…literacy instead. And there’s another great saying we had back in the day: When in doubt, leave it out. By the way, I am fully aware that the president of…

A couple of days ago, James Bianco, chez Ritholtz, noted a WSJ article entitled “Dividend Stocks Become the Heroes”: This year, the 100 stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock…

…Business’s CEOs and board members, are doing well. So as the stock market has resurged after the 2007 financial crisis brought on by the excess of Big Financial Businesses, the…

The US Senate election in MA is between Senator Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren. While there has been some discussion on financial concerns, there hasn’t been a lot to…

…in the accounting and financial services’ industries’ war upon securities fraud laws and financial regulation. As a White House lawyer he saw: President Bill Clinton steamrolled by Wall Street (and…

…fiscal dominance from December 2011 A quote: “Starting with financial intermediation, recall that banks play no role whatsoever in macroeconomic models of the pre-crisis era. These traditional models are based…

…broader economy is more challenged. The chart below illustrates the working-day and seasonally adjusted lending by Monetary Financial Institutions (MFIs) to the household and non-financial corporate sectors. I use the…

…financial crisis of 1997/98. Before the historical revisionists get hold of this period, it is important to note that Malaysia’s initial response to the crisis was a textbook illustration of…

Robert Waldmann Just to post about something other than health care reform, I will type my vague thoughts on financial regulation after the jump. Much is similar to stuff I…

…an independent agency created by the Congress that maintains the stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system by insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions, and managing receiverships….