Financial Poetry
In the months leading up to August 24, 2015, market vital signs appeared healthy. There were typical concerns with the Federal Reserve about the potential for rising interest rates, and ears were attuned to the pressures building, and growth slowing, in...
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With all the violent campaign rhetoric we’ve heard, what would happen if Donald Trump suddenly changed his tone and denounced all the nastiness that has transpired? What would occur if he publicly stated, “I have to tell you. Secretary Clinton is...
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OpEds
The most expansive financial reform law since the great depression turns six on Thursday. For many, like Donald Trump who says he wants to “dismantle” Dodd-Frank, it has become a vehicle for political posturing due to what they see as a...
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Market Moves
One would not expect Coca-Cola to divulge their secret recipe for the world-renowned soft drink…nor is it required by government. The same is true for other proprietary trade secrets and intellectual property. That, however, could all change by the end of...
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Future of Finance
Negative consequences of the 2008 financial collapse continue to reverberate throughout the nation. There’s deep-rooted resentment and mistrust of those in the financial sector and politicians. As evidenced by the anti-establishment tidal waves thrashing both U.S. presidential party primaries, millions of...
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The world oil market is flooded and OPEC wants to keep it that way. OPEC members say they are going to continue their high rates of oil production through the summer, in a likely attempt to drive weaker oil producers out...
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Contemporary Cool Stuff / Financial Poetry
The recent release of the movie, Money Monster, offers not only great entertainment, but edification. Directed by Jodi Foster, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, the film has been released in the US, this past weekend in the UK, with cascading...
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Future of Finance / OpEds
Since the digital currency bitcoin and blockchain (the underlying technology) burst onto the scene in 2009, serious skepticism and palpable passion have played equal roles. Many bitcoin devotees wanted little to do with government legislators or regulators and regulators were dubious...
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Market Moves / Righting Regulation
Around this time in May of 2010, my financial regulatory colleagues and I in the US Government were looking at what had taken place on May 6th—known as the Flash Crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped nearly a thousand...
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