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A Free Market That is No Longer Free

May 30, 2009, 4:13 PM 1

I’ll never forget flying into the Siberian town of Ulan Ude (Google earth). During the end years of the Cold War, I flew one of the first teams of nuclear treaty... Read »

The Tax Man Cometh

May 30, 2009, 2:33 PM

Despite protestations from politicians to the contrary, it’s becoming somewhat clear that higher taxes across the board — not just for the rich — are in the... Read »

Mr. Geithner Goes to China

May 30, 2009, 2:24 PM

At his confirmation hearing in January, Tim Geithner nailed the China Question.  China prevents its exchange rate from appreciating through intervention (buying... Read »

GM Could Satisfy a $50 billion Debt Within Five Years

May 30, 2009, 3:33 AM

A preliminary Treasury Department estimate indicates that the United States would recover most of its planned $50 billion investment in General Motors (GM) by 2013,... Read »

Europe’s Bank Stress-Test: Will International Accounting Standards Pass?

May 30, 2009, 3:20 AM

Some blame poor accounting standards for the crisis, and many now place accounting reform atop the global agenda. But the International Accounting Standards Board... Read »

Behind the Numbers: May 2009 Market Review

May 30, 2009, 2:51 AM

Welcome to the Brave New World of the Uncle Sam economy! Let’s review the price action across the market, add some analysis as we look behind the numbers, contrast... Read »

The Importance of Compensation

May 30, 2009, 12:33 AM

In my opinion, one of the biggest contributors to the crisis we know so well was compensation schemes that gave individuals at financial institutions – from junior... Read »

Changing Attitudes Toward Attitudes Toward Risk

May 29, 2009, 9:21 PM

Amid an article about the GM bankruptcy, Mark Ambinder (political correspondent for the Atlantic Magazine) has the following offhand comment: Purists — and... Read »

Commodities Post the Biggest Monthly Rally in 34 Years

May 29, 2009, 8:19 PM

The Reuters/Jefferies CRB index, most widely recognized measure of global commodities markets, gained 14% this month, the most since July 1974. Signs of a recovery... Read »

Interest Rates Torpedo Refinancings

May 29, 2009, 5:54 PM

All of this was supposed to be a thing of the past. You know, no mortgage brokers stringing their customers along while they waited for rates to get better and pad... Read »

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