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Grantham argues that a disproportionate share of the US economy is devoted to financial services.

Frederick Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession  (McGraw-Hill, 2009). We wince at congressional ineptitude but in one category…

Goldman Sachs (GS) and the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) have announced a settlement of the suit over the Abacus security case which was a civil action charging fraud by Goldman. According to the SEC announcement, which I watched…

Wallace Tuberville writes that if we let Goldman go back to its old ways, no one wins. This post originally appeared at New Deal 2.0. William D. Cohan’s op-ed piece in the July 7th New York Times had the same title as this article, but for…

I don't buy the arguments David Galland gives about the shamans and the virgins when talking about financial reform. He says: dancing around open fires bedecked in certain animal skins or allowing shamans to sacrifice virgins were seen…

By David Galland, Managing Editor, The Casey Report This morning I read an interesting story in Soundings magazine. It recounted the final voyage of the S.S. Morro Castle, purportedly one of the safest ships afloat back in 1934 when it…

Below is the video of Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics, Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group giving their assessment of the financial system and the overall economy. The group was on CNBC earlier this week…

Below is a very entertaining interview with Howard Davidowitz on financial reform and the credit crisis with Aaron Task and Henry Blodget of Tech Ticker (hat tip Scott). Davidowitz says don't expect any substantive changes, especially…

A post by Annaly Capital Management The death of Senator Robert Byrd (“an institution within an institution” is what President Obama called him) may be the butterfly wings that alter the financial landscape of the United States. Without…

Below is a partial list of May 2010 FDIC enforcement decisions and orders. I have only included cease-and-desist orders, prompt corrective action notices and termination of insurance orders as these are the signs of banking system distress.…