Tag Archives for wall street
Bailouts for Morgan Stanley Chairman’s Wife
Another excellent Taibbi piece. Quotes: The Fed sent billions in bailout aid to banks in places like Mexico, Bahrain and Bavaria, billions more to a spate of Japanese car companies, more than $2 trillion in loanseach to Citigroup and Morgan … Continue reading
No Help For Homeowners
Read this short op-ed in its entirety. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
$68,000
A new study proves that a family of four needs $67,920 a year (pre-tax) to survive in America. And that’s basic: no vacations, no fancy dinners, no wine tastings, no fun-box deliveries from Amazon or Zappos or whatever every couple … Continue reading
Hilarious: H.P.’s Board
In my book, this is corruption. Bunch of insiders with spotty track records at best hire one another at exorbitant rates to crush value: Indeed, on the surface, it looks like H-P (HPQ 47.08, -0.46, -0.97%) has become a haven for failed executives. The … Continue reading
Review: Plunder
is a documentary about… well, the plundering of the public by mortgage brokers and Wall Street. It’s a pretty decent primer about mortgage backed securities for those looking to figure out what’s going on. It fails went it comes to … Continue reading