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  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    " In a meeting tomorrow, the SEC is reportedly planning to propose that companies disclose the grades they received on bonds while shopping among ratings agencies, while the agencies may be required to disclose revenue from their biggest clients and could face increased lawsuits from investors."

    The issue is not disclosure, it is incentives. Why not return to the business model where the people buying the bonds paid for the ratings in the form of a small charge added to each sale? They (we) are the ones getting the benefit.
    Sep 16 14:10 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Lots of noise - in the day's news, and (unusually so) in today's reader comments. We are definitely at a point where the stock market is out ahead of the real economy, and there is reason to be a bit grumpy until there start being some year-over-year improvements in manufacturing output, GDP, and such. There is also reason to believe that it ain't going to happen before the massive government debt crushes us all.
    Jun 17 13:18 pm |Rating: +3 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    No mention of Chris Dodd:

    - Attached amendment to November bailout bill, exempting any bonuses committed before November 11, from recision;

    - Large AIG office in Connecticut;

    - $103,000 in political contributions in the last cycle. (Obama was second in AIG contributions with $101,000.)

    Shocked! Absolutely shocked!
    Mar 18 13:24 pm |Rating: +1 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Perhaps the next administration will be better. Even though more socialist, they will believe in what they are doing. This group is not operating with any principles.
    Dec 17 14:05 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Much comes down to people. We are fortunate that Paulson and Bernanke know what they are doing, are creative, and have a pragmatic (and selective) priority of stabilizing the financial system. Cox and the SEC seem to finally be coming to the party - controlling short sellers.
    It is also interesting to see the first instincts of the presidential candidates:
    - McCain to call for a comprehensive, non-partisan review of the financial system once things have been stabilized.
    - Obama to make political hay by blaming the Republicans and ridiculing McCain's call, and touting his own leadership without any specifics.
    Sep 17 12:15 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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