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At the Treasury meeting, I commented that the insurers were better regulated for solvency than the banks. One of the reasons for that is that they do harder stress tests, and they look longer-term.
So, if one is trying to regulate banks for...
Things have been busy for me, so this final part should be short. What did I learn that I did not already know? Not much, except:
The Treasury wants to convince the public that it is doing its best, but that Congress is a slave to the Financial...
Now, none of us knew when we came that only bloggers were invited. Personally, I expected it to be a broader press briefing that some bloggers could come to as well. “Deep background” is well understood to the press, but new to bloggers. My...
One other blogger took his nameplate with him — I’m not sure who; the rest left theirs. But this is what was in front of each one of us as we sat down to discuss matters at the US Treasury. Treasury officials had similar nameplates. It dictated...
So, who did I recommend for the next meeting at the Treasury? (I think there will be one.)
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Wow, I don't even think the editor read this blog. David Merkel has one of the most intelligent, informative, and balanced financial blogs on the internet. There are only two blogs I check every day and one of them is the Aleph Blog.
David Merkel is one of the most knowledgable commentators on the markets. The breadth and depth of the commentary is almost unique - you probably won't get opinions of the same quality on accounting, bonds, currency, macroeconomics, and stocks from any other single source.
