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Bank of America: 'Paulson Plan Benefits Mostly Goldman, Morgan'

Can someone tell me how much Paulson has in Goldman shares and options? Am I see a massive conflict of interest here?

Wall Street, R.I.P. Now What?

Boomerang theory - what goes around, comes around. So much for the smarties on Wall Street. You can never beat Mr Market! Nothing beats honest hard work.

Making Sense of the Brokerage Bust

You forgot something - all this busting will mean that 'trust' is going to be scarce commodity. Technology will taken over what used to be 'trusted' but now cannot be trusted. But there will always be one part of the business that needs the human touch.

Mother of All Short Squeezes?

you know why there is such a big resistance to short selling especially on sites like SA and coming from many fund managers, esp hedge fund managers.... Because if rationality and logic has its way, running a hedge fund is going to less profitable, market makers will no longer be able to make as much markets and brokers cannot earn twice on their margin business (first from lending you money and then lending your shares).