Saturday, September 3, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Investigation of High-Frequency Trading
Read more at www.reuters.comWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators have taken the unprecedented step of asking high-frequency trading firms to hand over the details of their trading strategies, and in some cases, their secret computer codes.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Republicans Against Science
According to Public Policy Polling, only 21 percent of Republican voters in Iowa believe in global warming (and only 35 percent believe in evolution).Read more at www.nytimes.com
Sunday, August 28, 2011
The Mythology Of Economic 'Uncertainty'
Read more at www.huffingtonpost.comThere is a fundamental misunderstanding about the Wall Street bailouts amongst the public, and quite a few policy makers at Treasury and the Federal Reserve: Somehow, they "fixed" the banking system. All it took was few trillion dollars in liquidity and a few $100 billion dollars in recapitalization, and all is now fine (I suspect some people at the Fed know the Truth).In fact, they did nothing of the sort. The banking system was not saved; The massive injection of liquidity temporarily salved the day-to-day operations of banks, but they did not repair what ailed our financial institutions.
Big Banks: Under-Capitalized, Overexposed, Opaque
The US banking sector is not healthy.
Read more at www.ritholtz.comThere is a fundamental misunderstanding about the Wall Street bailouts amongst the public, and quite a few policy makers at Treasury and the Federal Reserve: Somehow, they “fixed” the banking system. All it took was few trillion dollars in liquidity and a few $100 billion dollars in recapitalization, and all is now fine (I suspect some people at the Fed know the Truth).
The Two Great Stories of the World
Read more at www.huffingtonpost.comHumans inherit a "narrative intelligence" capable of grasping the great dramas of this world. It can be only found by awakening to an inner story trying to live through us. As the world around us becomes more uncertain and less predictable, the inner story may be the only place to turn for any hint of security. The word security shares roots with "secret" as well as "cure." The way to affect the great drama of this world is to discover and live the story secretly seeded within one's soul.