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The Wizard Of Lies
The Wizard of Lies, Diana B. Henriques Rating: ★★★★☆ Unless you live in a cave...
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Bail Out My Student Loan
This really irks me. I had a bit of a rant in 2008 about the federal government bailing out delinquent home owners (Bail...
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The Big Short
The Big Short, Michael Lewis Rating: I’ve been a fan of Michael Lewis since reading Liar’s Poker...
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Chinese Local Debt
The below is an excerpt from a Credit Suisse report I was glossing over this morning. What I want to know: how can the...
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The Great Reflation
The Great Reflation, J. Anthony Boeckh Rating: This book was recommended to me by a colleage of mine. Cheesey...
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How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis
I have posted many an article on the Pink Lemon focused on the effects of speculation on commodity prices. The article...
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It All Adds Up!
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Flash Crash Controls
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New Derivatives Rules for Financial Entities
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Skirting The SEC
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Mets and Madoff
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Commodities and Speculators
An interesting read… “Hard evidence, though, of strong correlations between traders’ positions and price...
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CFTC Still Losing Its Mind…
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Byron Wien Announces The Ten Surprises for 2011
Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Partners, today issued his list of The Ten Surprises for 2011. This is...
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Quiet Before The Storm?
Earlier this week the SNB stopped accepting Irish debt, now Portugese… Are we in a bit of a quiet lull before the...
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“You Will Become A Poster Child”
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Has The CFTC Lost Its Mind?!
It never ceases to amaze me the ignorance of those in power in this country… There has been study after study demonstrating...
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Sentenced For Gaming The Game
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Dear A.I.G., I Quit!
The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s...
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JPMorgan Earns $5B Derivatives Profit
By Matthew Leising and Elizabeth Hester JPMorgan Chase & Co. managed to generate $5 billion in profit during the worst...







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