Wall Street Folly » Economy http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Bernanke confirmation still a squeaker but White House is confident; Davos bankers vs Obama; UK’s Darling opposes Obama’s bank breakup plan; Goldman said to be limiting UK partners compensation; Barclays deferring top bonuses; More NY Fed / AIG controversy; Wal-Mart cutting 11K Sam’s club jobs, Tishman giving up on Stuyvesant Town; Avatar closing in on top grossing film http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/bernanke-confirmation-still-a-squeaker-but-white-house-is-confident-davos-bankers-vs-obama-uks-darling-opposes-obamas-bank-breakup-plan-goldman-said-to-be-limiting-uk-partners-compensation-bar/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/bernanke-confirmation-still-a-squeaker-but-white-house-is-confident-davos-bankers-vs-obama-uks-darling-opposes-obamas-bank-breakup-plan-goldman-said-to-be-limiting-uk-partners-compensation-bar/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:53:19 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9749 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/bernanke-confirmation-still-a-squeaker-but-white-house-is-confident-davos-bankers-vs-obama-uks-darling-opposes-obamas-bank-breakup-plan-goldman-said-to-be-limiting-uk-partners-compensation-bar/feed/ 0 AIG: Geithner on the testimony hot seat on Jan 27; Crisis panel calling Greenspan and Cox to testify; Citigroup cash bonuses to be capped at less than $100K?; JP Morgan earnings beat, but revenues light; Sheila Bair throws Fed under the bus; More fury over Obama’s new banker tax http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/aig-geithner-on-the-testimony-hot-seat-on-jan-27-crisis-panel-calling-greenspan-and-cox-to-testify-citigroup-cash-bonuses-to-be-capped-at-less-than-100k-jp-morgan-earnings-beat-but-revenues-lig/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/aig-geithner-on-the-testimony-hot-seat-on-jan-27-crisis-panel-calling-greenspan-and-cox-to-testify-citigroup-cash-bonuses-to-be-capped-at-less-than-100k-jp-morgan-earnings-beat-but-revenues-lig/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:44:29 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9728 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/aig-geithner-on-the-testimony-hot-seat-on-jan-27-crisis-panel-calling-greenspan-and-cox-to-testify-citigroup-cash-bonuses-to-be-capped-at-less-than-100k-jp-morgan-earnings-beat-but-revenues-lig/feed/ 0 The afternoon rally: What Nouriel Roubini seemed to have giveth, he taketh away…. http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-afternoon-rally-what-nouriel-roubini-seemed-to-have-giveth-he-taketh-away/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-afternoon-rally-what-nouriel-roubini-seemed-to-have-giveth-he-taketh-away/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:19:08 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=8574 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-afternoon-rally-what-nouriel-roubini-seemed-to-have-giveth-he-taketh-away/feed/ 0 Good Morning America Interview: Warren Buffett thinks a second stimulus “may well be called for” although “it’s not a panacea”; His latest Buffettism: The first stimulus “was sort of like taking half a tablet of Viagra….It doesn’t have really quite the wallop that might have been anticipated there” http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/good-morning-america-interview-warren-buffett-thinks-a-second-stimulus-may-well-be-called-for-although-its-not-a-panacea-his-latest-buffettism-the-first-stimulus-was-sort-of-like-taking/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/good-morning-america-interview-warren-buffett-thinks-a-second-stimulus-may-well-be-called-for-although-its-not-a-panacea-his-latest-buffettism-the-first-stimulus-was-sort-of-like-taking/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:16:44 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=8475 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/good-morning-america-interview-warren-buffett-thinks-a-second-stimulus-may-well-be-called-for-although-its-not-a-panacea-his-latest-buffettism-the-first-stimulus-was-sort-of-like-taking/feed/ 0 Video – CNBC interview with Warren Buffett: He sees no “green shoots” even after cataract surgery, is critical of Apple’s Steve Jobs health disclosure, doesn’t “see how you can do better” than Bernanke at the Fed and advocates another term, and utters a new Buffettism: “You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant” http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/video-cnbc-interview-with-warren-buffett-he-sees-no-green-shoots-even-after-cataract-surgery-is-critical-of-apples-steve-jobs-health-disclosure-thinks-you-can-do-no-better-than-berna/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/video-cnbc-interview-with-warren-buffett-he-sees-no-green-shoots-even-after-cataract-surgery-is-critical-of-apples-steve-jobs-health-disclosure-thinks-you-can-do-no-better-than-berna/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:12:30 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=8295 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/video-cnbc-interview-with-warren-buffett-he-sees-no-green-shoots-even-after-cataract-surgery-is-critical-of-apples-steve-jobs-health-disclosure-thinks-you-can-do-no-better-than-berna/feed/ 0 Auto suppliers want $10B more aid; Obama wants rules spending rules; Will higher gas prices derail recovery?; Krugrman: recession may end this year; New stress tests for banks?; Goldman’s Hatzius more bullish, seels $500B more bank losses; hedge funds’ May gains http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/auto-suppliers-want-10b-more-aid-obama-wants-rules-spending-rules-will-higher-gas-prices-derail-recovery-krugrman-recession-may-end-this-year-new-stress-tests-for-banks-goldmans-hatzius-mor/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/auto-suppliers-want-10b-more-aid-obama-wants-rules-spending-rules-will-higher-gas-prices-derail-recovery-krugrman-recession-may-end-this-year-new-stress-tests-for-banks-goldmans-hatzius-mor/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:05:25 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=7969 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/auto-suppliers-want-10b-more-aid-obama-wants-rules-spending-rules-will-higher-gas-prices-derail-recovery-krugrman-recession-may-end-this-year-new-stress-tests-for-banks-goldmans-hatzius-mor/feed/ 0 Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on current economic and financial conditions and the federal budget http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/testimony-by-chairman-bernanke-on-current-economic-and-financial-conditions-and-the-federal-budget-2/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/testimony-by-chairman-bernanke-on-current-economic-and-financial-conditions-and-the-federal-budget-2/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:08:55 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=7884 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/06/testimony-by-chairman-bernanke-on-current-economic-and-financial-conditions-and-the-federal-budget-2/feed/ 0 Scary: While Uncle Sam spends like a drunken sailor, tax revenues are plunging — down $138 billion in April (34%!) http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/scary-while-uncle-sam-spends-like-a-drunken-sailor-tax-revenues-are-plunging-down-138-billion-in-april-34/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/scary-while-uncle-sam-spends-like-a-drunken-sailor-tax-revenues-are-plunging-down-138-billion-in-april-34/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 13:33:44 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=7704 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/scary-while-uncle-sam-spends-like-a-drunken-sailor-tax-revenues-are-plunging-down-138-billion-in-april-34/feed/ 0 Are they really saying these wacky things?: White House Kool-Aid servers say economy will expand at 3.5% annual rate by the end of the year; Allen Sanford a U.S. government informer??? http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/are-they-really-saying-these-wacky-things-white-house-kool-aid-servers-say-economy-will-expand-at-35-annual-rate-by-the-end-of-the-year-allen-sanford-a-us-government-informer/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/are-they-really-saying-these-wacky-things-white-house-kool-aid-servers-say-economy-will-expand-at-35-annual-rate-by-the-end-of-the-year-allen-sanford-a-us-government-informer/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 14:01:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/are-they-really-saying-these-wacky-things-white-house-kool-aid-servers-say-economy-will-expand-at-35-annual-rate-by-the-end-of-the-year-allen-sanford-a-us-government-informer/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/05/are-they-really-saying-these-wacky-things-white-house-kool-aid-servers-say-economy-will-expand-at-35-annual-rate-by-the-end-of-the-year-allen-sanford-a-us-government-informer/feed/ 0 Protesters: Happy Hour interviews Lloyd Blankfein’s and congressional hearings’ interrupter Medea Benjamin from Code Pink ($GS) http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/04/protesters-happy-hour-interviews-lloyd-blankfeins-and-congressional-hearings-interrupter-medea-benjamin-from-code-pink-gs/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/04/protesters-happy-hour-interviews-lloyd-blankfeins-and-congressional-hearings-interrupter-medea-benjamin-from-code-pink-gs/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:06:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/04/protesters-happy-hour-interviews-lloyd-blankfeins-and-congressional-hearings-interrupter-medea-benjamin-from-code-pink-gs/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/04/protesters-happy-hour-interviews-lloyd-blankfeins-and-congressional-hearings-interrupter-medea-benjamin-from-code-pink-gs/feed/ 0