- Fed Clueless Perplexed About Spike in Bond Interest Rates
by Yves Smith 11:33 pm
Monthly Archives: May 2009
May 31, 2009
- Robert Reich: GM Bailout A Wasteful Way to Ameliorate Pain
by Yves Smith 9:21 pm
- “Is Larry Summers Taking Kickbacks From the Banks He’s Bailing Out?”
by Yves Smith 6:48 pm
- Guest Post: Why is Small Beautiful?
by Yves Smith 5:51 pm
- Links 5/31/09
by Yves Smith 12:54 am
May 30, 2009
- Sweating the Future of Cars in the US
by Yves Smith 9:00 pm
- Guest Post: Street Fighters and their Pension Clients
by Yves Smith 11:22 am
May 29, 2009
- Site Switchover This Evening; May Be Temporary Interruption in Ability to Comment
by Yves Smith 4:03 pm
- Guest Post: Keynesians, Please Exit Stage Left
by Rolfe Winkler 12:34 pm
- Guest Post: Why Are CPPIB’s Senior Managers Smiling?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:42 am
- Links 5/29/09
by Yves Smith 2:16 am
- Reader Query
by Yves Smith 2:10 am
May 28, 2009
- Pangloss Watch: Japan’s Industrial Production "Surges"
by Yves Smith 11:11 pm
- Guest post: A finance view of the political nature of the coming GM bankruptcy
by Edward Harrison 8:12 am
- Guest Post: The Incredibly Uneven Recovery?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:35 am
- Links 5/28/09
by Yves Smith 4:20 am
- Bond Carnage, Muddled Inflation Thinking, and Fed Options
by Yves Smith 4:06 am
- Part of Public Private Investment Partnership Plan Looks Dead on Arrival
by Yves Smith 1:22 am
- JP Morgan Says Losses on WaMu Credit Cards Could Reach 24%
by Yves Smith 12:17 am
- Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy Prospects Deter Buyers
by Yves Smith 12:05 am
May 27, 2009
- Guest Post: FDIC Won’t Rule Out Banks as Buyers of Toxic Assets
by Rolfe Winkler 5:24 pm
- Guest post: Marc Faber says “I am 100% sure that the U.S. will go into hyperinflation”
by Edward Harrison 10:22 am
- Guest Post: Liquidity Drowning the Meaning of Inflation?
by Leo Kolivakis 7:15 am
- Links 5/27/09
by Yves Smith 2:38 am
- Are Worries About Rising Federal Debt Misplaced?
by Yves Smith 1:02 am
- GM Bankruptcy Appears Certain
by Yves Smith 12:25 am
May 26, 2009
- Guest Post: Pension Terminators?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:28 am
- Fall in Libor May Overstate Improvement in Interbank Lending Market
by Yves Smith 1:28 am
- Links 5/26/09
by Yves Smith 12:19 am
May 25, 2009
- Are the US and UK Too Spoiled to Accept Austerity?
by Yves Smith 11:01 pm
- Links 5/25/09
by Yves Smith 1:48 am
- Is The Bond Hangover Cure of Inflation Worse Than The Disease?
by Yves Smith 1:26 am
May 24, 2009
- Guest Post: On the Inherent Unpredictability of Life
by Leo Kolivakis 10:44 am
- Links 5/24/09
by Yves Smith 12:42 am
May 23, 2009
- "Own to Rent" Taking Place in Phoenix
by Yves Smith 11:11 pm
- Guest Post: Ladies and Gentlemen, the US Is Insolvent
by Jesse 7:21 pm
- Guest post: More thoughts on the fake recovery
by Edward Harrison 4:23 am
- Links 5/23/09
by Yves Smith 12:15 am
May 22, 2009
- Chrysler Alleged to Have Acted in Bad Faith in Dealer Closings
by Yves Smith 11:08 pm
- Guest Post: CPPIB Suffers a 19% Loss in FY2009
by Leo Kolivakis 6:22 am
- Links 5/22/09
by Yves Smith 2:01 am
- Martin Wolf on the Need to Rein in Finance
by Yves Smith 1:06 am
- Blogging Needs to be Rebranded
by Yves Smith 12:34 am
May 21, 2009
- Banks Foot Dragging on the PPIP
by Yves Smith 11:03 pm
- A Call For Greater Accountability For the Fed
by Yves Smith 1:02 pm
- Guest post: Both initial claims and continuing claims now pointing to recovery
by Edward Harrison 12:55 pm
- Links 5/21/09
by Yves Smith 2:41 am
- Chinese Recovery Faltering?
by Yves Smith 1:45 am
May 20, 2009
- Greenspan Says Banks Need More Capital
by Yves Smith 11:24 pm
- Guest Post: Will Rising Markets Save Pensions?
by Leo Kolivakis 11:01 pm
- Links 5/20/09
by Yves Smith 12:32 am
- Telegraph to Restore "TARP is a ‘Sham’" Story
by Yves Smith 12:22 am
May 19, 2009
- Idea of Consumer Financial Products Watchdog Gaining Traction
by Yves Smith 11:21 pm
- Japanese Economy Shrinks at 15.2% Annual Pace in 1Q
by Yves Smith 9:47 pm
- Guest Post: More Credit Rater Accountability?
by Leo Kolivakis 9:30 am
- Links 5/19/09
by Yves Smith 4:08 am
- Elizabeth Warren on Bill Maher
by Yves Smith 3:40 am
May 18, 2009
- Washington Post Raises Doubts About Geithner Management Style, Status of PPIP
by Yves Smith 6:57 pm
- "Why Did Bankers Behave So Badly?"
by Yves Smith 6:02 pm
- Guest Post: The Investment Labyrinth?
by Leo Kolivakis 9:11 am
- Guest Post: BankUnited’s Sordid History
by Rolfe Winkler 7:00 am
- Links 5/18/09
by Yves Smith 2:00 am
- Analyst: Small Banks Need $24 Billion if Stress Test Rules Applied
by Yves Smith 1:31 am
- Reader Notice
by Yves Smith 1:00 am
May 17, 2009
- Guest Post: Chasing The Shadow Of Money
by Tyler Durden 4:38 pm
- Links 5/17/09
by Yves Smith 1:00 am
- William Black Uses the "F" Word A Lot
by Yves Smith 12:49 am
May 16, 2009
- How Is Chrysler Closing Dealerships? Not Nicely, And Maybe Not Well, Either
by Yves Smith 11:02 pm
- Insurance Experts Tongue-Tied on Ideas for Capital Adequacy, Too Big to Fail Rules
by Yves Smith 9:48 am
- Links 5/16/09
by Yves Smith 2:03 am
- Guest Post: Is the System Still Rigged?
by Leo Kolivakis 12:23 am
May 15, 2009
- Thought Police I: More Analysis of NPR Trying to Discredit Elizabeth Warren
by Yves Smith 1:58 pm
- Guest post: A populist interpretation of the latest Boom-Bust cycle
by Edward Harrison 9:06 am
- Guest Post: Pension Probe Tip of Private Equity’s Woes
by Leo Kolivakis 6:09 am
- Links 5/15/09
by Yves Smith 1:48 am
May 14, 2009
- TARP Beneficiary Says "Sham" Bailouts Help Speculators
by Yves Smith 11:39 pm
- Guest Post: Geither admits easy money did us in
by Rolfe Winkler 8:00 am
- Guest Post: Will Bilderberg Sink the Global Economy?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:16 am
- Links 5/14/09
by Yves Smith 2:49 am
- Munger on Phony Accounting, Cultural Decay, and Derivatives
by Yves Smith 2:44 am
- Not So Shovel-Ready Projects?
by Yves Smith 2:20 am
May 13, 2009
- Guest Post: AIG CDS Unwind Goes From Waterfall To A Trickle
by Tyler Durden 7:02 pm
- Guest Post: Caisse Hearings in Quebec
by Leo Kolivakis 7:48 am
- Links 5/13/09
by Yves Smith 3:08 am
- Obama Administration Considering Tackling Financial Services Pay
by Yves Smith 2:21 am
- Walt Handelsman: "Worst Slide Story"
by Yves Smith 1:34 am
- Arrearage Hitting Hard-to-Modify Prime Loans
by Yves Smith 1:28 am
- Advanta, With 20% Uncollectable Debt, to Shut Off Lending
by Yves Smith 12:41 am
May 12, 2009
- Links 5/12/09
by Yves Smith 1:32 pm
- Credit Default Swaps Holders Likely to Force GM into Bankruptcy
by Yves Smith 1:11 am
- Guest Post: Is Inflation Inevitable?
by Leo Kolivakis 12:30 am
- Chinese Exports Fall Nearly 23% in April
by Yves Smith 12:17 am
May 11, 2009
- Guest Post: Dealing with the Devil?
by Rolfe Winkler 6:00 am
- Links 5/11/09
by Yves Smith 2:25 am
- Guest Post: "Why I’m Freaking Out"
by Yves Smith 1:39 am
May 10, 2009
- Hedge Funds Cutting Fees
by Yves Smith 11:57 pm
- Are All Losses Created Equal?
by Yves Smith 11:41 pm
- Guest Post: The "W" Recovery?
by Leo Kolivakis 4:26 pm
- Saturday Night Live Grades the Stress Tests
by Yves Smith 3:10 pm
- Links 5/10/09
by Yves Smith 1:38 am
- "Enjoy the rally while it lasts – but expect to take a sucker punch"
by Yves Smith 12:42 am
May 9, 2009
- Guest Post: Channeling my inner Larry Summers
by Edward Harrison 10:13 am
- Guest Post: Supercop or Superflop?
by Leo Kolivakis 8:45 am
- Links 5/9/09
by Yves Smith 2:36 am
- Some Encouraging News on Financial Crisis Probe
by Yves Smith 2:10 am
- Details on Banks’ Victory Over Treasury in Stress Tests Emerge
by Yves Smith 1:34 am
May 8, 2009
- Guest Post: What About Stress Testing Pensions?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:41 am
- Links 5/8/09
by Yves Smith 2:29 am
- Did Chrysler Secured Lenders Get a Raw Deal?
by Yves Smith 2:16 am
- Frank Veneroso: Investors Appear Too Optimistic
by Yves Smith 1:18 am
- Yet More Stress Test Doubts
by Yves Smith 12:45 am
May 7, 2009
- Guest post: Economic recovery and the perverse math of GDP reporting
by Edward Harrison 1:30 pm
- Guest Post: Who’s Bullying Who?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:20 am
- Links 5/7/09
by Yves Smith 3:38 am
- The Banks and Orwell
by Yves Smith 12:04 am
May 6, 2009
- Guest post: Asia breaks free from Geithner and Summers
by Edward Harrison 8:46 pm
- China Power Generation Falls, Suggesting Talk of Recovery is Premature
by Yves Smith 2:29 pm
- Guest Post: Is Michael Sabia Having Second Thoughts?
by Leo Kolivakis 7:25 am
- Links 5/6/09
by Yves Smith 1:40 am
- Goldman: Global Oil Storage Capacity Could Be Filled by June
by Yves Smith 1:26 am
May 5, 2009
- WSJ: Bank of America Needs $35 Billion in Additional Equity
by Yves Smith 11:03 pm
- Now It’s Official: Securities Industry Regulator Takes Care of Self, Not Investors
by Yves Smith 11:01 pm
- "Zombie Bank"
by Yves Smith 7:05 pm
- Guest Post: Global Pension Tension?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:24 am
- Links 5/5/09
by Yves Smith 1:46 am
- Richardson and Roubini Call for Bank Resolution, Diss Stress Tests
by Yves Smith 1:13 am
May 4, 2009
- Andy Xie: "If China loses faith the dollar will collapse"
by Yves Smith 11:52 pm
- Links 5/4/09
by Yves Smith 3:43 pm
- New Stress Trial Balloon Floated
by Yves Smith 3:20 am
- A Conflict of Interest is Not a Conflict of Interest If It Involves Goldman
by Yves Smith 1:11 am
May 3, 2009
- Guest Post: Dark Clouds Hanging Over Sunshine State?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:26 pm
- Links 5/3/09
by Yves Smith 1:55 am
- Skill Loss in Banking
by Yves Smith 1:44 am
May 2, 2009
- Guest Post: The case of the dissident Chrysler bondholders
by Edward Harrison 1:23 pm
- Guest Post: The White House Threatened To Destroy Perella Weinberg’s Reputation
by Tyler Durden 10:11 am
- Guest Post: Systemic Fraud at Public Pension Funds?
by Leo Kolivakis 6:56 am
- Links 5/2/09
by Yves Smith 2:37 am
- Is Liquidity Really Good for You?
by Yves Smith 1:30 am
May 1, 2009
- Bank Stress Test Dance of the Seven Veils Continues
by Yves Smith 11:50 pm
- Guest Post: Cracking Down on the Naked Short Selling of Treasuries
by Jesse 9:28 am
- Guest Post: Caisse Closed?
by Leo Kolivakis 7:36 am
- Guest Post: HRE – defusing the German financial time bomb
by Edward Harrison 3:08 am
- Links May Day 2009
by Yves Smith 1:53 am
- Banks Still Negotiating Stress Test Results
by Yves Smith 1:17 am
- Is Optimism All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
by Yves Smith 12:11 am
