Posts Tagged ‘ High Finance ’

Too Big To Jail

November 5, 2011

Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money, and the fact that Citigroup agreed last week to pay a $285 million fine to settle SEC charges for “misleading investors” demonstrates a damning admission of culpability? ...
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God’s bankers: How evangelical Christianity is taking a hold of the City of London’s financial institutions

By a Wall Street Examiner

April 25, 2011

God's bankers: How evangelical Christianity is taking a hold of the City of London’s financial institutions Alex Preston asks how the disciples of evangelical Christianity reconcile their faith with the avarice of high finance Sunday, 24 April 2011...
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The More The Fed Fiddles… Professional Edition

By Lee Adler

January 26, 2010

The Case Shiller Index of US housing prices for November has essentially turned flat over the past two readings. As usual, it is understating the real weakness in the market. Meanwhile the Fed announced that it will tinker with how it sets interest rates. Recent history has shown, the more the Fed tinkers, the...
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