February 8, 2009

Bond Market Calls Fed's Bluff

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's dalliance with bullishness ("Glimmers of Hope") last week didn't last long: Bond market calls Fed's bluff as global economy falls apart Global bond markets are calling the bluff of the US Federal Reserve. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Last Updated:...

Random Broken Company Logos

Amusing collection of broken company logos sent to me by a reader. if anyone knows the original source, send me a note or leave a comment and I will attribute these appropriately.   [Update] It seems that the source is...

Random Credit Crisis Photo Du Jour

From a reader, an appropriately named Scandinavian bank:...

Getting “Wonkish” on the Great Depression

Good (if somewhat wonkish) post from “A Fistful of Euros” on the trouble with purely monetary analysis of the current credit crisis, its causes, and its prognosis. Has anyone else noticed that the current crisis sheds light on one of...

Congress Spooked in September By Massive Financial System Run Underway?

Everyone remembers that Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke went into a closed session in Congress in mid-September of 2008 and scared the crap out of the assembled politicians. According to a (very rough) transcript of a semi-coherent Rep. Paul Kanjorski...
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