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Tag Archives: US financial markets
Michael Lewis on Imus – [VIDEO]
Posted in Finance, History, The Global Economy
Tagged 2008 financial crisis, banks, capitalism, capitalists, credit, Don Imus, economic crisis, economy, Finance, financial crisis, Financial Markets, investment banks, Michael Lewis, stock markets, The Big Short, US banks, US economy, US financial markets, US stock market, Wall Street, world economy
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Michael Lewis on CBS 60 Minutes: How the capitalism was almost destroyed by the capitalists in the fall of 2008 – [VIDEO]
Download this post to watch the video embedded below —if your feed reader does not show it to you. Watch CBS News Videos Online Part 2: Watch CBS News Videos Online Felix Salmon review of Michael Lewis’s book, “The Big … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, History, The Global Economy
Tagged 2008 financial crisis, 60 minutes, banks, capitalism, capitalists, CBS 60 Minutes, credit, economic crisis, economy, Finance, financial crisis, Financial Markets, investment banks, Michael Lewis, stock markets, The Big Short, US banks, US economy, US financial markets, US stock market, Wall Street, world economy
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission will have authority to decide what derivatives must be centrally cleared rather than letting private parties make the call.
“Central clearing interposes a regulated clearinghouse between the original counterparties in a derivatives transaction and so creates an opportunity to make dealing more transparent.” CNBC video
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Regulations
Tagged abuses, CFTC, clearinghouse, clearinghouses, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivative clearinghouse, derivative clearinghouses, derivatives, Finance, Financial Markets, financial reforms, frauds, laws, manipulations, Regulations, risks, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, systemic risks, Timothy Geithner, US Congress, US financial markets, US government, US Treasury
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HoodWinked by Wall Street — by John Perkins
John Perkins’s book: “HoodWinked by Wall Street”