Money & Markets – Week of 12.07.14

‘Houston, We Have a Problem’
Bloomberg | 10 December 2014
It appears that the US is on the verge…

Insider Trading Prosecutions Just Got Harder as Court Raises Bar
Bloomberg | 10 December 2014
He didn’t tell the jury that…

Fed Aims to Signal Shift on Low Rates–Update
NASDAQ | 08 December 2014
If Fed officials do scrap…

Can the ‘Presidential Cycle’ Boost Stocks?
WSJ | 07 December 2014
The S&P Capital IQ data show that the third-year…

Banks Urge Big Customers to Take Cash Elsewhere or Be Slapped With Fees
Yahoo Finance | 07 December 2014
Designed to make banks…

Food-Tech Startup Dinner Lab is Crowdfunding a Cool $2 Million — From Its Customers
Entrepreneur | 03 December 2014
“It is really powerful when”…

EU Draws Up 1.3 trillion-euro WishList to Revive Economy
Reuters | 08 December 2014
The investment plan…

BP’s Appeal Fails to Interest Supreme Court, Cert Denied
The Legal Examiner | 08 December 2014
“When in doubt, file”…

BP’s Gulf Liability Nightmare Won’t be Stopped by Supreme Court
Business Week | 08 December 2014
The company has taken…

A Stock-Picker’s Paradise Awaits as Correlations Fall
Bloomberg | 08 December 2014
This means that individual stocks …

Oil Tumbles to 5-Year Low
Bloomberg | 08 December 2014
You have to expect very…

US Loan Reserve Multiplier Declines Back to Nixon Era Levels – M2 Money Velocity at All-time Low
Confounded interest | 05 December 2014
How stalled is…

New Study Says US Fracking Boom Will Fade Quickly After 2020
Naked Capitalism | 05 December 2014
If the fracking boom indeed is…

Chart: What’s the Real Unemployment Rate?
CNBC| 03 October 2014
The U-6 rate fell…