Monthly Archives: August, 2013
Bank Capital, More Needed
Long before Basel meetings and the Federal Reserve, America’s banks had figured out the bank capital ratios that worked best for them. In 1834...
VIDEO: Risk of Weakening Housing Market: Shiller
CNBC: Robert Shiller, Case-Shiller Index co-founder, breaks down the latest numbers on housing, with the "Squawk on the Street" crew.
Fed Economist Smacks Down Keynesian Blinder on Deficit
After Alan Blinder recently wrote a spectacularly Keynesian piece in the Wall Street Journal op-ed section arguing for more deficit spending, VP and Economic...
Flash Freeze: Mark Cuban says it Wasn’t Just a Tech Snafu: VIDEO
What Caused the NASDAQ Flash Freeze?
On August 22, the NASDAQ stock exchange was hit by some kind of electronic malfunction. Trading was brought to...
High Yield Risk
I was listing to WEEI sports radio last week when I heard an advertisement pushing structured settlement investments. The juicy 5%-7% yields are hard...