Monthly Archives: September 2009

September 30, 2009

• Guest Post: “Martin Wolf, the FT’s rebel with a cause, and the future of finance
  by Yves Smith 5:21 pm

• Yes, Virginia, China Will Make Your Business a Winner
  by Yves Smith 1:53 pm

• Links 9/30/09
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• Reader Update
  by Yves Smith 3:48 am

• Guest Post: Credit Default Swaps – Love ‘Em, Ban ‘Em, or Tax ‘Em?
  by George Washington 1:06 am

September 29, 2009

• Guest Post: Is Gold A Reasonable Investment?
  by George Washington 3:01 am

September 28, 2009

• Guest Post: The Case for Inflation
  by George Washington 1:40 pm

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 7:27 am

September 27, 2009

• Guest Post: How Well Has The Federal Reserve Performed for America?
  by George Washington 1:08 pm

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

September 25, 2009

• Guest Post: Why Concentration in the Banking Industry Threatens Our Economy
  by George Washington 4:49 pm

• Guest Post: Do Ben and Tim = Thelma and Louise?
  by Jesse 2:53 pm

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

September 24, 2009

• The protectionism bogeyman
  by Edward Harrison 2:40 pm

• Guest Post: First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Program: Morally Hazardous?
  by Edward Harrison 12:02 pm

• Obama caves to pressure on consumer financial protection
  by Edward Harrison 8:36 am

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 6:43 am

September 23, 2009

• Paul Volcker, Lord Turner & the EU’s new take on the intoxicating effects of global finance
  by Edward Harrison 2:30 pm

• It’s the debt, stupid
  by Edward Harrison 1:00 pm

• Guest Post: William K. Black’s Proposal for “Systemically Dangerous Institutions”
  by George Washington 12:31 pm

• Guest post: Blame the Regulators
  by Edward Harrison 11:43 am

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

September 22, 2009

• Guest Post: Deflation?
  by George Washington 6:22 pm

• Railroad Traffic Decline Accelerates (Withering Green Shoot Watch)
  by Yves Smith 2:08 pm

• The FDIC to get credit from banks even while banks restrict lending
  by Edward Harrison 1:55 pm

• The origin of the U.S. dollar as legal tender and its link to Depression
  by Edward Harrison 12:13 pm

• Bill Gross: sell risky assets and buy Treasuries
  by Edward Harrison 8:07 am

• Links and Reader Notice 9/22/09
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

September 21, 2009

• Guest Post: If Credit is Not Created Out of Excess Reserves, What Does That Mean?
  by George Washington 3:29 pm

• “I Am Changing My Name to Fannie Mae”
  by Yves Smith 2:59 pm

• Steve Keen: we need a “debt jubilee”
  by Edward Harrison 11:14 am

• Guest Post: Satyajit Das on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Finance
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• Links 9/21/09
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

• New York State Insurance Dept. Calls Moody’s Bluff on Defiance
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

September 20, 2009

• Links 9/20/09
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• Bank of America: 40% of Junk Bonds to Default by 2013
  by Yves Smith 3:12 am

• Guest Post: Steve Keen Out-Thinks Larry Summers
  by George Washington 2:37 am

September 19, 2009

• Links 9/19/09
  by Yves Smith 3:07 pm

• Antidote du jour (and 9/19/09 Links to come)
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• Reader “Entirely Random”, Where Are You?
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

September 18, 2009

• The mother of all inventory corrections is not the same as re-stocking
  by Edward Harrison 1:14 pm

• Guest Post: Are Financial Blogs Trustworthy?
  by George Washington 1:04 pm

• Links 9/18/09
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Wells’ Commercial Real Estate “Ticking Time Bomb” And Coming CRE Woes
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

• Fed Plays Politics on Banker Pay
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

September 17, 2009

• Links 9/17/09
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Will Peak Oil Pricing = Perma Recession?
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• Quelle Surprise! Regulators Starting to Worry Re Bank Commercial Real Estate Exposures
  by Yves Smith 3:54 am

• Insurance Regulators About to Curtail Role of Ratings?
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

September 16, 2009

• Guest Post: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard & the City’s hard EU choices
  by Yves Smith 1:13 pm

• Guest Post: Reflections on Blowups and Bailouts
  by Yves Smith 12:56 pm

• Apologies for Site Outage + Belated Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 12:34 pm

• Financial Reform: Not happening but the need is clear
  by Edward Harrison 10:22 am

September 15, 2009

• Guest Post: “Assessing the Recent Performance of the Fed”
  by Yves Smith 2:58 am

• Lending Is Taking a Dive, Oh My!
  by Yves Smith 2:26 am

• Ghost Fleet of the Recession = Biggest Maritime Gathering Ever
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

September 14, 2009

• Judge Rakoff Rejects Bank of America-Merrill Settlement, Orders Trial
  by Yves Smith 12:00 pm

• Murder-Suicide in Chimerica
  by Edward Harrison 11:18 am

• Guest Post: Sarkozy, Stiglitz & capitalism’s inherent contradictions
  by Yves Smith 9:32 am

• Links 9/15/09
  by Yves Smith 2:46 am

• Links 9/14/09
  by Yves Smith 1:48 am

• Another Withering Green Shoot: London Retail Sales Fall Sharply
  by Yves Smith 1:03 am

• China Reacts Quickly and Badly to Tire Tariffs
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

September 13, 2009

• Guest Post: We Can’t Break Up the Giant Banks, Can We? Yes We Can!
  by George Washington 11:53 pm

• Links 9/13/09
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

• NY Times Lehman Post Mortem: The Power of Denial
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

• Guest Post: “The Fed has never believed in sunshine as a disinfectant”
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

• IMF Head Says Crisis Set to Continue
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

September 12, 2009

• Links 9/12/09
  by Yves Smith 12:18 am

• Another Lehman Mess: No One Can Run the Software
  by Yves Smith 12:07 am

September 11, 2009

• US Tire Tariffs: Will China Retaliate?
  by Yves Smith 10:06 pm

• Guest Post: Top Economists Say We Must Break Up the Insolvent Banks (Government Says Let’s Make Them Bigger)
  by George Washington 3:41 pm

• Is economic boom around the corner?
  by Edward Harrison 11:08 am

• “Capitalism After the Crisis” and “Free Markets” Newspeak
  by Yves Smith 9:57 am

• Links 9/11/09
  by Yves Smith 12:35 am

September 10, 2009

• Guest Post: Obama to Make a “Major Address on the Financial Crisis” on Monday
  by Jesse 11:57 pm

• Guest Post: Obama’s Healthcare Speech: Soaring Rhetoric, Scant Imagination
  by Yves Smith 5:08 pm

• Links 9/10/09
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

• Why Economists Rarely Say Bad Things About the Fed
  by Yves Smith 1:26 am

• Trade Tensions With China Quietly Escalating
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

• Guest Post: The Economy Will Not Recover Until Trust is Restored
  by George Washington 12:32 am

• Further Confirmation That Real Bank Reform is Dead on Arrival
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

September 9, 2009

• A Shot Across the Bow (Debtors’ Revolt Watch)
  by Yves Smith 9:02 am

• Links 9/9/09
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

• Why Do Consumers Accept Debit Card Abuse?
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

September 8, 2009

• Guest Post: How Bad Will Unemployment Get, And What Can We Do About It?
  by George Washington 11:57 pm

• Links 9/8/09
  by Yves Smith 1:53 am

• Manpower: Hiring Plans Hit New Low
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

• “How China Cooks Its Books”
  by Yves Smith 1:29 am

• 40% of Working Age Californians Jobless
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

September 7, 2009

• Links 9/07/09
  by Yves Smith 2:33 am

• Deflation Worries Looking More Credible
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am

• Lobster Shoot Out in Maine
  by Yves Smith 1:27 am

September 6, 2009

• Links 9/6/09
  by Yves Smith 12:40 am

• Is Wall Street About to Ruin Another Financial Product? (Life Settlements Edition)
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

September 5, 2009

• G-20 Agrees to Agree on Tougher Bank Capital Rules, Bonus Limits
  by Yves Smith 12:37 pm

• Links 9/5/09
  by Yves Smith 1:07 am

• Food Stamp Use Rising, Even Among Wage-Earners
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

• Quelle Surprise! US and France (Presumably Along With EU) At Odds Over Financial Reform
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

September 4, 2009

• “Solar Crisis Set to Hit in 2010”
  by Yves Smith 10:22 pm

• Links 9/4/09
  by Yves Smith 1:12 am

• Stiglitz Doubts Recovery Can Be Sustained
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

September 3, 2009

• Frustrated Judges Engage in Ineffectual Harassment of Mortgage Servicers
  by Yves Smith 11:24 pm

• Links 9/3/09
  by Yves Smith 2:15 am

• EU Ministers Asserting Selves as Alpha Predators Versus Bankers
  by Yves Smith 1:49 am

• FSA’s Lord Turner Tells Banks to Get a Death Wish
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

September 2, 2009

• Links 9/2/09
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

• The Real Regulatory Revolving Door
  by Yves Smith 12:35 am

• Unemployment: The Harder You Look, The Uglier It Appears
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

September 1, 2009

• Reader Notice on Comments
  by Yves Smith 11:47 pm

• Links 9/1/09
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

• Macro Hedge Funds Betting Against Recovery Story
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

• Twenty-Five Years to Work Off the Debt Overhang?
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am