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At the end of 2009, we published Hitting the Roof! which discussed the risks of raising the debt ceiling to $12 Billion.
Continue Reading →In 2011, we’ve already experienced 11 bank failures, and while this is not an alarming number, if it continues through the year, we’ll see close to 140 more bank failures.
Continue Reading →The FDIC’s failed bank list has now officially exceeded 100 institutions for 2009.
Continue Reading →When the gears of a machine are out of alignment, mechanics adjust the gears and lubricate them, allowing the gears to flow more freely. So too, the gears of our economy need a mechanical adjustment.
Continue Reading →When companies, whether in the fields of finance, banking or insurance, or for that matter, any other industry, create new types of financial instruments, should they be immediately subject to regulatory review?
Continue Reading →The world is at the beginning of a global economic crisis. Yes, the beginning. We have just seen the tip of an iceberg on the horizon, and have yet to see the entirety of its power.
Continue Reading →The time is come to wake up and smell the scent of a monetary vacuum created within our banking industry by antiquated systems, rules and regulations.
Continue Reading →The present economic crisis affecting the Nation will soon become a global economic depression.
Continue Reading →In 1994, Nick Leeson, a trader in Baring Bank’s Singapore office began trading in derivatives based on index futures.
Continue Reading →Is it better to panic when you hear about bank failures or to plan for them? Ultimately, it’s your choice.
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