Dodd Financial Reform Bill

Restore Faith In The Markets

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Greed, Dodd Frank, Quadrogesimo Anno, Pius Xl, Religion and Finance, Religion and Politics, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Economic Crisis, Financial Reform, Faith and Finance, Religion News

Re-establishing a stable and transparent foundation, restoring trust and redirecting the focus of financial institutions to fulfill their social purposes will not happen through the legislative process alone.

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Complexity Theory and the Failure of Financial Reform: Part Two

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Congress, Dodd-Frank, Barney Frank, Federal Regulation, Black Swan, Volcker Rule, Paul Volcker, Dodd-Frank Bill, Complexity Theory, Investment Banks, Wall Street, Commercial Banks, Spencer Bachus, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Dodd Financial Reform, Glass-Steagall, Politics News

In Part One of this essay, we mapped the tactile, political surface of financial reform - focusing on the ideas and behaviors of individual political ...

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Complexity Theory and the Failure of Financial Reform: Part One

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Complexity Theory, Dodd-Frank Act, Commercial Banks, Wall Street, Spencer Bachus, Dodd-Frank, Investment Banks, Barney Frank, Federal Regulation, Congress, Black Swan, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Dodd Financial Reform, Glass-Steagall, Paul Volcker, Volcker Rule, Dodd-Frank Bill, Politics News

This is a two-part essay about the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a 2,300-page piece of legislation ...

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Join a World-Wide Bank Run in December -- Move Your Money

Robert E. Prasch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Move Your Money, Financial Crisis, Mym, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Community Banks, Too Big to Fail, Credit Union, World News

"A spectre is haunting Europe." No, its not the revolution that Karl Marx supposed would come about. It is the simple act of removing all of our money from the big banks, and doing so en masse on the same day -- December 7th.

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Despite New Regulations, Wall Street Pay May Break Record -- AGAIN

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fdic, Wall Street, Salary, Basel III, Regulation, Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Executive Compensation, Wall Street Bonuses, Financial Regulation, Business News

Wall Street is on track to pay its employees $144 billion this year, breaking a record for the second year in a row, the Wall Street Journal reports. ...

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The New 'Hot' Wall Street Trend: 'Boring' Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Proprietary Trading, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Bank of America, Basel III, Paul Krugman, Michael Lewis, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Business News

The "hot" trend on Wall Street, the Wall Street Journal reports, is to be boring. In response to the soon-to-be-implemented international banking reg...

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Why Dodd-Frank Won't Help Investors Decipher Big Bank Results

Bloomberg | Bradley Keoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standard, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Wall Street, Mortgage Securities, Bank of America, Wall Street Banks, Trading, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Investors, Dodd-Frank Bill, Business News

The Dodd-Frank Act, designed to prevent future financial crises, does little to improve investors' ability to analyze results at the five biggest U.S....

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Financial Reform: Now It's Up to the Regulators

Douglas J. Elliott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Financial Fix, Finance, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Financial Regulation, Business News

Hard as it may be to conceive, the complexity embedded in its over 2,000 pages of text is likely to be exceeded by the complications involved in the regulatory implementation of financial reform.

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Pay No Attention to the Banker Behind the Curtain: Why the Republican "Alternative" Leaves Wall Street Pulling the Strings

John Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Cra, Wall Street, Financial Regulation, Financial Reform, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Politics News

Pay No Attention to the Banker Behind the Curtain: Why the Republican "Alternative" Leaves Wall Street Pulling the Strings By John Taylor I've a feel...

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USAA Members Can Support Financial Reform

Mary Bottari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Reform Bill, Goldman Sachs, #Moveyourmoney, Economic Recession, Finanical Regulation, Aig, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Big Banks, Finacial-Crisis, Recession, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street Reform, Finanical, Business News

As a consumer advocate and a military brat, I have long been a huge fan and a lifelong member of USAA. USAA is an insurance company that was set up to...

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When Will Chris Dodd Start Taking Yes For An Answer?

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Chris Dodd, Dodd Financial Reform, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Business News

Senator Chris Dodd is a tactical legislative genius - keep this clearly in your mind during the days ahead. In terms of maneuvering for the outcomes he seeks, managing the votes, and controlling the floor, you have rarely seen his equal.

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Gretchen Morgenson: Leading Financial Reform Proposals Won't Stop 'Bailout Buffet'

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Refom, Wall Street Bailout, Tbtf, Bailout, Bailout Buffet, Bank Bailout, Obama Financial Reform, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Too Big to Fail, Financial Regulation, Business News

EVERY once in a while, Congress awakens from its lobbyist-induced torpor, realizes that the masses are cranky and sets out to appease them. Such a mom...

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Big Fight Over Financial Reform

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economics, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Big Banks, Financial Reform, Ted Kaufman, Business News

What Paul Krugman and other smart economists who don't prioritize breaking up these big banks don't seem to get is that anytime anyone gets too much power, good policy and sound economic theories and formulas all get trumped.

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Is Paul Volcker Barack Obama's Potted Plant?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proprietary Trading, The Financial Fix, Dodd Conference Committee, Paul Volcker Barack Obama, Merkley-Levin, Financial Reform, Too Big to Fail, Obama Financial Regulation, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Paul Volcker, Volcker Rule, Financial Regulation, Merkley Levin Amendment, Politics News

If after all the fanfare, photo ops, and promises to fight, the Obama administration shamefully doesn't manage to get the Volcker rules into an already weak financial reform bill, I hope Volcker doesn't wait until the next life to speak out.

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Hard Pressed, Senator Dodd Gives Ground

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Financial Reform Bill, Senator Dodd, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ted Kaufman, Business News

Senator Chris Dodd has good political antennae. He knows that his financial reform bill will come under severe pressure because it has a weak heart -- the provisions that deal with "too big to fail" are simply "too weak to make any sense."

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Dodd Bill Passed By Senate Banking Committee

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats sent a massive Wall Street regulation bill to the full Senate on a party line vote Monday after a temporary retreat by Re...

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Yin/Yang at the Federal Reserve

Jason Paez | Posted 05.25.2011

Consumers need a strong, independent agency that does not have inherent conflict within its core mission statement.

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Passing the Lincoln Amendment Gets at a Root of the Crisis

SAFER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Senator Lincoln, Derivatives, Senate Banking Committee, Financial Reform, Business News

In this letter to the Senate, a dozen prominent economists express their support of Section 716 of the Financial Reform Bill, which would Prohibit fed...

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The Week Wall Street Became Politically Radioactive

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Wall Street Regulation, Financial Reform, Derivatives Reform, Politics News

The long sought grail of bipartisanship is finally with us -- and it is an emerging bipartisan consensus to cleanse the evils of high finance.

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Former Bear Stearns CEO: Ask My Boss How I Feel About Financial Reform (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Financial Fix, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Jpmorgan, Financial Reform, Ace Greenberg, Jamie Dimon, Bear Stearns, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Accounting, Alan Greenberg, Business News

How does the iconic Wall Street exec -- and former Bear Stearns CEO -- Alan "Ace" Greenberg Feel about Dodd's latest financial bill? In an intervi...

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Will The Volcker Rule Survive In Dodd's Bill? Citigroup Is Betting That It Won't

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Financial Fix, $C, Prop Trading, Private Equity, Volcker Rule, Paul Volcker, Vikram Pandit, Dodd Bill, Proprietary Trading, Hedge Funds, Financial Crisis, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Citigroup, Business News

Devotees of former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker may less than thrilled by the bill unveiled by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) Citigroup, for its part, doesn...

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The Problem With the Legislative Process

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, 2010 Elections, Financial Reform, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Democratic Party needs to pick a fight, draw a line in the sand, and dare the Republicans to filibuster. Financial reform is the issue to do it on, and right now is the time to do it.

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Dodd Called Fed 'An Abysmal Failure,' But His New Bill Gives It New Powers

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non Bank Lenders, Dodd Bill, The Financial Fix, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Derivatives Reform, Federal Reserve, Over the Counter Derivatives, Dodd Financial Reform Bill, Business News

In a proposal set to be unveiled this afternoon, Sen. Chris Dodd (D - Conn.) anchors his latest financial reform bill around a relatively undiminished...

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Dodd's New Bill Holds On To A Big Gift For Big Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) unveiled his initial financial regulatory reform bill in November, it included language the admin...

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Dodd Financial Reform Bill: Key Details Released

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several much-anticipated details of Sen. Chris Dodd's (D - Conn.) financial reform bill have been revealed, The New York Times and the Wall Street Jou...

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