Financial Markets

Government Bailouts: What's it All About?

Zachary Karabell | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Fannie Mae Bailout, Obama, Freddie Mac, FInancial Markets, Economy, Business News
Zachary Karabell

In crisis mode, government simply reacts, and there is no sign just now of a systemic consideration of the balance between government as a backstop or watchdog and the unfettered free market.

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Social Conservatives Still In Charge of Republican Party

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Internet Gambling, Regulation, Congress, Internet Gambling Ban, FInancial Markets, Republicans, Politics News
Rep. Barney Frank

Leading economically conservative organizations who argued the proposed gambling regulations would interfere with the functioning of our financial system had the support of less than 10% of Republican congressmen.

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Organized Crime Targeting Energy And Financial Markets

CNN | Terry Frieden | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy Markets, Organized Crime, FInancial Markets, Business News

Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tri...

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Male Sex Hormone May Affect Stock Trades

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Sex Drive, Stocks, FInancial Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what seems ...

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Even Thai Talismans Hit By Credit Crunch

Wall Street Journal | James Hookway | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Thai Religious Talismans, Buddhist Talismans, Credit Crunch, Buddhist Monks, Talistman Industry, Thai Amulets, Amulet Sales, FInancial Markets, Business News

To the list of speculative market bubbles popping around the world, add this: Thai religious talismans. Last year, prices for the small discs inscrib...

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Web Start-Ups Strapped For Cash

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels and Michelle Quinn | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Tech Start-Ups, FInancial Markets, Technology Companies, Investments, Start-Ups, Business News

In recent months, some start-up technology companies have died or gone into comas after running out of money, a possible early sign that the resurgenc...

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Foreclosures Ravage Denver's Middle Class

USA Today Via ABC News | Brad Heath and Charisse Jones | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Denver Foreclosures, Prairie, Apartments, Foreclosures, Homeowners, Middle Class, Denver, Flatlands, FInancial Markets, Business News

Foreclosures are ripping through the rows of new homes in the flatlands where Denver turns to prairie. Every week, 10 more families here need to find ...

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An Abundance of Scarcity: Buh-Bye, Dollar Burgers, Hello, Weeds?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: David Francis, Starvation, Foreclosure, Henry Paulsen, Economics, Robert Parks, Recession, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, FInancial Markets, Business News
Kerry Trueman

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen's proposed overhaul of our financial markets was unveiled on Monday, a day too early to qualify as an April Fool's Day prank, but it was a joke, nonetheless.

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Frauds R' Us: The Hank Paulson Regulatory Revue

Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Liquidity, Subprime Crisis, Paulson, Private Equity, Financial Regulation, FInancial Markets, Politics News
Rev. Peter Laarman

My skin started to quiver when our Treasury secretary, Mr. Henry "Hank" Paulson, late of Goldman Sachs, rolled out his financial markets reform package over this past weekend.

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Nervous Wall Street Unsure Of What's Next

New York Times | Julie Cresswell | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Henry Paulson, Wall Street Henry Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Wall Street Jitters, FInancial Markets, Business News

Most everyone on Wall Street, and on Main Street, wants to know when will the financial crisis end. So far, despite the government's efforts, the mark...

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Uncertain Economy Awaits Next President

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Uncertain Economy, FInancial Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain have diagnosed the swooning U.S. economy and have come up with rival plans to ...

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Paul Krugman: Partying Like It's 1929

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Paul Krugman, US Economy, FInancial Markets, Business News

If Ben Bernanke manages to save the financial system from collapse, he will -- rightly -- be praised for his heroic efforts. But what we should be as...

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Wall Street's Crisis Hits Main Street

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Credit Crisis, Wall Street, Home Prices, Subprime, Economic Slowdown, Recession, Recession Watch, FInancial Markets, Business News

In Seattle, sales at a long-established hardware store, Pacific Supply, are suddenly dipping. In Oklahoma City, couples planning their weddings are de...

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Bush: US Is on Top of Financial Crisis

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Stocks Record Lows, Financial Turmoil, Slumping Economy, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Recession, President Bush, Treasury Secretary, FInancial Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Bush, trying to calm turmoil in financial markets, said Monday that his administration is "on top of the situation" in de...

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Carlyle Capital Woes Signals Trouble

AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Carlyle, Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Carlyle Group, FInancial Markets, Carlyle Capital, Business News

NEW YORK — A mortgage-backed investment fund created by the Carlyle Group faltered near collapse Thursday, in what analysts saw as a sign that m...

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Euro, Yen Climb Against Dollar

AP | MATT MOORE and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Yen, Dollar, U.S. Economy, U.S. Currency, Dollar Yen, Yen Dollar, Currency, Federal Reserve, Euro, FInancial Markets, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany — Widespread concern about the outlook for the U.S. economy pushed the euro to a new record and the yen to 12-year highs agai...

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Is Your Fund At Risk?

Business Week | Lewis Braham | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Aig, Credit Default Swaps, Pimco, Bill Gross, Cds, T. Rowe Price, Subprime Mortgages, Oppenheimer Strategic Income, Western Asset Core, Pimco Total Return Fund, FInancial Markets, Business News

Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps have roiled the financial markets for months. They're at the heart of the bond insurers' woe...

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High Anxiety For 401(k) Investors

Huffington Post | Jonathan Peterson and Walter Hamilton | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession Fears, 401(K) Plans, 401(K), Recession, FInancial Markets, Business News

As Americans increasingly link their well-being to financial markets, the possibility of recession and a slump on Wall Street has taken on new meaning...

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Financial Drama, Housing and The Economy: It's One Story

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.24.2007 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Housing Markets, Housing, FInancial Markets, Economy, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

The reality is that the Fed is scared about further turmoil in credit markets. They should be. Financial market professionals are increasingly scared and pessimistic.

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