Posts Tagged ‘ Paul Volcker ’

JPMorgan’s Senior Officers’ Addiction to Gambling on Derivatives – William Black

May 22, 2012

JPMorgan’s flacks and apologists have, unintentionally, exposed the fact that their cover story – hedging gone bad – is false. JPMorgan runs the world’s largest gambling operation in financial derivatives. The New York Times reported the … Continue reading →

JPMorgan’s Senior Officers’ Addiction to Gambling on Derivatives

Volcker on Dimon, from Before The Big Loss – Video- | Moyers Moments | BillMoyers.com

By Newswires

May 16, 2012

Paul Volcker on Jamie Dimon | Moyers Moments | BillMoyers.com.
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Paul Volcker says Volcker rule too complicated

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 9, 2011

Paul Volcker says Volcker rule too complicated SINGAPORE | Wed Nov 9, 2011 7:52am EST (Reuters) - The Volcker rule is too long and complicated and financial lobbyists are to blame, said the man who gave his name to the new regulation on bank trading....
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The Obsessive Folly of Greed

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 1, 2011

"There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future pol...
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Dear Ben: It’s Time For Your Volcker Moment

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

October 31, 2011

IN October 1979, inflation was running at more than 10 percent a year, and the Federal Reserve’s gradual interest rate increases weren’t solving the problem. So Paul Volcker, the Fed chairman, dramatically changed how monetary policy was conducte...
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Treasury Yields in Perspective

By dshort.com - Financial Life Cycle Planning

May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011 periodic update Let's have a look at a long-term perspective on Treasury yields. The chart below shows the 10-Year Constant Maturity yield since 1962 along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) and inflation. The range has been astonish...
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What’s Wrong With America’s Economy?

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

May 2, 2011

From The Economist.... PESSIMISM about the United States rarely pays off in the long run. Time and again, when Americans have felt particularly glum, their economy has been on the brink of a revival. Think of Jimmy Carter’s cardigan-clad gloom in...
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New Hopium Appointment

By Russ Winter

January 7, 2011

Europe has rolled out a “pain sharing” plan for banksters to participate in their own losses. What a novel concept, share in socializing losses, an act of belated genius. Of course the timeline for instituting this measure is 2013, which suggests the hopium phase still lingers. Still I think we can see actual intent here. The...
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What to Watch For

By Russ Winter

January 23, 2010

Commentary has been emerging as to what to look for if a true financial reform movement gets going to deal with the questions of gambling at taxpayer expense and restoring sanity to the financial system. There is a working paper by a group chaired by Paul Volcker that lays out most of the sounder principles....
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What to Look For

By Winter Watch

January 23, 2010

Commentary has been emerging as to what to look for if a true financial reform movement gets going to deal with the questions of gambling at taxpayer expense and restoring sanity to the financial system. There is a working paper out chaired by Paul Volcker that lays out most of the sounder principles. The...
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Monkey Wrenches and Tangled Webs

By Winter Watch

January 21, 2010

Obama, with Paul Volcker by his side, rolled out a yet undetermined attack against Pig Men concentrated risk and perhaps even moral hazard. Tim Geithner was nowhere to be seen on stage. Obama mentioned the term “Volcker rule” as well, so it finally appears that a new approach is being rolled out on one of my...
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