Texrex2002, I did too, at first. I was pleasantly surprised, especially by the book. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"...
Borrowers have responsibility, and many people still have too much debt and too little equity in their homes. Add to that a mountain of credit...
He sort of gets it, but he seems to be in the "models killed Wall Street crowd. Here's another point of view:...
That is not what it is about, so you would be in for a surprise. You might try listening to the beginning at least. Tavakoli talks about Bush's...
We agree she knows her stuff, and she debunked some of the hokum pushed by younger guys including some Goldman alums, Taleb (she says the models...
Tavakoli gives a great analysis, and points out this was a bi-partisan let-down. She explains Bush's role, Franks, Dodd, investment banks, rating...
Yesterday, Steve Forbes called for Geithner's resignation (before the NYTimes article appeared)...
Tavakoli also predicted the meltdown in a very specific way. She also predicts inflation in her book, DEAR MR. BUFFETT. It's a fast read, and...
A agree, AK100. But if you were referring to the post above your comment, it was Steve Forbes calling for Geithner's resignation.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/24/steve-forbes-geithner-intelligent-investing-fed.html GEITHNER SHOULD RESIGN Forbes.com Steve Forbes...
Good point, endsongs. Here's the transcript that goes with the video: http://www.q-and-a.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1228
She did say that selling the phony securitizations may be a violation of securities laws, and then on her site says it is a matter for the...
This is a pre-interview to a taped interview with Steve Forbes and Janet Tavakoli that Forbes.com says will be on its web site on Monday. In...
She wasn't speaking to his tenure as Treasury Secretary, but to subsequent events at Citigroup.
Tavakoli made a good case for what she called the "dilution of democracy" in this C-Span interview: Tavakoli's end notes are interesting, too,...
Brian Lamb, CEO of C-Span, interviewed Janet Tavakoli regarding the causes of the global financial meltdown and how to fix it. She said Tim...
The NY Times story may not have gone far enough. The press has been focused on the mortgage related CDS transactions, but it seems only a handful...
I wish I had paid more attention at the time. Thank you Pa(b)st Prime, interesting stuff.
I don't recall the details, but when Continental Bank went under, members of the exchange had trouble with their credit lines. It would be...
Today's WSJ DealJournal is pretty balanced: http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/03/26/its-2009-do-you-know-where-your-bank-analyst-is/tab/print/...
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