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Merrill Lynch Alums Put LBO Plans On Hold
Posted By: John Carney
Former Merrill Lynch executives have put plans to buy their old firm on hold, according to people familiar with the matter.
“Contract with America” Redux?
Posted By: Ash Bennington
Jobless Jump. New Claims Rise; Last Week’s Numbers Revised Slightly Downward(CNBC)
Jack Bogle — The Failure of Capitalism, Double Dip Is a Reality
Posted By: Lori Ann LaRocco
The drum beat toward the mid-term elections is quickening: 39 days and counting folks!
The disgust over the state of our nation's politicians can be heard on grocery store lines and around water coolers in our great nation.
The uncertainty over the election outcome is still there and investors are waging on a big GOP win. But is that the safe bet?
I decided to talk to one of my contacts who has seen his share of economic uncertainty—Jack Bogle, Founder of Vanguard and the author of a new book "Reflections on Investment Illusions, Indexing, Capitalism, "Mutual" Funds, , Idealism, and More ". We started off our discussion looking at how capitalism has changed. I asked him how does he define capitalism now.
Dick Bove Bids Good Riddance to Larry Summers
Posted By: Ash Bennington
Dick Bove published an open letter today where he analyzed the root causes of the financial crisis — and concluded with an assessment that Larry Summers, then Director of the National Economic Council, was “not effective in his position.”
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Lawrence Summers, Director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council
Bove writes that the problems in housing and on Wall Street were the result — not the cause of — the financial crisis. Instead, Bove argues, the source of the financial collapse was economic policies that led to excessive consumption, and insufficient production, in economic mix. (In his view, our trade imbalance led U.S. consumers to borrow money to buy foreign goods; the foreign beneficiaries of our trade policy then lent that money back to us, where we proceeded to overinflate the cost of housing with borrowed capital.)
No Inflation? Somebody Forgot to Tell These Guys
Posted By: Jeff Cox
Economists, strategists and Helicopter Ben Bernanke may not think much of inflation these days, but investors—well, that’s another story.
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A look at equity fund movements is showing a clear preference for stuff you can hold in your hands or run your fingers through or just feel beneath your feet — in other words, classic inflation plays.
Indeed, precious metals and real estate are all the rage.
Real estate funds are tops in terms of asset preference this year in the specialty equity fund category, according to the latest weekly data from TrimTabs. They are followed closely by precious metals funds.
Can an ETF Collapse?
Posted By: Herb Greenberg
The question of whether an ETF can collapse is the focus of a fascinating new report by Bogan Associates, an under-the-radar investment firm in Boston.
Jim Lockhart on "The Wonder Twins of Disaster"
Posted By: Lori Ann LaRocco
Its the classic jumping of the gun — just when people start uttering the cliched words could they be seeing the "light at the end of the tunnel" in the real estate market, some economic data elongates the tunnel that the real estate market is in.
Personally, I hate jumping to conclusions and I find it funny after the financial crisis so many people still do. I guess they haven't learned; or they're blinded by hope.
I wasn't too surprised when I saw the data that while housing starts jumped 10.5% in August there was a huge disparity between multifamly and new single-family homes. Why? Because I listen to my contacts.
Richard LeFrak who was on Squawk Box not too long ago was telling me how strong the multi-family market was we even had a segment on air about. The trend he was seeing was so strong he acquired three thousand units on the West Coast over the Summer.
Basel III Throws a Sucker Punch at Goldman and Morgan Stanley
Posted By: Ash Bennington
Basel III may have a bigger impact than expected on Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
It's not the straight changes to Tier 1 capital requirements that are going to hurt, according to a report out of DB yesterday — it's the regulatory interpretation of risk-weight to varied assets classes that may sting.
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In his daily CNBC.com-only video clip, recorded today after the close of NYSE trading, Art Cashin of UBS talks with Bob Pisani about the factors helping stocks recover from a negative opening. (3:05)