Posts Tagged ‘Fin Reg’

  • Fallout From Government Bailouts
    Posted by on November 29th, 2010 at 8:55 am, Comments: 0

    The Irish banks were bailed out. Now that the weather has turned colder, it seems appropriate that the world’s financial eyes turn south to Spain [...]

  • Regulation and Business Uncertainty
    Posted by on October 12th, 2010 at 8:48 am, Comments: 0

    If you have been reading or listening to the media you certainly have heard that there is a climate of “uncertainty” in the US. Businesses [...]

  • Fin Reg Aftermath
    Posted by on September 29th, 2010 at 10:53 am, Comments: 0

    Suggest reading this article on the Fin Reg aftermath. Financial Regulatory reform was a populist bill.  Instead of looking at things via economic incentives, they [...]

  • High Frequency Traders
    Posted by on August 25th, 2010 at 11:20 am, Comments: 0

    HIgh Frequency Traders (HFT) are getting a lot of scrutiny these days. Wall Street is looking for someone to hang the blame of the flash [...]

  • Lobby Rap-Josie Wales meets Run DMC
    Posted by on August 17th, 2010 at 2:44 pm, Comments: 0

    Who the hell are these guys trying to lobby anyway? First of all, Congressman and Senators don’t rap. Even the Black Democratic Caucus-they are more [...]

  • Uncertainty
    Posted by on August 5th, 2010 at 10:54 am, Comments: 0

    Great article in the Wall Street Journal today by Glenn Hubbard and Hal Scott.  It talks about how business is uncertain now that Fin Reg [...]

  • Good Work Charlie!
    Posted by on July 27th, 2010 at 1:21 pm, Comments: 0

    Charlie Gasparino works for Fox Business. Just highlighted a major weakness in the Volcker Rule.  This doesn’t surprise me, because the entire Fin Reg bill [...]

  • GM
    Posted by on July 23rd, 2010 at 6:59 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday’s big business news was that GM bought a subprime lender.  Very interesting the timing of all of this. Obama signs a financial regulation bill [...]

  • Fin Reg Passes
    Posted by on July 16th, 2010 at 1:19 pm, Comments: 0

    Richard Shelby from Alabama said that if the Republican get control, they will repeal it. Smart. Between that and Obamacare, they have two solid campaign [...]