Hello ET community - I'm hoping this is the right forum for this topic - I'm a student in New York wrapping up a degree program in the fall....
...plus, I think the debacle over Ken Lewis being strongarmed by Paulson into buying ML has really cast a light on what happens when Uncle Sam...
I'm not sure about "jumping for joy." I mean, look at the dressing-down Dimon had to take before Congress, and all that rigmarole about bonuses...
...Has he gone to rehab or something? Have seen neither hide nor tail of the Italian Stallion in weeks.
WEHT Pete Najarian on "Fast Money?" He's been conspicuously absent the past few days - did he leave with Ratigan or something? And what of Charlie...
I don't dispute that the media has fomented most of the turbulence. But they're not policymakers. The network, while irritating as all hell, is...
I am no fan of CNBC, but I do think it is an appalling abuse of position for Greenspan to sit on the board of a hedge fund that is heavily short...
...this woman scares me. She is like equal parts Tammy Fae Bakker and Suze Orman with a little ethnic spice. Way over the top.
I cringe and feel viscerally embarrassed for the CNBC talking heads in these commercials that run throughout the trading day, in which stylized...
...But Madoff ran this vehicle for decades. Do you mean that it was a scheme to give wealthy investors a write-off in years other than 2008?
I tried to start a new thread about this, but I suppose I will just post to this - further to the media reports today that Madoff's attorney Ira...
Media are reporting today that on the list of Madoff's investors/victims was his own lawyer, Ira Sorkin. Now, I'm no legal eagle here, but...
Currency volatility is usually a positive for Saxo Bank, because they rack up the commissions that way. They have diversified away from that...
They're a private company so it's very hard to scrutinize their numbers, and they're known for propagandizing and manipulating what's said about...
Is there really a rumor that Saxo Bank is going bust? Details, please.
What is UP with IBKR being so far DOWN today?? New 52-week low, big boost in implied vol, heavy put activity. What's up with that?
Anyone else seeing evidence of selling in December 2.50 calls? Can't find any news about what might be going on with them.
...I agree that there is value in a well-rounded education, but if it's going to be compulsory then why make it on *my* dime? Why not require...
Education needs to be made a profitable enterprise again, pure and simple. There needs to be a clearer risk/reward profile for the average college...
I suspect that student loan agencies harass student borrowers for the same reason that student-ghetto landlords harass their broke-ass tenants -...
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