Leverage

Washington's Bipartisan Betrayal: The 2015 Global Financial Crisis

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 12.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Bail Outs, Credit Derivatives, Freddie Mac, Glass Steagall, H.R.4137, Ponzi Scheme, Fannie Mae, Global Financial Crisis, Congress, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Government Bailout Wall St, Leverage, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, Savings and Loan Scandal, Receivership, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

The economy did not just have a heart attack; we are suffering from financial appendicitis. Instead of doing the necessary surgery, Congress is prescribing potent addictive painkillers.

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Joseph Stiglitz: 5 Lessons From The Crisis We May Need To Learn All Over Again

China Daily | Joseph Stiglitz | Posted 12.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Banks, Joseph Stiglitz, Leverage, Self-Interest, Economic Crisis, Business News

The best that can be said for 2009 is that it could have been worse, that we pulled back from the precipice on which we seemed to be perched in late 2...

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Federal Reserve Debates A Bubble-Popping Strategy

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Financial Bubbles, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Leverage, Asset Bubbles, Business News

Amidst calls to bring greater transparency to the Federal Reserve, the central bank's leaders are torn over one key issue: can the Fed pop financial b...

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The Debt Economy - How The Tax Code Encourages Debt : The New Yorker

newyorker.com | James Surowiecki | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Taxes, Debt, James Surowiecki, The New Yorker, Consumer Lending, The Debt Economy, Leverage, Borrowing, Tax Code, Business News

. Debt didn't get dangerously out of scale because the system was broken. It got out of scale, in part, because the system worked. The government d...

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Tips on How to Reframe the Current Economy

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Profiteering, Guidance, Depression, Potential, Opportunity, Tele-Seminars, Money, Economy, What Is Enough, Collaboration, Unlimited Potential, Beliefs, Let Yourself Go, Leverage, Sufficiency, Economic Climate, Jack Canfield, Value, Coaching, Enough, Profit, Investment, Intuition, Awakening Coaching, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Bubble, Real Estate, Customers, Finances, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

When it is easy to make money just by buying a house and waiting, there is not much incentive to look deeper into yourself -- to find out what you were born to give, what your unique talents are.

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FHA: Federal Housing Authority Low On Cash, High On Leverage

wsj.com | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Freddie Mac, Treasury Department, Fha, Fannie Mae, Economy, Federal Housing Authority, Real Estate, Leverage, Capital Cushions, Uncle Sam, Subrpime, Business News

The Treasury has announced new "capital cushion" requirements for financial institutions to reduce excessive risk and prevent taxpayer bailouts. Seems...

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Wall Street Leverage Rising At Fastest Pace Since '07

bloomberg.com | Kristen Haunss and Jody Shenn | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Suisse Group AG, Banks, Wall Street, Suntrust-Banks, Leverage, Business News

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Banks are increasing lending to buyers of high-yield company loans and mortgage bonds at what may be the fastest pace since the...

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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Financial Sector Regulation

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Derivative, Executive Compensation, Mortgage, Wall Street, Predatory Lending, Financial Crisis, Leverage, Consumer Protection, Executive Pay, Cramdown, Financial Regulation, Campaign Finance, Glass-Steagall, Foreclosure News, Business News
Robert Weissman

There's no question that Wall Street is going to mobilize -- is already mobilized -- to defeat the administration's positive proposals.

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Deleveraging Everything! A Conversation With Heinrich Thyssen

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Politics, Banking Crisis, Business, Leveraged Loans, Leverage, Heinrich Thyssen, Business News
Benjamin R. Barber

Leveraging was increased to insane levels irrespective of whether it made economic sense. In other words, continued progress and prosperity was dependent on "ever increasing deficits."

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Summers/Geithner Plan: Bank Heist One More Time

Diane Francis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Harvard University, Wall Street, Investment Banks, Tim Geithner, Tim Geithner Bailout, Banking Crisis, Banks, Larry Summers, Traders, D.E. Shaw, Leverage, Financial Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

This plan is more of the same: highly leveraged risk-taking shenanigans facilitated by a naive government and tax dollars.

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Beyond the Age of Leverage: Alternative Cures for the Global Financial Crisis

Niall Ferguson | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Global Economy, Deflation, Davos, Economy, Leverage, Overleveraged, World Economic Forum, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Inflation, Financial Crisis, Davos 2009, Wall Street, Gobal Financial Crisis, Business News
Niall Ferguson

The harsh reality that is being repressed is this: the Western world is suffering a crisis of excessive indebtedness.

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The Story of 2008: What Went Wrong?

Alan Schram | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Volatility, Credit Crunch, Libor, Leverage, Recession, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Wall Street, Bear Market, Business News, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Deficit, Dow, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Bear markets are difficult experiences, but they provide unique prospects. I believe we will look at the present U.S. stock market valuations as perhaps the best investment opportunity of a generation.

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Banks Start Promising Kashkari They Will Make Loans

Clusterstock | Henry Blodget | Posted 12.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Deleveraging the Economy, Bailout, Finance, Economy, Bailout Loans, Financial Crisis, Banks, Personal Finance, Bailout Plan, Gdp, Leverage, Business News

More importantly, the WSJ gets at the real problem here. In addition to running on fumes and fearing for their own futures, the banks aren't lending b...

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European Banks Up To Their Eyeballs In Leverage

Fortune | Colin Barr | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: UK Banks, Europe Economy, British Banks, Finance, Economy, Banks, Personal Finance, Wall Street Crisis, Leverage, Wall Street, World Economy, Business News

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Leverage, the menace that helped bring down some of the biggest names on Wall Street, is now threatening the health of big banks...

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