SEC Bans Naked Shorting For All Securities
Press Release (17 Sep 2008)
Treasury Announces Debt Auctions for Fed
By Martin Crutsinger – Associated Press (17 Sep 2008)
The administration to consider whether the U.S. government should buy
distressed debt and mortgages:
Frank Mulls Resolution Trust-Like Agency For Bad Debt
By James Rowley – Bloomberg.com (15 Sep 2008)
Who’s Next After Lehman Brothers is Fed to The Wolves?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Sep 2008)
Money-Market Rates Double Amid Global Credit Seizure
By Gavin Finch & Kim-Mai Cutler – Bloomberg.com (16 Sep 2008)
Fed Chairman Sought Control of Commodity Prices
By Joshua Boak – Chicago Tribune (17 Sep 2008)
Chinese Government Paper Urges New World Financial Order
By Chris Buckley – Reuters (16 Sep 2008)
Treasury Bails Out Fed; Now Who Will Be Bailing Out Treasury?
U.S. Treasury Press Release (17 Sep 2008)
All Eyes on Fed Ahead of Next Meeting
By Ros Krasny – Reuters (15 Sep 2008)
Lehman Bankruptcy Breaks The Buck at Money-Market Fund
By Christopher Condon – Bloomberg News (16 Sep 2008)
U.S. Government To Buy 80% of AIG With $85 Billion Loan
CNBC.com (16 Sep 2008)
AIG Fears Halt Exchange-Traded Commodities
By Rose Murray-West – London Telegraph (16 Sep 2008)
Dissolving Lehman Brothers
Stockmarket-Implode (16 Sep 2008)
10 Ways to Protect Your Finances From the Crisis
By Brett Arends – Wall Street Journal (15 Sep 2008)
AIG Faces Cash Crisis As Stock Dives 61%
By Matthew Kzarnitschnig, et al – Wall Street Journal (16 Sep 2008)
JPMorgan Gave Lehman $138 Billion After Bankruptcy
By Tiffany Kary & Chris Scinta – Bloomberg.com (16 Sep 2008)
Commentary Regarding U.S. Government Takeover of Fannie Mae
Dodge & Cox – dodgeandcox.com (10 Sep 2008)
Imagine All The Fun They Must Have at The CFTC and SEC
By Dina Cappiello – Associated Press (10 Sep 2008)
PIMCO, Vanguard and Japanese Banks Face Billions in Losses on Lehman Bonds
By John Glover – Bloomberg News (15 Sep 2008)
Lehman Brothers Files For Chapter 11 Protection
By Vinnee Tong & Joe Bel Bruno – Associated Press (15 Sep 2008)
Lehman Fails But Market Cops Are Eating Doughnuts
By Jonathan Weil – Bloomberg News (15 Sep 2008)
Fed Holds Fresh AIG Crisis Talks
By Francesco Guerrera, et al – Financial Times (15 Sep 2008)
Wall Street Privatises U.S. Government: Be Very Afraid
By Charles Dumas – London Telegraph (14 Sep 2008)
Fed Lowers Standards for Collateral From Primary Dealers
Federal Reserve Board Press Release (14 Sep 2008)
Banks Announce $70 Billion Loan Program
By Joe Bel Bruno – Associated Press (14 Sep 2008)
Who Will Protect Us From Plunge Protection?
By Danny Schechter – CommonDreams.org (15 Sep 2008)
Fed Urging Morgan, Goldman to Lend AIG $70 Billion
By Joseph A. Giannone – Reuters (15 Sep 2008)
Fearing Lehman Bankruptcy, Derivatives Traders Hold Emergency Session
By Karen Brettell, et al – Reuters (14 Sep 2008)
No Deal Reached Yet to Decide Lehman’s Fate
By Carrick Mollenkamp, et al – Wall Street Journal (14 Sep 2008)
Fed, Treasury Brokering Deal to Rescue Lehman Brothers
Submitted by Chris Powell – GATA (12 Sep 2008)
U.S. Treasury Moves to Calm Japanese Investors
MarketWatch (11 Sep 2008)
Timely Wachovia GSE Stock Sales Draw Attention
By Paul Davis & Harry Terris – American Banker (11 Sep 2008)
Fed May Expand Funding in a ‘Mother of Year-Ends’
By Craig Torres & Liz Capo McCormick – Bloomberg.com (11 Sep 2008)
CFTC Acknowledges Possible Off-Market Commodity Price Manipulation
By Javier Blas – Financial TImes, London (11 Sep 2008)
Federal Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – At Wikipedia
Fed Holds Emergency Meeting On Market Developments
By Glenn Somerville – Reuters (12 Sep 2008)
Banking Woes Aren’t Just Hitting Giants
By Renuka Rayasam, The Kiplinger Letter (12 Sep 2008)
Lehman Tries to Soothe Wall Street With Asset Sale
By Joe Bel Bruno – Associated Press (10 Sep 2008)
Dodge & Cox Discloses 12.2% Stake in Fannie Mae
StreetInsider.com (8 Aug 2008)
Divestment Urged on CFIs
Press Release – Scoop Independent News (12 Sep 2008)
Morgan Chase to Acquire Washington Mutual
By John Poirier – Reuters (12 Sep 2008)
World’s Richest Got Even Richer Last Year: Report
By Joseph A. Giannone – Reuters (4 Sep 2008)
Mortgage Mess Seen Pushing China Away From Dollars
China Daily – Beijing (12 Sep 2008)
Lehman, AIG Rise in Bank Bond Risk to Highest Since March
By Shannon D. Harrington & Bryan Keogh – Bloomberg.com (11 Sep 2008)
Bank of England Refuses Permanent Support to Mortgage Lenders
By Edmund Conway – London Telegraph (11 Sep 2008)
Europe Stocks Slip as Banks Fall After Lehman Loss
Reuters (10 Sep 2008)
The Real Reason Commodities Are Tumbling
By John Heinzl – Globe and Mail Update (10 Sep 2008)
The Spending Explosion
Wall Street Journal (10 Sep 2008)
Insurers and Banks Face Huge CDS Losses
By Aline van Duyn – FinancialTimes.com (10 Sep 2008)
The Hidden Bailout Of $1.4 Trillion in Fannie / Freddit Credit-Default Swaps
By Daniel Amerman – SafeHaven.com (10 Sep 2008)
Put Frannie on Government Books, Congressional Budget Office Says
By Krishna Guha, et al – Financial Times, London (9 Sep 2008)
Shadowstats.com – Shadow Government Statistics