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Bank Securitization Woes Only the Beginning

Yves Smith Feb 8, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Goldman Sachs vs AIG

Barry Ritholtz Feb 8, 2010

US EconoMonitor

Who's Killing Financial Reform

Robert Reich Feb 8, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Debunking Some AIG/FED/CDO Theories

Yves Smith Feb 5, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Causation Analysis: What “But Fors” Caused the Crisis ?

Barry Ritholtz Feb 5, 2010

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

RGE's Wednesday Note - Obama’s Recent Regulatory and Fiscal Proposals

Elisa Parisi-Capone, Parul Walia, and Arpitha Bykere Feb 3, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Where’s the Bubble: Stocks or Bonds?

Barry Ritholtz Feb 2, 2010

US EconoMonitor

Volcker Rule: Dead on Arrival? And is Obama a Lame Duck?

Yves Smith Feb 2, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Populism

Simon Johnson Jan 31, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Volcker Rule Chatter

Barry Ritholtz Jan 31, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

The CEO Pay Slice

Lucian Bebchuk Jan 29, 2010

US EconoMonitor

The Good, the Bad and the Irrelevant

Models & Agents Jan 26, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Bailouts: Catching a Falling Knife

Edward Harrison Jan 25, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Botox Cures – Part 1

Satyajit Das Jan 25, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Is the “Volcker Rule” More than a Marketing Slogan?

Simon Johnson Jan 24, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Please, Listen to the Man

Daniel Alpert Jan 21, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Why Obama is Now (finally) Getting Tough on Wall Street

Robert Reich Jan 21, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Obama to Propose Rules to Restrict Proprietary Trading

Yves Smith Jan 21, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

Obama Proposes Volcker-Style Financial Reform

Mark Thoma Jan 21, 2010

Finance & Markets Monitor

On Goldman’s (and Now Morgan Stanley’s) Deceptive Synthetic CDO Practices

Yves Smith Dec 30, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Pomboy: A Looming New Credit-Bust

Barry Ritholtz Dec 28, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Should Investment Firms Bet Against Their Clients?

Barry Ritholtz Dec 24, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Who Should be Bailed Out?

Lucian Bebchuk Dec 21, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Is Investment Depressed by an "Anti-Business" Climate?

Jeffrey Frankel Dec 21, 2009

Emerging Markets Monitor

China Bank Fraud Shock - Not

China Economist Dec 16, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Wake Up, Gentlemen

Simon Johnson Dec 15, 2009

Europe EconoMonitor

Bank Collapse in Austria Brings Debt in Eastern Europe Center Stage

Edward Harrison Dec 15, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Investors Should Control Financial Regulation

Ann Lee Dec 15, 2009

US EconoMonitor

We Face a Real Challenge in Dealing with that Feeling that the Crisis is Over

Mark Thoma Dec 13, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Matt Taibbi: Obama’s Big Sellout

Edward Harrison Dec 11, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Gerry Corrigan’s Case for Large Integrated Financial Groups

Simon Johnson Dec 9, 2009

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

CoCos: No Antidote to Go-Go Boom-Bust Cycles

Jennifer Kapila and Arnab Das Dec 8, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Stiglitz: Too Big to Live

Mark Thoma Dec 8, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Bankers had Cashed in Before the Music Stopped

Lucian Bebchuk Dec 7, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

The Importance of Capital Requirements

James Kwak Dec 7, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Measuring the Fiscal Costs of Not Fixing the Financial System

Simon Johnson Dec 7, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Did Bank Executives Lose Enough to Learn their Lesson?

Mark Thoma Dec 7, 2009

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

Latin American CDS: Fully Recovered, What are the Risks?

Alejandro Rivera, Elisa Parisi-Capone and Bertrand Delgado Nov 17, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Operation Direct Growth: The New Avenue to Redevelop the Real Economy

Carlo Resta Nov 16, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Ratings Reform is Easy – Just follow the conflicts of interest

Joseph Mason Nov 6, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Does Financial Innovation Promote Economic Growth?

Rick Bookstaber Nov 4, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

How Goldman Bet on a Housing Crash

Barry Ritholtz Nov 3, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

If Infrastructure Investment is Hot, Why Can’t Funds Raise Money?

Monika Brown Oct 29, 2009

Europe EconoMonitor

Beyond the Consensus on European Bank Credit

Edward Hugh Oct 28, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

What if Regulating Executive Pay Doesn’t Work? A Brief Primer on the Limits to Knowledge in Corporate Governance Research

Joseph Mason Oct 27, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Why Do Bankers Make So Much Money?

Rick Bookstaber Oct 23, 2009

Finance & Markets Monitor

Why Would Anyone Believe Bank Earnings Yet?

Joseph Mason Oct 20, 2009

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Munchau: Next Crisis Coming Sooner Than You Think

Yves Smith Oct 19, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Public Trust has Economic Consequences

Mark Thoma Oct 16, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Reducing Incentives for Risk-Taking

Lucian Bebchuk Oct 13, 2009

US EconoMonitor

The Problem with Financial Services Compensation (AIG/Pay Czar Edition)

Yves Smith Oct 12, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Unblocking Corporate Governance Reform

Lucian Bebchuk Oct 1, 2009

US EconoMonitor

An Inside Look at How Goldman Sachs Lobbies the Senate

Mark Thoma Sep 30, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Economy Stabilizes but Employment to Lag

John Graham and Kate O'Sullivan Sep 25, 2009

US EconoMonitor

The 7 Habits of Highly Suspicious Hedge Funds

Rick Bookstaber Sep 18, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Meritocracy on Wall Street

Barry Ritholtz Sep 15, 2009

US EconoMonitor

A Window into the Hidden Workings of our Financial System

Fabius Maximus Aug 12, 2009

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

Credit Markets Update: Fundamentals Driven or Too Much Liquidity?

Elisa Parisi-Capone Aug 12, 2009

Daily Digest

Analysis

Scary View from China's Financing Platforms

Caixin  Zhang Yuzhe, Zhang Man, Fang Huilei and Yu Jing Feb 8, 2010

Analysis

Sweden: Credit and financing terms in the business sector

National Institute of Economic Research (Sweden)  Jan 28, 2010

Analysis

The EPS/Revenue Relationship

Standards and Poor's  Sam Stovall Jan 27, 2010

News

Cadbury and Kraft agree £11.9bn deal

FT  Lina Saigol and Jenny Wiggins Jan 19, 2010

News

M&A Outperformed Market in 2009

Wall Street Journal (subscription)  Liam Vaughan Jan 18, 2010

Blogs

Cheer up M&A banker, 2010 should be better than 2004

FT Alphaville Blog  Paul Murphy Jan 12, 2010

News

Cadbury is Worth More

Wall Street Journal  Matthew Curtin Jan 12, 2010

Analysis

Bond rally continues but risks lie ahead

Financial Times  Jan 12, 2010

News

Rate rise fears spark rush to issue bonds

Financial Times  Jennifer Hughes Jan 11, 2010

News

Speculative default rates decrease, Moody’s says

FTAlphaville  Tracy Alloway Jan 11, 2010

News

New fund to buy toxic assets in Eastern Europe

EurActiv  Jan 11, 2010

Analysis

M&A Market Ends 2009 Optimistically

Wall Street Journal  Jan 8, 2010

News

Kraft sweetens Cadbury takeover offer

Financial Times  Adam Jones and Haig Simonian Jan 5, 2010

News

Novartis Aims to Buy Alcon From Nestle, Shareholders (Update3)

Bloomberg  Dermot Doherty Jan 4, 2010

News

Novartis Seeks Full Control of Alcon

Wall Street Journal  Anita Greil Jan 4, 2010

News

Venture capital flows in sync with oil

Deutsche Bank Research  Thomas Meyer Jan 4, 2010

News

World Credit Market Shrinks First Time in 15 Years, Mizuho Says

Bloomberg  Yusuke Miyazawa Dec 30, 2009

News

Energy, Financials May Lead Rebound in Takeovers, Survey Shows

Bloomberg  Zachary R. Mider Dec 23, 2009

Analysis

Bank relationships and firms’ financial performance: The Italian experience

Bank of Finland  Iftekhar Hasan, Annalisa Castelli and Gerald P Dwyer Dec 16, 2009

News

As Cadbury Chances Fade, Kraft Looking Tasty

Wall Street Journal  Brett Arends Dec 15, 2009

News

HSBC, Bank of Nova Scotia Said to Bid for Siam Bank

Bloomberg  Cathy Chan Dec 16, 2009

Opinions

Australia: Some Comments on Bank Funding

Reserve Bank of Australia  Ric Battellino Dec 16, 2009

News

Gassing Up Exxon's Tank

Wall Street Journal  Liam Denning Dec 15, 2009

Analysis

'Golden age' for Canadian banks as profits soar

Financial Times  Christopher Mason Dec 9, 2009

News

Bank of Nova Scotia Profit Rises on Investment Bank

Bloomberg  Sean Pasternak Dec 8, 2009

News

Look for More M&A to Come: Pressure on Companies to Spend Again

WSJ Deal Blog  Liam Denning Dec 7, 2009

News

Royal Bank of Canada Profit Rises on Consumer Lending

Bloomberg  Doug Alexander Dec 4, 2009

News

Deutsche Bank chief suggests equity fund for Germany

Financial Times  James Wilson Dec 3, 2009

News

It’s Official: Comcast To Buy Control Of NBCU From GE

Barron's  Eric Savitz Dec 3, 2009

News

Comcast, GE Strike Deal; Vivendi to Sell NBC Stake

WSJ  Nat Worden Dec 3, 2009

News

European corporate defaults to stay high

Financial Times  Anousha Sakoui Dec 2, 2009

News

Toronto-Dominion, CIBC Profits Top Analyst Estimates

Bloomberg  Doug Alexander and Sean Pasternak Dec 2, 2009

News

CIBC profit beats expectations

Globe and Mail  Andrew Willis Dec 3, 2009

News

S&P says European companies face $1.5 trillion funding shortfall next year

Telegraph  Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Dec 2, 2009

Analysis

U.S. Corporate Capital Expenditure Study: Maximizing Free Cash Flow for Financial Flexibility

FitchRatings (free registration)  Michael Weaver and Mark Sadeghian et al Dec 1, 2009

News

Global M&A steams past $300bn on Buffett railway deal

Financial News  Liam Vaughan Dec 1, 2009

Analysis

Infrastructure and project financing in Italy: The (possible) role of the regulation

Bank of Italy  Cristina Giorgiantonio and Valentina Giovanniello Nov 1, 2009

Analysis

U.S. Drugs The Pharmaceutical Valuation Weekly & Catalyst Calendar

Citi Global Markets  John Boris Nov 30, 2009

News

Canada: Q3 2009 Preliminary Corporate Profits

Statistics Canada  Nov 25, 2009

News

Saab Faces Scrapheap as Sale Fails

Wall Street Journal  John D. Stoll Nov 23, 2009

Blogs

ETFs: This Market Double Is No Bubble

The Motley Fool  Dan Caplinger Nov 9, 2009

Analysis

Emerging Market ETFs: Five Ways to Play

Investment U Research  Tony Daltorio Oct 21, 2009

News

GM Plan to Sell Saab Unit Collapses

WSJ  John Stoll Nov 24, 2009

News

BMO Financial to buy Diners Club N. American ops

Teck Ticker  Nov 24, 2009

Analysis

Cadbury is Sweet on Takeover by Hershey

Financial Times  Jenny Wiggins Nov 22, 2009

News

Hershey Trustees Back Cadbury Bid

WSJ  Nov 21, 2009

News

Short shrift

Breaking Views  George Hay Nov 20, 2009

Opinions

Hershey-Ferrero-Cadbury: Pick 'n' mix

BreakingViews  Christopher Hughes Nov 20, 2009

Analysis

China’s banks face overseas pitfalls

Financial Times  Jamil Anderlini Nov 19, 2009

Analysis

Canada Weekly Notes Nov 23 – 27

Citi Global Markets  Dana Peterson Nov 20, 2009

Analysis

US Equity Strategy: Credit Comes Calling Port Strat Excerpt

Citi Global Markets  Tobias Levkovich Nov 19, 2009

News

Colombia To Sell Up To 15% Stake In Ecopetrol-Finance Minister

Wall Street Journal  Dow Jones Newswires and Inti Landauro Nov 18, 2009

Analysis

GPS Monthly: What To Do in the Long Wait for Tightening

CIBC World Markets  Mohammed Ahmed et al Nov 18, 2009

News

'Carve Out' IPOs Surge

WSJ  Radi Khasawneh and Liam Vaughan Nov 18, 2009

Opinions

Executive Compensation: Taming the Stock Option Game

Project Syndicate  Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried Nov 18, 2009

News

Cadbury

Financial Times Lex  Nov 18, 2009

Blogs

Leveraging Big-Time by Local Development Companies

Elite Chinese Politics and Political Economy  Victor Shih Nov 18, 2009

News

Hershey, Ferrero Face Limits

WSJ  Matthew Curtin Nov 18, 2009

Opinions

The M&A Market Could be Ripe to Explore

The Pragmatic Capitalist  Sep 22, 2009

Analysis

Chance of Great Depression Now 5%...

Bradford Delong  Brad DeLong Nov 17, 2009

News

China to Let Banks Invest in Listed Bonds

Wall Street Journal  Frank Zhang and Wang Ming Nov 12, 2009

Blogs

After Slow Start, DIP Lending Is in Full Swing

DealBook  Nov 12, 2009

News

November Starts Strong for M&A

WSJ  Jessica Papini Nov 3, 2009

News

Defaults as Prepackaged Bankruptcies Show Bondholder New Normal

Bloomberg  John Detrixhe and Kristen Haunss Nov 11, 2009

Analysis

In China's Growth Story, Credit as Villain?

Wall Street Journal  Mark Gongloff Nov 10, 2009

Blogs

Loans for China’s Young Entrepreneurs

WSJ China Real Time Report  Gao Sen Nov 10, 2009

News

Brazil's Bradesco sees defaults down to 4 pct

Reuters  Elzio Barreto Nov 4, 2009

News

Telefonica Boosts GVT Bid to $3.99 Billion to Fend Off Vivendi

Paul Tobin and Laura Price  Bloomberg Nov 4, 2009

News

Petrobras Signs $10 Billion Loan Accord With China

Bloomberg  Francisco Marcelino Nov 4, 2009

Research

Short Selling Regulation after the Financial Crisis - First Principles Revisited

Swiss Finance Institute Research  Alexander Wagner, Seraina Gruenewald and Rolf Weber Aug 4, 2009

Analysis

Securities Lending and Short Sale Roundtable

SEC  Sep 30, 2009

News

Cemex Should Have Financed ‘More Conservatively’: Week Ahead

Bloomberg  Thomas Black Nov 2, 2009

Opinions

The End of Foreign Investment in Russia?

Forbes.com  Raymond Fisman and Eric Werker Oct 29, 2009

Blogs

Small-Business Lending Getting Smaller

WSJ China Real Time Report  Andrew Batson Oct 28, 2009

Analysis

Monetary policy, credit flows and small and medium-sized enterprises

ECB  Speech by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi Oct 27, 2009