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Paulson Policy Failures

Alan Schram | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, John Thain, Market Crash, Credit Crunch, Fannie Mae, Hedge Funds, Libor, S&P 500, Dollar, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Merrill Lynch, Aig, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Bailout, Financial Services, Lehman Brothers, Business News, Banks, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Warren Buffett, Bear Stearns, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, Business News
Alan Schram

The Treasury's policy did nothing to build confidence or stabilize the markets. The precipitous drop of the equity markets in October and November are the market's judgment on their policies.

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Paulson Calls for More Hedge Fund Oversight

New York Times | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Regulating Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds, Finance, Economy, Business News

On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he wants to see more hedge fund regulation as part of his proposal for creation of a new systemic r...

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A Stock Market Held Hostage by the Dollar

Michael Pento | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Currency, Dollar Value, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Yen, Wall Street Crisis, Hedge Funds, Economy, Business News
Michael Pento

In today's artificial and perverse global economy the best short term medicine for the ailing markets would be a weakening U.S. currency

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Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Chile, Yunus, Microcredit, French, Marianne De Boisredon, Yin, Opportunity, Grameen, Economy, Bank for the Poor, Social Business, Capitalism, China, Communism, Male, Yang, Hedge Funds, Disaster, Financial Crisis, Crisis, Socialist, Female, Private Banks, War on Terror, Banks for the Poor, Women and Business, Women in Business, War in Iraq, Global Recession, Bush Administration, Balanced Economy, Socialism, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

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Deficit and jobless claims jump, but stocks soar

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Hedge Funds, Finance, George Soros, Economy, Financial Crisis, Congress, Business News

WASHINGTON — The nation's financial picture grew darker Thursday, a day marked by breathtaking numbers: a quarter-trillion-dollar budget deficit...

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Congress Takes Aim At Griffin's Citadel

Robert Reed | Posted 11.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Hedge Fund Congressional Panel, Kenneth Griffin Citadel, Kenneth Griffin, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Citadel Investment Group, Kenneth Griffin Money, Financial Crisis, Henry Waxman, Waxman Hdge Funds, Hedge Fund Commissions, Chicago News
Robert Reed

Ken Griffin, Chicago hedge fund magnate and one of the country's wealthiest men, is the anti-Trump. Unlike The Donald, Griffin hates being noticed. All that is about to change Thursday.

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Yes We Can... What?

Alan Schram | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Read More: War, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Congress, Budget Deficit, Libor, Paul Volcker, S&P 500, Barack Obama, Fdr, Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Education, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Business News, Warren Buffett, Stock Market, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Healthcare, Dow, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Stimulus Package, Business News
Alan Schram

Barack Obama is faced with very high expectations. There is only a small likelihood that any human being could actually deliver a performance commensurate with those expectations.

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Washington Overreacts

Alan Schram | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crunch, Hedge Funds, Obama, Libor, S&P 500, Bush, Dollar, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Paulson, Wall Street, Business News, Oil, Henry Paulson, Warren Buffett, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Have you noticed our politicians so often do exactly the wrong thing? They mean well, but in their haste to propitiate us, the voters, they cause more damage than good.

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The Hedge Fund Business, Explained

Henry Blodget | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Investing, Wall Street Crisis, Economic Recession, Economy, Business News
Henry Blodget

Over the six years Capital Compensation Partners was in business, the firm made $261 million, and the firm's clients lost $203 million. All the risk was borne by the clients, who got obliterated in the end.

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Buffett's Wrong: Stay Out of Stocks

Diane Francis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Markets, Congress, Unwinding, Leveraged, Economy, Financial Panic, Mccain, Obama, Election Results, Business, Investors, Margins, Investing, Nov. 4 Election, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, Stock Values, Panic, Warren Buffett, Stock Prices, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.

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Why The Government Can't "Fix" the Crisis

Danny Schechter | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Moral Hazard, Bernanke, Hedge Funds, Consumer Spending, Greenspan, Fianacial Crisis, Greed, Treasury Department, Depression, Free Market Capitalism, Federal Reserve Bank, Market Confidence, James Suriwieki, Capitalism, Recession, Lehman Bros, Aig, JPMorgan Chase, Consumer Confidence, Wall Street Crash, Congressional Bailout, William Buitner, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Market Collapse, Business News
Danny Schechter

In what was for many an unbelievable chain of events, markets started melting down, confidence shattered and believers in unregulated transactions realized something was very, very wrong.

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The Anatomy of the Financial Crisis and Why We Must Get It Right

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Great Depression, Mort Zuckerman, Aig, Credit Squeeze, Lehman Brothers, Hedge Funds, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Credit Crunch, Wall Street, Credit Markets, Recession, Mort Zuckerman Finance, Ben Bernanke, Business News
Mort Zuckerman

The danger is that politicians, who have little understanding of the financial world, may draw the wrong conclusions from Wall Street follies and make the wrong decisions as they try to revive our financial system.

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Stock Market Foreclosures -- The Whole World Is For Sale

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Investing, Investments, Yom Kippur, Wall Street Crisis, Hedge Funds, Stocks, Judaism, Stock Market, Foreclosure, Business, Business News
Larry Gellman

The gut-wrenching drops in stock prices are not related any more to economic prospects or the decisions of Congress. Stocks are in a foreclosure mode and values have been destroyed by forced selling -- major repentance for past sins.

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Chicago Hedge Fund Reeling

The New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 10.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Citadel Chicago, Citadel Funds, Kenneth Griffin Citadel, Wall Street Crisis, Kenneth Griffin, Hedge Funds, Citadel Investment Group, Citadel and Losses, Citadel, Chicago News

Kenneth C. Griffin was one of those Wall Street whiz kids. As a teenager, he traded out of his dorm room at Harvard. In his 20s, he opened his own hed...

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Don't touch the stock market

Diane Francis | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Warren Bufffett, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, FInancial Markets, Meltdown, Financial Meltdown, Rescue, Hedge Fund Collapse, Financial Crisis, Billionaires, Personal Finance, Economy, Mutual Funds, Dumping Stocks, Stock Investments, Federal Reserve, Housing Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

Here's my latest warning: Do not be lulled into buying equities because there was a bounce in markets, where some losses were recouped. Or buying bec...

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Hedge Funds Brace For Investors To Cash Out

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Hedge Funds, Banks, Personal Finance, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News

First, the money rushed into hedge funds. Now, some fear, it could rush out. Even as Washington reached a tentative agreement on Sunday over what may...

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The economic attacks you didn't hear from Obama

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama, Mccain, Bailout, Debates, Hedge Funds, Economy, Palin, Home News
Tom D'Antoni

Last night's debates have been judged a tie by some analysts, but given the economic free-fall due to Republican greed and deregulation favored...

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Ned Lamont On Wall Street Crisis: "This Is Our Katrina"

Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Hedge Funds, Finance, Hedge Fund Managers, Federal Reserve, Ned Lamont, Economy, Connecticut, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Senate Races, Business News

"It's the human toll that is frightening," said State Rep. Livvy Floren, a friend of Mr. Fuld. "Dick Fuld has spent 39 years of his life doing this. I...

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Hedge Fund Performances Leaked (VIDEO)

CNBC | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Finance, Hedge Funds, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Hedge Fund Performance, Video, Business News

CNBC's Vicky Ward talks about leaked hedge fund performances, year-to-date. A lot funds have had a pretty rough year of it so far. Follow the link to ...

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California Hedge Fund Quits, Returns Money To Investors

Financial Times | James Mackintosh | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Finance, Hedge Funds, Economy, Hedge Fund Managers, Andrew Lahde, Banks, Personal Finance, Lahde Capital, Business News

The best-performing hedge fund manager of the past two years has closed down his funds and is returning money to investors after concluding that the d...

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Costco and the Great Federal Bailout

Howard Gewirtz | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Golden Parachute, Paulson, Hedge Fund Traders, Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Economic Crisis, Colin Powell, Hedge Funds, Costco, Business News
Howard Gewirtz

If you've paid your taxes, you are now the proud owner of unregulated hedge funds, mortgaged-backed junk bonds, etc. In other words, crap.

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Rating The Top 30 Hedge Fund Traders Under 30

Telegraph | Helen Power | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Trader Monthly 30 Under 30, Hedge Fund Traders, Hedge Funds, Economy, Top 30 Under 30, Business News

They are the masters of the universe in training. Hedge fund bible Trader Monthly will today publish its list of 30 of the world's top traders under ...

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Everybody's Quitting Hedge Funds These Days

DealBook | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Pequot Capital Management, Andor Capital Management, Hedge Funds, Economy, Hedge Fund Managers, Turnberry Capital Management, Business News

Running a hedge fund has long been considered one of the top jobs in finance, but this summer a growing number of managers have called it quits, unabl...

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CNBC's Ronald Insana's Legends Fund A Bumpy Experiment

DealBook | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 08.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers, Ronald G. Insana, Recession, Hedge Fund Profits, Business News

Do you remember a time, only a short while ago, when virtually anybody could start a hedge fund? It seemed so easy: billions of dollars were being thr...

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Obama's Popularity On Wall Street Explained

Dealbreaker | John Carney | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Wealth, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Economy, Obama, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Business News

Is it just noblesse oblige? Have the masters of the universe simply decided to start sacrificing for the good of the country? Perhaps but Gasparino t...

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