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- Arguments Against Fiscal Stimulus Exhibit "Deep Incoherence"
- It seems to me that there is a deep incoherence in the argument that fiscal stimulus won't work. Nobody -- well, very few people -- doubts that when demand falls and unemployment starts rising and consumer prices flatten and start going down that it is appropriate for the Federal Reserve...
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
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- Regulatory Reform: No Case for Mandated Clearing
- Craig Pirrong submits: New York University Stern School of Business professors Aarya, Engle, Figlewski, Lynch, and Subrhmanyam (AEFLS) contributed a chapter advocating centralized clearing of credit derivatives in the recent volume Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System edited by Acharya and Richardson. Although the authors are...
- External links 2009-10-26
- IPC Holdings, Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/28) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Joshua Shanker - Citigroup Joshua Shanker – Citigroup I wonder if we can go through the mark-to-market on the investment portfolio and talk a little bit about FAS 159 what advantage do you see it...
- Earnings calls 2008-07-25
- Which Banks are -- and Aren't -- Modifying Home Loans?
- The federal Making Home Affordable initiative is off to a slow start in its mission of offering mortgage relief to millions of Americans hurt by the real estate bust. That's mostly because adjusting the loan terms, interest rate or principal for, say, a recently unemployed homeowner doesn't pay for...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question is coming from Bob Glasspiegel [ph]. Please go ahead. Bob Glasspiegel Good afternoon. I’m looking at page 27, there’s a pretty big spike up in your high yields, primarily in the primary and private debt securities. I assume that’s...
- Earnings calls 2008-07-31
- Central Bank Officials Raise the Volume About Yuan
- Erwan Mahe submits: We are happy to note that the currency balances and imbalances we have been monitoring closely in recent days are on the front burner. While central banks like the Swiss National Bank have long identified the dangerous deflationary effect of overly strong currencies and have...
- External links 2009-10-06
- Stocks Jump on U.S. Jobs Data
- By Walter BrandimarteNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - U.S. and European stocks jumped and the dollar steadied on Thursday after better-than-expected U.S. jobs data bolstered investor confidence in the global economy, causing gold prices to retreat from all time-highs.The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell more...
- News items 2009-11-05
- REITs Are Not Right for PPIP Players
- Patrick Harden submits: This week, Angelo, Gordon & Co. became the latest of the nine firms awarded the right to take part in the U.S. Treasury's Public-Private Investment Plan to file a prospectus for a new real estate investment trust. These REITs are designed, of course, as tax-efficient vehicles...
- External links 2009-07-14
- Keeping the Right Portfolio Balance in Unsteady Markets
- Financial advisors promote the virtues of building a diversified, balanced portfolio. When it's done right, it can reduce volatility, and therefore risk, without appreciably sacrificing returns. But as a recent article in the Wall Street Journal makes clear, doing it right is no small feat. The piece...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Latest TARP Update Doesn't Feel Too Good
- Wall Street Strategies submits: The Fed swung into action yesterday, and while there wasn't anything out of left field, the Street had been looking for reasons to blow off some steam, so that's exactly what happened. After powering up 60-points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on...
- External links 2009-09-24
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