Category: Market Regulation
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Washington Moves to Muzzle Wall Street / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson writes: This was the week that Washington decided to muzzle Wall Street. Specifically, the Obama administration revealed a sweeping series of new proposed regulations and reforms — all designed to prevent the next great financial catastrophe.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Obama’s Financial System Overhaul Would Give the Fed Broad Powers Over Wall Street / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: U.S. President Barack Obama took a swipe at Wall Street yesterday (Wednesday) as he unveiled a sweeping 85-page proposal to reinvigorate government regulation of the U.S. financial markets by giving the Federal Reserve new powers to supervise the economy.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Regulatory Overhaul Equal Summers Job Creation Program? / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Axel_Merk
Today, the Administration is sharing its vision for the future of the financial system. To us, it seems more like a job creation program for Lawrence Summers, the Director of the White House’s National Economic Council. It’s long been rumored that he wants the top job at the Federal Reserve (Fed) should Fed Chief Bernanke’s term not be renewed in early 2010. Summers, a former Treasury Secretary, and known for his hands-on, at times confrontational approach, seems an odd fit for what is traditionally a job for calmer spirits.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Wall Street vs. Main Street: The Regulatory Battle Begins Tomorrow / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner says the Obama administration’s overhaul of U.S. financial regulations is aimed at creating a “boring” financial system.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
SEC Shame / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Mike_Stathis
Many of you who have followed me and read my most recent books (The Wall Street Investment Bible/2009 and America’s Financial Apocalypse/2006 & 2007) know that I feel the SEC is beyond useless. In my opinion, the agency works for Wall Street.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Goldman Repayment of TARP Risks U.S. Governments Ability to Regulate Economy / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Pravda
Americans who even bother to examine the vanishing Twenty Dollar bills in their wallets are usually pretty clueless about the crusty old guy looking back at them. Few bother to wonder who he was or what he did to get his mug shot there. ‘Some President from back in the olden day’ is usually about the extent of the musing, if any.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
U.S. Banking System Regulators Clash Over Bank Stress Test / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Mike_Shedlock
Stress is building over the stress test as Bank Regulators Clash Over Endgame.
Read full article... Read full article...The U.S. Treasury and financial regulators are clashing with each other over how to disclose results from the stress tests of 19 U.S. banks, with some officials concerned at potential damage to weaker institutions.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Geithner's Thirst for Greater Regulatory Powers and Sir Alan of Selective Amnesia / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Rob_Kirby
March 24, 2009 , I sat, watched and listened as U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke gave sworn televised testimony to a U.S. Senate Banking Committee.
The gist of the testimony and solutions posed by both Geithner and Bernanke were that the Federal Reserve / Treasury combo be mandated more regulatory power to cure the existing financial crisis and prevent future financial disasters from occurring – because their existing mandate was inadequate.
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Monday, March 02, 2009
SEC Market Regulation and FAS 157 Contributions Towards Financial Markets Chaos / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Frank_Holmes
Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences - Not long ago, financial regulators told Congress that the year-old accounting rule known as FAS 157 had little to do with last year's string of high-profile bank failures. This blanket exoneration, however, is not supported by the evidence.
While I don't think FAS 157 is the only reason for the problems encountered by banks, brokerages and other financial firms, it seems that this rule and other regulatory actions may have played an unintended yet significant role by exaggerating the risks associated with the banks' heavily leveraged balance sheets.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Global Investors' Bill Of Rights May Prevent Economic Déjà Vu / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Steve_Selengut
The purpose of IBOR is to protect financial markets and to create self-sufficient investors who produce economic growth instead of government deficits. IBOR standards create transparent financial markets, regulate speculation, and protect retirement portfolios. Here's a Summary:Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Gold Price Manipulation Further Forensic Examination / Commodities / Market Regulation
By: Rob_Kirby
Borrowing from the axiom that, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” today we are going to view the incredulity of recent macro-economic events with the aid of charts and graphs. First up is a chart of the price of gold [POG] over the past year with a few “milestones” pasted in for good measure: Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Death Agony of Thatcherism Deregulated Financial System Model / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: F_William_Engdahl
During the end of the 1970's into the 1980's British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the City of London financial interests who backed her, introduced wholesale measures of privatization, state budget cuts, moves against labor and deregulation of the financial markets. She did so in parallel with similar moves in the USA initiated by advisers around President Ronald Reagan. The claim was that hard medicine was needed to curb inflation and that the bloated state bureaucracy was a central problem. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Fed Manipulating Market Prices, Gold, Oil and Bonds / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Rob_Kirby
Questions Begging Answers - To say that markets have been behaving “strangely” recently is an understatement. In recent weeks and months we've been witness to historic lows in sovereign interest rates in-the-face-of record amounts of debt being issued by governments? We've seen the price of gold behave counter intuitively by “not rising” in-the-face-of unprecedented systemic global economic malaise? Last, but not least, we've witnessed a “complete flip-flop” in the traditional pricing of Brent Crude Oil [IPE-London] versus West Texas Intermediate [NYMEX-N.Y.]? Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 19, 2009
How a Regulatory Makeover Can Fix the Financial Crisis / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama: How a Regulatory Makeover Can Fix the Financial Crisis
Mr. President-Elect:
The people of the United States have spoken. Their collective voice resonates loudly and overwhelmingly in praise of your vision and promises for America the beautiful.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
How Financial Markets Deregulation Picked Our Pockets / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: “I have a funny feeling that we're not in Kansas, anymore.” Like Dorothy's sublime observation of the surreal in “The Wizard of Oz,” our taking stock of where we are in the vortex of this economic tornado leads us to the same scary observation.
It also forces us to ask some tough questions – questions for which there may be no simple answers. Key among them:
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Monday, November 03, 2008
The Moral Hazard of Financial Markets Regulation / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
Since the bailout bill passed, I have been frequently disturbed to hear "experts" wrongly blaming the free market for our recent economic problems and calling for more regulation. In fact, further regulation can only make things worse.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, October 31, 2008
The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part 4/4 / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Steve_Selengut
SIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and Education, (3) Protection from Speculators (4) Control of Hedge Funds, (5) Brokerage Account Statements, (6) Retirement Account Investments, (7) Executive Compensation, (8) Corporate Financial Statements, (9) Taxation of Investment and Retirement Income, and (10) Transactional Greed and Fear Controls. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part 3/4 / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Steve_Selengut
SIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and Education, (3) Protection from Speculators (4) Control of Hedge Funds, (5) Brokerage Account Statements, (6) Retirement Account Investments, (7) Executive Compensation, (8) Corporate Financial Statements, (9) Taxation of Investment and Retirement Income, and (10) Transactional Greed and Fear Controls.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part 2/4 / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Steve_Selengut
SIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and Education, (3) Protection from Speculators (4) Control of Hedge Funds, (5) Brokerage Account Statements, (6) Retirement Account Investments, (7) Executive Compensation, (8) Corporate Financial Statements, (9) Taxation of Investment and Retirement Income, and (10) Transactional Greed and Fear Controls. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, October 24, 2008
Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part One of Four / Stock-Markets / Market Regulation
By: Steve_Selengut
We the securities investors of the United States, in order to form more transparent financial markets, establish effective regulations, defend against destructive speculation and manipulation, promote financial well-being, preserve working capital, and protect retirement income, do establish this Securities Investors Bill of Rights and Protections (SIBORAP). Read full article... Read full article...