Wall Street Folly » SEC http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SEC case seems to be unraveling by the day as Paulson deputy said to have told ACA they were going short, and ACA’s own portfolio suggestions actually made the deal worse, not better; Goldman’s Gary Cohn said to be attending Obama’s Wall Street speech; Blankfein comes out swinging; Tourre to testify next week (unless he pulls out); Obama says Whitehouse didn’t discuss Goldman with the SEC; Obama’s keeping his Goldman campaign contributions http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/sec-case-seems-to-be-unravelling-by-the-day-as-paulson-deputy-said-to-have-told-aca-they-were-going-short-and-acas-own-portfolio-suggestions-actually-made-the-deal-worse-not-better-goldmans-gar/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/sec-case-seems-to-be-unravelling-by-the-day-as-paulson-deputy-said-to-have-told-aca-they-were-going-short-and-acas-own-portfolio-suggestions-actually-made-the-deal-worse-not-better-goldmans-gar/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:07:23 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10165 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/sec-case-seems-to-be-unravelling-by-the-day-as-paulson-deputy-said-to-have-told-aca-they-were-going-short-and-acas-own-portfolio-suggestions-actually-made-the-deal-worse-not-better-goldmans-gar/feed/ 0 Paulson reassured his investors that his CDO deal was ‘appropriate’; Rep Issa smells politics in the timing of the SEC’s Goldman charges; Blankfein going to DC next week; Goldman comes out swinging with their defense; Tourre now on leave, is deregistered in UK; Goldman’s made political donations to both parties; Goldman’s share buyback; SEC is defending ’sophisticated investors’ with this suit http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/paulson-reassured-his-investors-that-his-cdo-deal-was-appropriate-rep-issa-smells-politics-in-the-timing-of-the-secs-goldman-charges-blankfein-going-to-dc-next-week-goldman-comes-out-swinging/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/paulson-reassured-his-investors-that-his-cdo-deal-was-appropriate-rep-issa-smells-politics-in-the-timing-of-the-secs-goldman-charges-blankfein-going-to-dc-next-week-goldman-comes-out-swinging/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:56:33 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10158 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/paulson-reassured-his-investors-that-his-cdo-deal-was-appropriate-rep-issa-smells-politics-in-the-timing-of-the-secs-goldman-charges-blankfein-going-to-dc-next-week-goldman-comes-out-swinging/feed/ 0 Goldman’s earnings beat; Employees rally around Lloyd Blankfein, senior management; Deal said to have been ok’d by senior execs; FSA to probe Goldman; SEC’s vote was partisan at 3-2, split leads to questions about how strong case is; More timing questions; AIG looking for an angle to recoup cash; Dodd says Goldman “shenanigans’ would be barred in reform bill; Politician returning Goldman campaign contribution; John Paulson hedges his bets by giving to Dems, Republicans http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/goldmans-earnings-beat-employees-rally-around-lloyd-blankfein-senior-management-deal-said-to-have-been-okd-by-senior-execs-fsa-to-probe-goldman-secs-vote-was-partisan-at-3-2-split-leads-to/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/goldmans-earnings-beat-employees-rally-around-lloyd-blankfein-senior-management-deal-said-to-have-been-okd-by-senior-execs-fsa-to-probe-goldman-secs-vote-was-partisan-at-3-2-split-leads-to/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:14:55 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10153 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/goldmans-earnings-beat-employees-rally-around-lloyd-blankfein-senior-management-deal-said-to-have-been-okd-by-senior-execs-fsa-to-probe-goldman-secs-vote-was-partisan-at-3-2-split-leads-to/feed/ 0 SEC case against Goldman smoking gun or water pistol? (and gee isn’t the timing interesting?); If there is a case, were top Goldman guys involved not just Fab?; Fab’s email is key to SEC case (and so were the Bear Stearns hedge fund guys emails, and look where that got the SEC); A look at the word “Selected”; Goldman may face UK, German inquiries; UK’s Brown complains of “moral bankruptcy” of investment banking firms; Chris Whalen thinks that John Paulson could get dragged into the litigation http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/sec-case-against-goldman-smoking-gun-or-water-pistol-and-gee-isnt-the-timing-interesting-if-there-is-a-case-were-top-goldman-guys-involved-not-just-fab-fabs-email-is-key-to-sec-case-and/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/sec-case-against-goldman-smoking-gun-or-water-pistol-and-gee-isnt-the-timing-interesting-if-there-is-a-case-were-top-goldman-guys-involved-not-just-fab-fabs-email-is-key-to-sec-case-and/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:48:39 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10150 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/sec-case-against-goldman-smoking-gun-or-water-pistol-and-gee-isnt-the-timing-interesting-if-there-is-a-case-were-top-goldman-guys-involved-not-just-fab-fabs-email-is-key-to-sec-case-and/feed/ 0 Harry Reid gets an earful from Goldman bankers at fundraiser; Lehman examiner says estate might have a claim against some of the banks; BofA set to report after “Fabulous Month” for Merrill Lynch; First there was Greece, next huge problem is Portugal per economists; SEC proposal will collect data on high frequencer traders; UBS shareholders express unhappiness with executive pay; UBS banker looking for shorter prison sentence; Massachusetts pulling money from BofA, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo in credit card rate protest http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/harry-reid-gets-an-earful-from-goldman-bankers-at-fundraiser-lehman-examiner-says-estate-might-have-a-claim-against-some-of-the-banks-bofa-set-to-report-after-fabulous-month-for-merrill-lynch-f/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/harry-reid-gets-an-earful-from-goldman-bankers-at-fundraiser-lehman-examiner-says-estate-might-have-a-claim-against-some-of-the-banks-bofa-set-to-report-after-fabulous-month-for-merrill-lynch-f/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:46:04 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10139 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/harry-reid-gets-an-earful-from-goldman-bankers-at-fundraiser-lehman-examiner-says-estate-might-have-a-claim-against-some-of-the-banks-bofa-set-to-report-after-fabulous-month-for-merrill-lynch-f/feed/ 0 Greece debt mess gets uglier with CDS above Iceland’s for the first time; Greece banks facing big withdrawals; SEC may impose order reporting requirement on high speed trading; Bernanke warns on cutting debt; EU disagrees with Geithner on hedge fund rules; Toyota smoking gun email?; iPhone / iPad to get multitasking ability with next software release? http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/greece-debt-mess-gets-uglier-with-cds-at-decade-high-record-and-above-icelands-for-the-first-time-greece-banks-facing-big-withdrawals-sec-may-impose-order-reporting-requirement-on-high-speed-trad/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/greece-debt-mess-gets-uglier-with-cds-at-decade-high-record-and-above-icelands-for-the-first-time-greece-banks-facing-big-withdrawals-sec-may-impose-order-reporting-requirement-on-high-speed-trad/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:07:15 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10112 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/greece-debt-mess-gets-uglier-with-cds-at-decade-high-record-and-above-icelands-for-the-first-time-greece-banks-facing-big-withdrawals-sec-may-impose-order-reporting-requirement-on-high-speed-trad/feed/ 0 Wall Street traders faring better than CEO’s, Ex Citigroup bigs Prince and Rubin have some ’splainin to do to Congress; Vikram Pandit may make more than a buck a year yet; The SEC’s rocky road to changing its poor image; Los Angeles financial meltdown?; California’s pension fund mess; Apartment rents on the rise http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/wall-street-traders-faring-better-than-ceos-ex-citigroup-bigs-prince-and-rubin-have-some-splainin-to-do-to-congress-vikram-pandit-may-make-more-than-a-buck-a-year-yet-the-secs-rocky-road-to-c/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/wall-street-traders-faring-better-than-ceos-ex-citigroup-bigs-prince-and-rubin-have-some-splainin-to-do-to-congress-vikram-pandit-may-make-more-than-a-buck-a-year-yet-the-secs-rocky-road-to-c/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:34:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10102 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/04/wall-street-traders-faring-better-than-ceos-ex-citigroup-bigs-prince-and-rubin-have-some-splainin-to-do-to-congress-vikram-pandit-may-make-more-than-a-buck-a-year-yet-the-secs-rocky-road-to-c/feed/ 0 SEC insider trading case involving Deutsche Bank, Millennium Partners staffers tests if they can go after CDS trades; 3 BofA / Merrill Lynch women file discrimination lawsuit alleging they’re “second-class citizens”; Allen Stanford wants new lawyers…again; Obama set to announce new expanded plans for offshore drilling; Home price rebound over?; Schottenfeld pays to settle SEC’s Galleon lawsuit http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/sec-insider-trading-case-involving-deutsche-bank-millennium-partners-staffers-tests-if-they-can-go-after-cds-trades-3-bofa-merrill-lynch-women-file-discrimination-lawsuit-alleging-theyre-secon/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/sec-insider-trading-case-involving-deutsche-bank-millennium-partners-staffers-tests-if-they-can-go-after-cds-trades-3-bofa-merrill-lynch-women-file-discrimination-lawsuit-alleging-theyre-secon/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:49:32 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10089 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/sec-insider-trading-case-involving-deutsche-bank-millennium-partners-staffers-tests-if-they-can-go-after-cds-trades-3-bofa-merrill-lynch-women-file-discrimination-lawsuit-alleging-theyre-secon/feed/ 0 SEC on the hunt for banks that used Lehman repurchase games to hide liabilities; ex-IBM guy pleads guilty in Galleon insider trading case; BofA Merrill poised to expand; At least 17 smaller TARP wards of the state not doing so well; Moody’s, S&P win at least temporary reprieve in investors’ lawsuit; Lehman unsecured claims may fall; New iPhone to bypass AT&T said to be on the way http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/sec-on-the-hunt-for-banks-that-used-lehman-repurchase-games-to-hide-liabilities-ex-ibm-guy-pleads-guilty-in-galleon-insider-trading-case-bofa-merrill-poised-to-expand-at-least-17-smaller-tarp-wards/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/sec-on-the-hunt-for-banks-that-used-lehman-repurchase-games-to-hide-liabilities-ex-ibm-guy-pleads-guilty-in-galleon-insider-trading-case-bofa-merrill-poised-to-expand-at-least-17-smaller-tarp-wards/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:48:11 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10085 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/sec-on-the-hunt-for-banks-that-used-lehman-repurchase-games-to-hide-liabilities-ex-ibm-guy-pleads-guilty-in-galleon-insider-trading-case-bofa-merrill-poised-to-expand-at-least-17-smaller-tarp-wards/feed/ 0 Legg Mason’s Bill Miller is having a pretty good year so far; Appaloosa short sales getting probed by SEC, http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/legg-masons-bill-miller-is-having-a-pretty-good-year-so-far-appaloosa-short-sales-getting-probed-by-sec/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/legg-masons-bill-miller-is-having-a-pretty-good-year-so-far-appaloosa-short-sales-getting-probed-by-sec/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:59:43 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=10071 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/03/legg-masons-bill-miller-is-having-a-pretty-good-year-so-far-appaloosa-short-sales-getting-probed-by-sec/feed/ 0