Topic of the Day: Banking Regulation
- Banking reforms will give Mervyn King too much power, warns Myners | Business | The Guardian
- YouTube – Obama May Name Warren as Interim Consumer Agency Head: Video
- FT.com / Columnists / John Kay – We must press on with breaking up banks
- FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf – Basel: the mouse that did not roar
Oldie But Goodie
Given some of the chatter in the media about how effective the bailouts have been recently I felt like this oldie but goodie was relevant.
I think the Cisco dividend news is big time. I linked to two Barron’s stories on tech stock dividends and values earlier in the week. It looks like these were prescient pieces. Is large Cap tech underappreciated? Will they do better with a dividend?
The Usual Fare
- Cisco to pay out dividend for first time – National Post
- Do free-trade agreements increase protectionism towards non-members? | vox
- Former German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück: The Global Economy ‘Still Has Deep-Seated Structural Problems’ – SPIEGEL ONLINE
- The Great Debate – Is Obama the Cause of the Slow Recovery? |
- Michael Hudson: Obama’s Thatcherite Gift to the Banks
- Japan Sells Yen for First Time Since 2004 to Aid Growth – Bloomberg
- Yen Intervention – Tim Duy’s Fed Watch
- Japan Intervenes: BoJ Puts Cat Among the Pigeons | Credit Writedowns
- U.S. Home Prices Face Three-Year Drop as Inventory Surge Looms – Bloomberg
- Brady Bonds For the Eurozone – Project Syndicate
- EconomPic: Manufacturing Rebound Stalling
- Janet Tavakoli: Goldman Sachs: Bullies on the Block
Just for Fun