BLOG.JMHAMILTONPUBLISHING.COM: Monthly Archives for May 2010

“We suffered — and there’s no talking our way around it — a bitter defeat,” Mrs. Merkel said at a party news conference on Monday.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/11/2010 4:42 PM | Add Comment

“It was crucial to stop the panic, and this package has done it, but it doesn’t solve the longer-term problems which are slowly undermining the value of the euro,” Mr. Annunziata said. “If you’re not competitive, you can’t generate economic growth.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/11/2010 4:39 PM | Add Comment

“Lending more money to already overborrowed governments does not solve their problems,” Carl Weinberg, chief economist of High Frequency Economics in Valhalla, N.Y., said in a note.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/11/2010 4:39 PM | Add Comment

The Sovereign Debt Crisis is Sucking the Wind out of the Global Economy…. The “Can” Just Got Punted Down the Road!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2010 9:47 PM | Add Comment

Senator Blanche Lincoln - J.M. Hamilton's Person of the Year! Quite Simply Because Anybody Who Can Single Handedly Upset the Banking Industry and Wall Street on this Scale, Deserves Our Nation’s Gratitude!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2010 7:05 PM | Add Comment

The Great European Monetary/Fiscal Sugar High and the Weimar Republic! Here's a hint... the Buzz Won't Last!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2010 7:02 PM | Add Comment

Unmitigated Greed Sends Mercenary Battalions of Banker Lobbyist into the Halls of Congress to Fight Derivatives Reform...... One Supposes that Tax Payer Financed Bailouts and Free Money from the Fed Funds Window, Et Al., Are Not Enough for Wall St. Banks!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2010 6:50 PM | Add Comment

In Germany: Political Backlash Against Continued Bank Bailouts and the Bailout of Fiscally Irresponsible E.U. Members...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2010 6:42 PM | Add Comment

Bank Bailout II... The Bank Bailouts are Coming at a More Frequent Pace... Meaning the Politicians are Boxing Themselves into a Corner!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2010 6:31 PM | Add Comment

A VERY HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:15 AM | Add Comment

A Crisis is, indeed, a terrible thing to waste, and that's why it would be ideal if this administration set a national goal to burn nothing but 100% pure ethanol - in the nation's trucks and autos - within 10 Years. If Brazil Can Do it, So can the U.S.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:09 AM | Add Comment

"The slick, which has already come ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off southeast Louisiana, is projected to curl west in the next three days, threatening not only the Mississippi River Delta but also miles of Louisiana coastline to the west of the river.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:08 AM | Add Comment

"The situation in Florida was particularly telling. The incoming Republican leaders of the State Legislature were backing drilling in state waters just off the coast."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:07 AM | Add Comment

Given BP's Safety Record, Why Should BP Be Allowed to Continue to Operate on U.S. Soil and U.S. Waters?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:04 AM | Add Comment

The Roots of the Taliban Movement Rest in Waziristan...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:03 AM | Add Comment

William H. Gross, managing director of Pimco, the bond manager: “Now, fear is back in play.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/9/2010 9:01 AM | Add Comment

Whistling Past the Graveyard? In some ways, 2010 is worse that 2008...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/8/2010 10:21 AM | Add Comment

Ted Kaufman (D., Del.) likes to say, "Liquidity is important, but it is always trumped by fairness and transparency." The markets need transparency now.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/8/2010 10:08 AM | Add Comment

"... for even the most unreconstructed bull, the lights, for the moment, anyway, have switched from bright green to glaring yellow."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/8/2010 9:59 AM | Add Comment

Greater Transparency of the Derivatives Market, A Clearing House, Might Provide Clues as to Thursday Like Sell-Off...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/8/2010 8:47 AM | Add Comment

Diagram of Exchanges

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/8/2010 8:47 AM | Add Comment

"The initial focus of the investigations appeared to center on the way a growing number of high-speed trading networks interact with one another and with venerable exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/8/2010 8:46 AM | Add Comment

Retro Blog: A Mysterious Reticence!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 7:07 PM | Add Comment

Greenspan shares blame for the crisis by keeping interest rates too low for too long, according to critics including Allan Meltzer, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 6:57 PM | Add Comment

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. holds warrants that entitle the insurance and holding company to buy 7.6 percent of the company’s stock, while BlackRock Inc. had a 6.1 percent stake as of March 8, the proxy said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 6:55 PM | Add Comment

"As for CDOs -- a.k.a. 'Chernobyl Death Obligations' -- they must be heavily regulated if not banned."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 6:54 PM | Add Comment

"... with opinion polls signaling that the majority of Germans are against aiding Greece."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 6:53 PM | Add Comment

Results have stabilized at remaining insurance units and the company may recover by year- end from junk status assigned to its stand-alone credit, Standard & Poor’s said last month.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 6:52 PM | Add Comment

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times today that he is “increasingly convinced” Greece will quit the bloc.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/7/2010 6:51 PM | Add Comment

The Question is Not What Caused the Sell Off, which Has Been Long Overdue... The Question is Whom, or What, Waded into the Market to Arrest the Fall...??? Could It have been the Fed through Its Itermediaries... the Wall Street Banks?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:10 PM | Add Comment

"China is 'on a treadmill to hell.' "

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:09 PM | Add Comment

Crude Drops to $60... But the Price Remains Fixed at the Pump!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:08 PM | Add Comment

Paulson and Geithner Advocates for Too Big To Fail Banks!!!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:06 PM | Add Comment

"After we crashed and burned, there’s one landing slot?”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:05 PM | Add Comment

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, were investigating what the S.E.C. called “unusual trading activity that took place briefly this afternoon.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:04 PM | Add Comment

The PE Shuffle...Debt for All and Profits for a Few!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/6/2010 9:03 PM | Add Comment

The European Union’s financial services commissioner to visit with Geithner, Wall Street, Private Equity and Hedge Funds. After which, the Commissioner Plans to Burn His Clothing!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/5/2010 8:17 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Grassley added: “If a TARP tax is imposed and the money is simply spent, that doesn’t repay taxpayers one cent for TARP losses. It’s just more tax-and-spend big government, while taxpayers foot the bill for Washington’s out-of-control spending.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/5/2010 8:07 PM | Add Comment

“Mr. Metter vigorously denies the charges brought against him today by the government,” his lawyer said in a phone interview. “He looks forward to his day in court, where he is confident that he will be fully vindicated.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/5/2010 7:59 PM | Add Comment

Bye Bye Euro... You Will Be Missed...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/5/2010 6:45 PM | Add Comment

As Europe and China Drift Into Chaos.... The Dollar Remains a Safe Haven, which should Hold Inflation in Check. Time to Leave The Stock Market?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/5/2010 6:38 PM | Add Comment

"They need to take some significant steps to stem the tide of what is happening right now and try to reposition themselves.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/3/2010 7:14 PM | Add Comment

“The Dodd bill is almost entirely irrelevant,” Mr. Vigilante said in a telephone interview. “All it does is strengthen what we’ve had for years,” a system that depends on judgments made by regulators behind closed doors.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/3/2010 7:02 PM | Add Comment

Another Bailout for European Banks?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/3/2010 7:01 PM | Add Comment

Where's the "Drill Baby Drill!" Quoir and Duo, Palin and McCain?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/3/2010 6:59 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Munger Gets It, but One Wonders if Warren Does? Omaha's Link to Wall Street!

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/2/2010 8:14 AM | Add Comment

A Shift in Emphasis at the Fed...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/2/2010 8:13 AM | Add Comment

Experts point out that ducking taxes is part of a broader culture of bribery and corruption that is deeply entrenched.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/2/2010 8:12 AM | Add Comment

Yet Another Bubble....But Who's Propping Up The Stock Market?.... The Fed?

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 10:08 AM | Add Comment

"Could Goldman Go the Way of Drexel?" --- Probably Not, but We Can Certainly Hope that Mr. Blankfein Finds the Exit...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 10:00 AM | Add Comment

"Now the question is, Will the jobs follow?"

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 9:59 AM | Add Comment

"That, Democrats say, makes most auto dealers enough of a financial company to fall under the new bureau."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 9:56 AM | Add Comment

In a floor speech, Mrs. Boxer again rejected the Republican criticism, although her amendment suggested that there might have been some reason to question the possibility of future bailouts.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 4:10 AM | Add Comment

If You have Under the Age of, say 50, and You have been Paying Into Social Security All Your Life... You are in for a Tremendous Disappointment...

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 4:03 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

"In any event, firms like Goldman and Morgan Stanley can always give up their commercial-banking licenses—which they took out only in 2008, to secure funding from the Fed—knowing that the government would almost certainly still bail them out."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 4:01 AM | Add Comment

"The financial impact of Goldman’s troubles continues to mount. Since the Securities and Exchange Commission announced on April 16 that it had filed a civil fraud suit against the firm, its stock is down more than 20 percent..."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/1/2010 3:59 AM | Add Comment

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