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Bubblicious mortgage deals, Canadian version
You can get some pretty good mortgage deals in Canada these days Today I got this drift via this intrusive banner advert from CIBC. Clearly CIBC wants you to see this advertisement. The deal is 4.74 fixed with 2% cash back if you switch…
Is the Goldman case a one-off or the first of many?
This is THE issue that everyone wants to know. When I wrote the The politics of the Goldman fraud case and referred to "leeway in how to proceed later against Goldman and other firms using the same practice," I meant that it was…
Troubles in the EuroZone: Will the Contagion affect the U.S.?
Marshall Auerback here with some thoughts on how problems in the Eurozone conflict with Washington's export agenda. A recent poll by Douglas Schoen and Patrick Caddell suggests that swing voters in the US, who are key to the fate of the…
News from April 1931: Recovery signs and crisis in Spain
Here are a few interesting tidbits from the Wall Street Journal from around this time in 1931. I missed this one, but it is pretty good historical info. 16 April 1931 Head of Spanish provisional govt. N. Zamora pledged Spain will be…
Chris Whalen on “The Age of the Trader”
Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics talks about how the shift in power from I-banking to trading at firms like Goldman has invariably led to conflicts of interest where clients do not come first, something I first broached last…
Pitchforks, Vampire Squids, and Simon Johnson’s Robespierre Moment
This morning I attended a breakfast on financial reform hosted by the Agenda Project's Erica Payne. The purpose was to crystallize the issues most pertinent to the financial reform debate in these crucial weeks leading up to full Senate…
The politics of the Goldman fraud case
When I first wrote about the case against Goldman Sachs for fraud on Friday I said that my reaction was "largely positive" as fraud was a major factor in what led to crisis and it is high time regulators started to acknowledge this.…
Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics In Sweden (of all places)
This post is basically a follow-up to my earlier Just What Is Going On In Sweden? one, and has been stimulated by an article which appeared in Bloomberg earlier in the week, detailing a number of issues which have arisen in conjunction with…
Is Estonia’s Euro Membership A Done Deal?
Well, if you read this report from Euractiv, citing unnamed EU Commission officials, it is: “If nothing extraordinary happens, the Commission will give its positive opinion for the accession of Estonia to the euro zone on 12 May,” an EU…