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For Chicago's 2016 Olympics Bid It is Lose Small Now or Lose Bigger Later - The Economy Article - olympics, barack obam

Good article about the Chicago Olympic bid read more »
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Why I am shorting PALM. - Stocks - Options - Mutual Funds Article - iphone, aapl, rimm

Good article from a PALM short. read more »
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How GM Bankruptcy Filing Impacts GMAC and Ally Bank - Corporate News Article - gmac, ally bank, gm bankruptcy

Information about the solvency of GMAC- now Ally- in light of the GM bankruptcy read more »
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The American Bankers Association Asks FDIC To End Bank Competition By Forcing Ally Bank to Lower Deposit Rates - Savings

The American Banker's Association sent a ltter to the FDIC's Sheila Bair on May 27th, requesting the agency take action to force Ally Bank to lower[...] read more »
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Stimulus Programs - US, Federal Reserve, States, Foreign

Great coverage of the ever changing government stimulus read more »
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Bank Profits Somehow Increasing Even Though Economy Worsening

So here's an interesting question: how are bank profits increasing when the economy and many of the loans written by the banks are in worse shape th[...] read more »
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Wells Fargo Profits on the Backs of Savers

Wells Fargo posted a first quarter profit today that exceeded analysts expectations. CFO Howard Atkins came right out and said it was because they ar[...] read more »
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CV Therapeutics gets buyout offer

Cardiologist blogger gives his thought on the potential takeover of CV Therapeutics by Astellas read more »
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Smith Barney Pulling Out the Stops to Delay Transfers - Trying to Stop a Run on the Bank

I've been trying to move large amounts of money out of Smith Barney to the higher yielding online savings
and CD accounts. This week, Smith Barney [...] read more »
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Has citibank entered the death spiral

Article predict the eminent collapse of Citi. Probably right.
I guess there is still a little room to play the short side on this one. read more »
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Madoff Holds the Cards

Good article about why Madoff isn't in jail. read more »
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Munis not safe investments as assumed.

Problems in the muni market.
Not surprising: The same broker who got me into Auction rate securitires right before they blew up has been hyping m[...] read more »
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Corruption in Munipical bond business is rampant.

Article discusses claims that munipical bond market is corrupt. Sounds like the next shoe to drop is the unfolding financial scandal. read more »
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Yale's David Swenson sees enourmous opportunity in markets and debt

Swenson is the best of the best and he sees great opportunity. Lets hope he is right. read more »
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GMAC converted to Bank Holding company- Good NEws for GMAC

I recently took a chance on a CD from GMAC- good to see that I wont have to deal with an FDIC bailout situation. read more »
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