Monthly Archives: January 2010

January 31, 2010

• SIGTARP Probing Insider Trading
  by Yves Smith 10:16 pm

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• Volcker Does Not Get It
  by Yves Smith 5:09 am

• Complicating the Greedy vs. Chump Subprime Narratives
  by Yves Smith 2:12 am

January 30, 2010

• Links 1/30/10
  by Yves Smith 7:05 am

• Alistair Darling Tells Bankers to Start Cooperating
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

• Br’er Rabbit Lives! Banks Now Favoring Paying “Insurance” Fee
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

January 29, 2010

• Bernanke Vote Closer Than It Appeared
  by Yves Smith 5:34 pm

• “Where Can I Get Mine?”
  by Yves Smith 4:57 pm

• Links 1/29/09
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

• Obama Hypocrisy Watch: Obama Rips Lobbyists, Then Gives Them Private Briefings
  by Yves Smith 12:35 am

January 28, 2010

• “State of the Union: A Muddled Message”
  by Yves Smith 5:20 pm

• Links 1/28/10
  by Yves Smith 9:24 am

• More of the Fed’s “Secret” Maiden Lane III Transaction Level Detail
  by Yves Smith 9:08 am

• AIG Scandal: Fed as Chump or Fed as Crony?
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

January 27, 2010

• Taibbi Assaults “Criticizing Wall Street = Populism” Meme
  by Yves Smith 9:57 pm

• Breaking: Darrell Issa Requests Subpoena in AIG/Fed Bailout Cover-Up
  by Yves Smith 7:25 pm

• “A Plea to the President: Tear Up That Speech”
  by Yves Smith 6:16 pm

• Links 1/27/10
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Meryvn King Calls for Structural Overhaul to Banking Industry
  by Yves Smith 5:53 am

• Why Did Fed Board of Governors Nix Guaranteeing AIG’s CDS?
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• On China’s Overinvestment
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

• How Many Quants Does It Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

January 26, 2010

• Obama’s new triangulation strategy
  by Edward Harrison 1:22 pm

• Guest Post: Why is National Security Being Invoked to Keep Basic Financial Information Secret?
  by George Washington 12:24 pm

• Links Australia Day
  by Yves Smith 8:11 am

• Is There An Overlooked Reason for Fed Secrecy on AIG?
  by Yves Smith 8:02 am

• UK Claims Global Support Increasing for Transaction Tax
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am

• SIGTARP Opens Investigation into NY Fed (and House Oversight Committee Turn Up Heat)
  by Yves Smith 4:49 am

January 25, 2010

• Tell Senate “No” on Bernanke Cloture
  by Yves Smith 8:09 am

• Steve Keen: The Economic Case Against Bernanke
  by Yves Smith 8:00 am

• Links 1/25/10
  by Yves Smith 5:31 am

• Health Care: “Time For Obama to Cross the Rubicon”
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

• “TARP Fee” to Restrict Repos, A Big Source of Funding for Dealers
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

• If the Journal is Right on This Health Care Move, Obama is Beyond Redemption
  by Yves Smith 2:33 am

• Tishman Hands Stuyvesant Keys Back to Banks
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

January 24, 2010

• WTF? Fed Demands “Special Security Procedures” for AIG Details From SEC
  by Yves Smith 11:15 pm

• Links 1/24/10
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• Quelle Surprise! Proposed Restrictions on Proprietary Trading are a Joke
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

January 23, 2010

• SEC Proposes Very Limited Reintroduction of Uptick Rule on Short Selling
  by Yves Smith 8:58 pm

• Links 1/23/10
  by Yves Smith 4:58 am

January 22, 2010

• Guest Post: Front Running the Fed
  by Jesse 7:06 pm

• Opposition to Bernanke Confirmation Rising
  by Yves Smith 5:49 pm

• Fed Secrecy Claims Bogus, Redacted AIG Bailout Details Already Public
  by Yves Smith 9:15 am

• Further Discussion of Maiden Lane III Analysis and Implications
  by Yves Smith 8:00 am

• Links 1/22/10
  by Yves Smith 7:56 am

January 21, 2010

• Antidote du Jour
  by Yves Smith 8:05 am

• So Why is the Fed So Desperate to Keep Maiden Lane III Details Secret?
  by Yves Smith 7:56 am

• Obama to Propose Rules to Restrict Proprietary Trading
  by Yves Smith 7:09 am

January 20, 2010

• Buffett Talks His Book, Voices Opposition to Bank Fee
  by Yves Smith 9:42 pm

• “President Obama: It’s Not Just the Words!”
  by Yves Smith 9:03 pm

• Rampant fraud in short sales
  by Edward Harrison 6:46 pm

• Obama: grading his first year’s economic performance
  by Edward Harrison 12:31 pm

• Links 1/20/10
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• FT As Shameless Fed-Booster, Runs Incredible Claims re Results on AIG Assets
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

January 19, 2010

• Satyajit Das: “EMH Funeral Oration”
  by Yves Smith 5:22 pm

• Obama Plans to Talk Even Tougher
  by Yves Smith 4:29 pm

• Links 1/19/10
  by Yves Smith 2:41 am

January 18, 2010

• Harper’s: Three Guantanamo “Suicides” Look Like Homicides
  by Yves Smith 7:35 pm

• Links 1/18/10
  by Yves Smith 2:46 pm

• Looting Alert: Big Banks Threaten Constitutional Challenge to TARP Fee
  by Yves Smith 3:27 am

• Are Securitized Mortgages Subject to Usury Laws?
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

January 17, 2010

• Links 1/17/10
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• “Geither, Fix the Problem, Don’t Fake It”
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

• Seeking Reader Advice: Book Website
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

January 16, 2010

• Guest Post: Moving Your Money Can Have a Real Effect on Big Banks
  by George Washington 1:18 pm

• Links 1/16/09
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• Could England Be the Next Iceland?
  by Yves Smith 4:46 am

• Your Humble Blogger is on Business News Network
  by Yves Smith 2:22 am

January 15, 2010

• Links 1/15/10
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

• Obama’s “Get Tough on Banks” Again Tries to Play the Public for Fools
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

• Dodd Wimping Out on Consumer Financial Protection Agency
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

January 14, 2010

• Links 1/14/10
  by Yves Smith 5:23 am

• Is the Angelides Commission Structurally Flawed?
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

• “Why Bernanke’s Defense of Super Low Interest Rates Does Not Hold Up”
  by Yves Smith 2:33 am

• WSJ Runs Dubious Argument for Keeping Citi Intact
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

• US-UN Corruption Tie In?
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

January 13, 2010

• Guest Post: If Government Won’t Break Up the Giant Banks, Let’s Do It Ourselves
  by George Washington 4:21 pm

• Links 1/13/10
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

• Obama to Announce $120 Billion TARP Fee
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• Quelle Surprise! Health Insurers Pretended to Play Nice, Lobbied Against Reform
  by Yves Smith 4:01 am

• Monsanto GM Corn Linked to Organ Damage in Animals
  by Yves Smith 2:44 am

January 12, 2010

• Bair offers her own solution on bank compensation
  by Edward Harrison 8:16 pm

• Links 1/12/10
  by Yves Smith 7:02 am

• Administration Bank Tax Plan: An Empty Populist Gesture by Design?
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• Tom Adams: “TCW and Gundlach – Missing the Real Dirty Laundry”
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

• William Black” “Anti-Regulators: The Federal Reserve’s War Against Effective Regulation”
  by Yves Smith 2:38 am

January 11, 2010

• Guest Post: “We’ve Never Seen this Before – Such a Huge Rally, and the Little Guy Is Out”
  by George Washington 6:43 pm

• Rob Johnson and Robert Pozen on Too Big to Save
  by Yves Smith 5:33 pm

• Links 1/11/10
  by Yves Smith 6:24 am

• UK Not Backing Down in Row Over Banker Pay
  by Yves Smith 5:12 am

• The Most Stunning (and Uncommented on) Revelation in Too Big Too Fail
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Guest Post: Torture Is Continuing Under the Obama Administration, Creating More Terrorists and Further Destabilizing the Economy
  by George Washington 2:06 am

January 10, 2010

• Israeli General, Formerly Head of Nuclear Weapons, Denies Iran as a Nuclear Threat
  by Yves Smith 9:56 pm

• Links 1/10/10
  by Yves Smith 4:28 am

• Hank Greenberg’s Self-Serving, Largely Off-Base Salvo at Goldman
  by Yves Smith 3:11 am

• Guest Post: The Military-Industrial Complex is Ruining the Economy
  by George Washington 2:25 am

• “Fire Geithner Now!”
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

January 9, 2010

• Links 1/9/10
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• “Tim Out – Sheila and Debt Relief In?”
  by Yves Smith 3:52 am

• Another Fissure on the Left Flank for Health Care Bill
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

January 8, 2010

• Guest Post: Nice Work Creating New Terrorists, You Morons
  by George Washington 8:37 pm

• Fed Used Lawyer that Advised Goldman on AIG (Non) Disclosures
  by Yves Smith 5:57 pm

• “Spain and the EU: Defict Terrorism in Action”
  by Yves Smith 5:51 pm

• Links 1/8/10
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am

• Simon Johnson: “The Worst is Yet To Come”
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

• Hawks at the Fed Warn Re Inflation, Bubbles
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

• Some Good Early Feedback on ECONNED
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

January 7, 2010

• Guest Post: Krugman Says American Economy Will Not Recover for a Long Time, Johnson Says “Crisis is Just Beginning”
  by George Washington 9:08 pm

• Geithner’s dubious AIG cover up
  by Edward Harrison 10:37 am

• NY Fed Told AIG to Hide Details of Swaps Payouts to Banks
  by Yves Smith 9:26 am

• Links 1/7/09
  by Yves Smith 4:01 am

• More On China’s Frothy-Looking Housing Market
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

January 6, 2010

• Roubini v. Gross on Outlook for 2010
  by Yves Smith 7:32 pm

• Links 1/6/09
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

• Let Them Eat Lobster!
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

January 5, 2010

• Limiting the destruction wrought by irrational exuberance in a one-party state
  by Edward Harrison 8:23 pm

• Links 1/5/09
  by Yves Smith 4:37 am

• Guest Post: Recent Lehman MD Reviews “The Murder of Lehman Brothers”
  by Yves Smith 3:49 am

• On Visa’s Anticompetitive Practices (They Cost You More Than You Think!)
  by Yves Smith 1:39 am

January 4, 2010

• 52% of Small Businesses See Conditions Worsening in Next Six Months
  by Yves Smith 11:45 pm

• “Robert Rubin’s absurd economic recommendations”
  by Yves Smith 9:39 pm

• Links 1/4/09
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• “The Once and Future Fed Policy Error?”
  by Yves Smith 5:09 am

• Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Apocalypse 2010
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

• “WWKD – What Would Keynes Do”
  by Yves Smith 3:12 am

• Tainted Burgers Show That Corporate Profits Trump Public Safety (Cargill and McDonalds Edition)
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

• Are Airport Full Body Scanners A Health Menace?
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

January 3, 2010

• Links 1/3/09
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

• Scary Shadow Inventory Numbers
  by Yves Smith 3:15 am

• Sandy Weill’s Je Ne Regrette Rien at the NYT Falls Very Flat
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

January 2, 2010

• Links 1/2/10
  by Yves Smith 5:37 am

• Best Antidotes of 2009 (Part 2)
  by Yves Smith 3:54 am

• New York Times Takes Aim at Treasury Mortgage Mod Program
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

January 1, 2010

• Links New Year’s Day!
  by Yves Smith 1:59 am

• Mayo Clinic in Arizona to Stop Accepting Some Medicare Patients
  by Yves Smith 12:47 am

• “Reviving Confidence in the American Economy – China, Investment and the Deficit Hawks”
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am