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Wall Street CEOs Roasting on an Open Fire

January 15, 2010 – 10:32 am

Here’s the secret: when asset prices are advancing like crazy, and you’re investing someone else’s money, you don’t EVER want to be the guy who calls the top too early. It’s bad, but not terribly bad, when everyone in the world loses money at the same time. But it’s an unpardonable sin on Wall Street to lose money while everyone else is still gaining.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Markets & Policy | Also tagged hearings, Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein, Phil Angelides, Wall Street | Comments

Naked Short Selling and the Financial Crisis

October 5, 2009 – 9:01 am

Today’s podcast focuses on the controversy over naked short selling, prompted mostly by leftist Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi’s coverage of the financial crisis, and whether or not the practice is actually to blame for a whole slew of terrible things — including the demise of Lehman Brothers.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Bear Stearns, Coffee and Markets, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, John Carney, Lehman Brothers, Matt Taibbi, Naked Short Selling, Podcast, Podcasts | Comments

Hank Paulson, Master of Disaster

September 1, 2009 – 8:45 am

Francis Cianfrocca joins Ben Domenech for the Tuesday, September 1st edition of Coffee & Markets. Today’s podcast focuses on Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair profile of Henry Paulson, which contains some fascinating anecdotes about Paulson’s time during the financial crisis.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Podcasts, Politics | Also tagged Bear Stearns, China, Coffee and Markets, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Hank Paulson, Henry Paulson, Lehman Bros, Podcast, Podcasts | Comments

More on Fed Policy

August 19, 2009 – 12:38 pm

This morning’s podcasts have drawn a few comments, so I thought it might be a good idea to respond generally.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Markets & Policy | Also tagged Federal Reserve, fiat currency, Francis Cianfrocca | Comments

Tim Geithner Shoots the Messenger

May 24, 2009 – 1:15 am

Tim Geithner’s legacy as Treasury Secretary will depend on what he does to overhaul the regulation of the financial system. When things go really awry and your job is to make sure that never happens again, you have a choice of two basic approaches: you can try to understand and address the sources of the problem; or you can shoot the messenger. According to the headlines, Geithner is focusing on the latter.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Markets & Policy | Also tagged Barack Obama, Barney Frank, economy, Hank Paulson, Tim Geithner, Treasury Department, Wall Street | Comments

Have We Reached the Turning Point?

April 14, 2009 – 10:52 am

Are we at a turning point in the current crisis? The problem in answering is that it’s been all too easy for many people to assume that if we fix the financial crisis, we’ll fix the economic crisis. I’m not convinced of this.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged AIG, economic crisis, Federal Reserve, Francis Cianfrocca, housing bubble, Lehman Brothers, Michael Spence, turning the corner, Wall Street | Comments

We’re Being Rolled

April 2, 2009 – 1:36 am

Peter Feaver surveys the diplomatic landscape. What he sees should disturb those who thought that the Obama Administration would be staffed with masterful diplomats:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Guantanamo Bay, Obama Administration, soft power | Comments

Government’s Role In Creating The Financial Crisis

March 27, 2009 – 2:11 am

Peter Wallison doesn’t toe the line of conventional wisdom when it comes to discussing the cause of the financial crisis. That’s a roundabout way of saying that he speaks truth:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged economy, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Government Intervention | Comments

Grading Obama’s Economic Policy

March 10, 2009 – 9:54 am

President Obama has to deal simultaneously with two competing economic-policy objectives. These objectives are in conflict with each other, and judging from his recent comments, Obama is having trouble holding both of them in his mind at the same time.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged AOL, banking crisis, Barack Obama, Christina Romer, economic crisis, economic policy, Grading, stock market | Comments

The Desperate Search for an Economic Policy

March 6, 2009 – 9:35 am

It would be refreshing if someone big and important stood up to say that policymakers really haven’t a clue how to improve the economic and banking crises. But no one in a position of political authority is apparently willing to do so, least of all the New Masters of the Universe in Washington. Therefore, the task falls to me.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bernanke, economic crisis, economic policy, Federal Reserve, Tim Geithner | Comments

Tag Archives: financial crisis

Wall Street CEOs Roasting on an Open Fire

What Happens When Washington Becoms Hyper-Intrusive?

Naked Short Selling and the Financial Crisis

Hank Paulson, Master of Disaster

More on Fed Policy

Tim Geithner Shoots the Messenger

Have We Reached the Turning Point?

We’re Being Rolled

Bailout!

Government’s Role In Creating The Financial Crisis

Grading Obama’s Economic Policy

The Desperate Search for an Economic Policy

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