Liquidity

Coffee Spill Study Reveals Quirky Physics Of Sloshing

| Jon Cartwright | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Video, Math, Liquidity, Physics, Mathematics, Coffee, Motion, Spilled Coffee, Fluid Dynamics, Coffee Cup, Science News

Scientists face many obstacles on the path to greater knowledge. But new research suggests how to avoid one of the more common pitfalls: spilled coffe...

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Meddling in Banks Causes Its Own Perils

Clifford W. Smith | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Banks, Financial Institutions, Federal Reserve, Big Bank Bailout, Fdic, Liquidity, The Fed, Business News
Clifford W. Smith

We are creating monumental problems down the road from regulators pursuing this disruptive, counterproductive and dysfunctional course of protecting the banks and also intervening with their operations.

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There's No Need To Panic...

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: JP Morgan, Stress Tests, Liquidity, Lending, Loans, Ally Financial, Bank Stress Tests, Reuters, Citibank, Bank Customers, Citigroup, Money News

By Lauren Young NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - Bank customers shouldn't stress out over the latest U.S. bank stress test results. ...

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Alexander Eichler

Occupy The SEC Marches In Support Of A Strong Volcker Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Market Maker, Liquidity, Dodd-Frank, Financial Reform, Occupy the SEC, Repo, Prop Trading, Volcker Rule, Paul Volcker, Repurchase Agreements, Proprietary Trading, Lehman Brothers, Occupy Wall Street, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Regulation, Video, Business News

NEW YORK -- A crowd of some 60 people were milling outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Financial District Monday afternoon. They liste...

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Catherine New

Growing Numbers Moving Their Money Away From BofA

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, Cash Deposits, Investments, Checking Accounts, Video, Liquidity, Savings Account, Money, Bank of America, Cds, Deposits, Big Banks, Business News

Do banks need your money? Bank of America revealed yesterday that the number of customers closing their accounts spiked last quarter, but official...

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Bank's Bold Program Not Working, Raising Credit Crunch Concerns

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Liquidity, Bank Deposits, Lending, Eurozone Crisis, Societe Generale, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Liquidity Crisis, European Central Bank, Video, Business News

The European Central Bank's generous lending to banks is not boosting liquidity in the European economy as much as intended, according to a leading Fr...

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We Must All Now Be Avid ECB Watchers

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: European Central Bank, Economic Indicators, Ecb, Liquidity, Wall Street, Financial Institutions, FInancial Markets, Business News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Not surprisingly, signals of market stress are increasing, with a growing number of measures now flashing yellow and some on the verge of flashing red. The longer this persists, the greater the risk of very large market moves.

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How Did European Banks Trap Themselves in a Replay of the 2007 Crisis?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Stress Tests, Equity, Liquidity, Bonds, Christine Lagarde, Basel III, Imf, Larry Summers, Italy, Spain, Credit Crisis, Joseph Ackerman, Barack Obama, European Central Bank, Transparency, Proprietary Trading, Wall Street, Greece, Lehman Brothers, Banking Crisis, Ireland, Europe, Portugal, Business News
Georges Ugeux

At a conference in New York at the end of 2008, Obama's economic advisor, Larry Summers made a prophetic remark at an event organized by the Economist.

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Europe: Lacking a Long-Term Solution

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Debt, Europe, Liquidity, Financials, Economy, Bailouts, Downgrade, Credit Default Swaps, Asset Allocation, Eu, Bank Shares, Government, Hedge Funds, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Bank, European Financial Stability Fund, Portugal, Safe Haven, Greece, Equities, Earnings, Hedging, Italy, Volatility, Germany, Stock Markets, Wealth Management, Risk Management, Committee for European Securities Regulators, Commerzbank, Greek Debt, Short Selling, Austerity, France, Investing, Gdp Growth, European Banks, Investment, Ban on Short Selling, Gemma Godfrey, Contagion, Valuations, Debt Burden, Cash, Piigs, Search for Yield, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

Over the last few days we have seen a tremendous amount of volatility in the markets, epitomizing the lack of clarity with which many investors have struggled.

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How SecondMarket Gives Startups A Bridge To An IPO

Barry Silbert | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Secondary Market, Liquidity, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Private Company Stock, Venture Capital, Private Companies, #4StartupAct, Growth Market, Growth Companies, Secondmarket, Alternative Investments Regulatory Changes, Electronic Trading, Startups, Sec, American Jobs, US Public Stock Market, Small Business America, Business News
Barry Silbert

How does a startup know when the time is right to leverage the private company stock market? Although there is no clear-cut formula, certain indicators, such as number of shareholders, the age of the startup, and market traction can be utilized.

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DeLong: Economy Is In A Liquidity Trap

Bloomberg | Brad DeLong | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Bill Clinton, Paul Krugman, Deflation, Liquidity, John Maynard Keynes, Liquidity-Trap, Liquidity Crisis, George W. Bush, Business News

There is only one real law of economics: the law of supply and demand. If the quantity supplied goes up, the price goes down....

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How to Handle Hedge Fund Investing

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Volatility, Markets, Commodities, Redemptions, Liquidity, Madoff, Stocks, Bonds, Side Pockets, Business, Fund of Funds, Alternatives, Strategies, Investing, Hedge Funds, Assets, Correlation, Fees, S&P, Gemma Godfrey, Gaim, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

How can you, as an investor, handle hedge fund investing? Be strategic, be sensible and speak up.

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PIMCO CEO: U.S. Quantitative Easing 'Overinflated' Brazil, China

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Brasil, U.S. Economy, Mohammed El-Erian, Squawk Box, Liquidity, Qe2, Cnbc, Double-Dip Recession, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, China, Cyclical Recovery, Recession, Video, Business News

Forget the United States, maybe it should be called the Federal Reserve of the world economy. El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, the largest bond ...

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The Myth That Banks Are Solvent

Marshall Auerback | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Banks, Unemployment, Credit, Lending, Liquidity, James Galbraith, Oswald Grubel, New Deal, Economy, Illiquidity, Recession, Business News
Marshall Auerback

Many financial institutions are hopelessly insolvent, holding mountains of toxic waste that will never be worth anything. So why are we implementing policies that simply maintain a credit-based economy?

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Nanjing and the New International Monetary System

Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Special Drawing Rights, Capital Flows, International Monetary System, Spillover Reports, Liquidity, G-20 Mutual Assessment Process, Capital Controls, Asia, Poverty Reduction, Global Imbalances, Nanjing Summit, Asia Economy, g20 Nanjing, g20, Business News
Dominique Strauss-Kahn

The current international monetary system has certainly delivered a lot. But it also has flaws that need to be fixed, especially if the next phase of globalization is to succeed in bringing a strong and broad-based rise in living standards.

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The Future of Macroeconomic Policy: Nine Tentative Conclusions

Olivier Blanchard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Sheng, Behavioral Economics, Washington Consensus, Paul Romer, Liquidity, Cross-Border Linkages, Robert Solow, Policy Instruments, Capital Controls, Olivier Blanchard, Michael Spence, Special Drawing Rights, Financial Regulation, Adair Turner, Joseph Stiglitz, Policy Targets, Macroeconomic Policy, Systemic Crisis, Sdrs, Dani Rodrik, Inflation Targeting, Agency Theory, Macroprudential Regulation, Business News
Olivier Blanchard

We've entered a brave new world in the wake of the crisis; a very different world in terms of policy making and we just have to accept it.

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Rewriting the Macroeconomists' Playbook in the Wake of the Crisis

Olivier Blanchard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Central Banks, Capital Flows, Economic Imbalances, Liquidity, Swaps, Currency, Monetary Policy, Conference, David Romer, Michael Spence, Fiscal Policy, Olivier Blanchard, Great Moderation, Joseph Stiglitz, Interest Rates, Macroeconomics, Business News
Olivier Blanchard

Before the global economic crisis, mainstream macroeconomists had largely converged on a framework for the conduct of macroeconomic policy. It is now time to converge again.

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Bankers, Regulators and Governments: the Difficult Consensus

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Eurozone, Liquidity, Basel III, Regulation, Risk Management, Greek Prime Minister, Greek Debt Crisis, Arnout Wellink, Japan, European Central Bank, Josef Ackermann, Euro, Deutsche Bank, Bank for International Settlements, Dutch Central Bank President, FInancial Markets, Jean-Claude Trichet, Govenment Bonds, Institute of Internationl Finance, Financial Stability Board, George Papandreou, Mark Twain, Vienna, Business News
Georges Ugeux

The recent crisis was a failure of risk management -- a diagnosis widely shared among the members of the IIF. But we are also starting the next crisis: the public finance crisis in Europe, the United States and Japan.

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Restricting Bank Funding for Hedge Funds: Paul Volcker Does Not Go Far Enough

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Volker-Rule, Liquidity, Bank Balance Sheets, Bale III, Bonds, Fixed Income, Brokerages, Paul Volcker, Credit Ratings, Fed Chairman, Capital Markets, Bank Assets, Hedge Funds, Loans, Institutional Investors, Banks, Financial Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Banking-Sector, Capital, Business News
Georges Ugeux

While Alan Greenspan has been busy denying any blame or foresight into the financial crisis, Paul Volcker has been working to dissociate the speculative risks of hedge funds from banking. But "The Volcker Rule," does not go far enough.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Intervention, Illiquidity, Dark Pools, Regulators, Flash Crash, Proprietary Trading, Financial Meltdown, Algo Trading, Technology, New York Stock Exchange, Computer Models, Bugs, Stock Market, Derivatives, Data Center, New York, Proprietary Trading Systems, Systems Thinking, Banks, Systemic-Crisis, High-Frequency-Algorithmic-Trading, Volume Trading, The Great Depression, Wall Street Bailout, Liquidity, Financial Reform, Nasdaq, Innovation, Speed-Traders, S&P 500, Algorithm, Stock Market Crash, Data, Finance, High-Speed-Trading, S&P 500 Futures Trading, Synthetics, Wall-Street-Speed-Traders, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Electronic-Exchange, Shadow Banking, Liquidity Crisis, Financial Regulation, High-Frequency Trading, Casinos, Nyse, The Financial Fix, European Union, Casino Trades, Euro, Electronic-Stock-Exchanges, Dow Jones, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, FInancial Markets, Trade, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Casino, Systemic Risk Regulator, Europe, S&P, Shadow Trading, Systemic Risk, Business News
DK Matai

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai

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Why the United States Might Lose its AAA Rating

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yen, Insurance Premiums, Interest Rates, Sterling, Liquidity, Central Bank, Public Debt, Economy, President Barack Obama, European Union, Standard & Poor's, United States, State of the Union Address, Japan, Cds Market, Euro, Fed Balance Sheet, Afganistan, Inflation, Iraq, Republican Party, AAA Rating, China, Home News
Georges Ugeux

A downgrade of the AAA rating of the United States would have profound consequences on our international reputation and leadership. We certainly do not need the aggravation.

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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, John McCain, Congress, Fdic, Hank Paulson, Liquidity, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Chris Dodd, Democrats, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Bank for International Settlements, Senate, Forum of Financial Stability, Treasury, Washington, Comptroller of the Currency, Central Banks, Sec, Global-Financial-Markets, US, Sheila Bair, Republicans, Politics News
Georges Ugeux

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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US Treasury's Gold Valued: US Gold Reserves Total $288 Billion, According To Market PRICE

Washington Post / Big Money | Martha C. White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Milken Institute, Fort Knox, US Gold Reserves, Gold Reserves, Spot Gold, Liquidity, Cato Institute, Treasury, Bretton Woods, Gold, Gold Prices, Home News

Buried in the Treasury's International Reserve Position report is an intriguing bit of math. The document details the total amount, by weight, of the ...

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FDIC Expected To Ask Banks To Prepay $36B In Fees

AP | By MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Fdic, Liquidity, Economy, Liquid, Prepaid Bank Insurance, Recession, Bailout, Insurance, Finance, Failed Banks, Treasury, Banks, Fees, Sheila Bair, Healthy Banks, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may take the unprecedented step of ordering banks to prepay about $36 billion in premiums to rep...

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