tell you, these remedies fall so far short of what it would take as to constitute a complete ...
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• The Kanjorski “We’re Tough on TBTF” Headfake

  
  Gulag Blog — Authority: 167
  Dear God, if you read the media, you’d really think the Congressional huffing and puffing at the banking industry was going to solve the “too big to fail” problem, or even make much of a difference. Folks, I hate to tell you, these remedies fall so far short of what it would take as to constitute a complete ...
  4 hours ago

• The Washington Post about "Politicizing the Fed"

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  "He has a point. The key to a central banks power is credibility, which in turn hinges on the perception and reality that it is focused on setting interest rates and not doing the short-term bidding of politicians. Under Paul A. Volcker, the Fed broke the back of inflation in the 1980s through sustained high interest ...
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• Influential US Senate committee proposes overhaul of the country’s regulatory architecture that would strip powers from the Federal Reserve and create a single banking regulator

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  FT: US banks bill seeks to strip Fed of powers, Nov. 10, 2009 An influential US Senate committee has proposed a sweeping overhaul of the country’s regulatory architecture that would strip powers from the Federal Reserve and create a single banking regulator. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, ...
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• George Soros about the need for a new financial architecture

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  Gulf Times: World needs new financial architecture, by George Soros/New York, Nov. 8, 2009 Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, the world is facing another stark choice between two fundamentally different forms of organisation: international capitalism and state capitalism. ...
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• Hilarious....

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  through Ritholtz Original post blogged on b2evolution .
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• In the 1930s over 11,000 banks failed.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  Many depositors lost all of their funds. Back then most of those banks were state chartered and were quite small, so the number sounds much bigger than the problem actually was in dollar terms. Today we have seen a consolidation in the number of banks from around 11,000 ten years ago to around 8,300 in the summer of ...
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• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP managing partner Rodgin Cohen says that the origin of the financial crisis was actually unregulated mortgage bankers and brokers, and not the abolition of Glass-Steagall

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP managing partner Rodgin Cohen says that one of the myths of the Great Recession is that the abolition of Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis. Cohen says the origin of the financial crisis was actually unregulated mortgage bankers and brokers. Original post blogged ...
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• How much “real wealth” has been created through M&A, Junk Bonds, HFT, Structured Finance, Derivatives?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  As opposed to how much has capital been stirred around and siphoned off? How efficient are our markets today? 30% interest on credit cards – is that efficient for the consumer or small business owner? Huge reductions in the money market and commercial paper markets. Is that efficient for corporate cash flows? How ...
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• Fools Born to Buy Debt Allow Wall Street Exports to Boom

  
  Rich Credit Debt Loan — Authority: 556
  With the fall of the stock market, the collapse of the economy became clear. The real driving force behind it, however, was the failure and dropping confidence in the largest bond market of the world. Known as structured finance, it has led to a crisis which rivals the Great Depression, as well as brought about the ...
  3 days ago

• Guest Post: Big Bankers Say They’re Doing God’s Work … Are They Right?

  
  naked capitalism — Authority: 746
  By George Washington of Washington’s Blog . Preface: If you are a Christian or Jew, the importance of the Bible is probably obvious. If you are not, please consider passing this essay on to people of those faiths who you know. If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some ...
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• Guest Post: Big Bankers Say They’re Doing God’s Work … Are They Right?

  
  Fuck Bankers — Authority: 167
  By George Washington of Washington’s Blog . Preface: If you are a Christian or Jew, the importance of the Bible is probably obvious. If you are not, please consider passing this essay on to people of those faiths who you know. If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some ...
  3 days ago

• Guest Post: Big Bankers Say They’re Doing God’s Work … Are They Right?

  
  Gulag Blog — Authority: 167
  By George Washington of Washington’s Blog . Preface: If you are a Christian or Jew, the importance of the Bible is probably obvious. If you are not, please consider passing this essay on to people of those faiths who you know. If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some ...
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• New paper about the consequences of the Lehman failure

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  William Sterling of Trilogy Global Advisors has an interesting new paper on the abrupt changes in financial markets subsequent to Lehmans bankruptcy on September 15, 2008. Looking Back at Lehman: An Empirical Analysis of the Financial Shock and the Effectiveness of Countermeasures, Paper Contributed for a ...
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• Another Excellent Taibbi Article

  
  Slope Of Hope with Tim Knight — Authority: 616
  I strongly encourage you to read this marvelous article by Matt Taibbi. It is a fascinating look at the underhanded tactics Goldman Sachs (the very embodiment of evil ) and JP Morgan took in 2008. Just about the only thing still good in the U.S. is the fact that journalists can publish articles like this without ...
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• Comings & Goings: Jamie Dimon Hires Dad at J.P. Morgan

  
  WSJ.com: Deal Journal — Authority: 708
  Theodore Dimon is moving to the house his son has built. The 78-year-old broker is leaving Bank of America Merrill Lynch to join J.P. Morgan Chase, where his son, James Dimon, is CEO. The elder Dimon, according to Bloomberg, will join the Bear Stearns Private Client Services, a unit J.P. Morgan acquired in the March ...
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• You’re Not Worthy, But Goldman Is

  
  WSJ.com: Deal Journal — Authority: 708
  It is official: Goldman Sachs is more important than you are. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Goldman was one of several Wall Street firms that received large dosages of swine flue vaccines, while some New York City hospitals and clinics are running out of the vaccine.
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• John Thain Wharton lesson

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  Prof. Jeremy Siegel introduces former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, who offers his opinions as to what caused the crisis and what can be done to prevent it from happening again in a Wharton Leadership Lesson. Original post blogged on b2evolution .
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• The Fantasy of the Clearing House Magic Bullet

  
  naked capitalism — Authority: 746
  As Gillian Tett points out in the Financial Times today, clearing derivatives centrally has come to be viewed in policy circles as a magical solution. As a result, it has not gotten the scrutiny it deserves. The reason for the enthusiasm is that, in theory, a clearinghouse would make sure all agreements were ...
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• The Fantasy of the Clearing House Magic Bullet

  
  Fuck Bankers — Authority: 167
  As Gillian Tett points out in the Financial Times today, clearing derivatives centrally has come to be viewed in policy circles as a magical solution. As a result, it has not gotten the scrutiny it deserves. The reason for the enthusiasm is that, in theory, a clearinghouse would make sure all agreements were ...
  6 days ago

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