Collateralized Debt Obligations

Ralph Cioffi: Off the Hook for a Long Time Pattern of Behavior

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books


Janet Tavakoli

I worked at Bear Stearns in the late 1980s and remembered amiable newcomer Ralph Cioffi -- just acquitted -- to be Bear Stearns' most talented and successful salesman of mortgage-backed securities.

Is Wall Street Full of Human CDOs?

Elise Coroneos | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


Elise Coroneos

After the fiasco of the last year, the financial community should be getting back to the fundamentals of its job, which is to be stewards of the community's wealth.

Wall Street Is More of a Threat to Obama's Domestic Agenda than Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Joseph A. Palermo

Whatever Obama decides to do in Afghanistan is of little consequence compared to Wall Street's ongoing "plutonomy."

Life Insurance -- Bankers' New Best Friend

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Christopher Brauchli

This latest financial instrument is a guaranteed win-win almost for sure.

Jason Linkins

Re-Remics: Wall Street's Old Bad Ideas Are Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business


Hey kids, remember how once upon a time, a bunch of smarty-pants Wall Street types decided that they could reap a crap-ton of magical treasure by repa...

The Markets: Always Up, and Never Down

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business


Rick Horowitz

Back when it was good, you didn't understand it and it didn't matter; the numbers kept going up anyhow. The ones who knew, knew, and you were content to go along for the ride.

Save the Jeep; Save the Nation

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Congress cannot let the Jeep die in bankruptcy. Congress must not fail the U.S. auto industry. Doing so would be abandoning the core of the American economy -- manufacturing.