Complete video at: fora.tv Calling out weaknesses to money market funds and underlying structural problems with equity markets, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro laid out her main concerns about global financial markets at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, DC —– On Wednesday, February 22, Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the SEC, joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters. Mary L. Schapiro is the 29th chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She is the immediate past chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the securities industry self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers and exchanges in the United States, and served in various roles as a financial services regulator in the administrations of Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, and Ronald Reagan. She is the first woman to chair the SEC. In 2009, Forbes ranked her the 56th most powerful woman in the world.
Let’s Talk Money: Suresh Sadagopan principal financial planner at Ladder 7 Financial Advisories and Surya Bhatia, principal director, Asset Managers reply to queries on property purchase, mutual funds and term insurance among others.
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Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) — Michael Burry, the former head of Scion Capital LLC who predicted the housing market’s plunge, talks with Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman about the financial crisis and the housing market. (Source: Bloomberg)
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May 13 (Bloomberg) — William Ackman, founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, talks with Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton about the outlook for financial regulatory overhaul and credit-rating companies. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
We had a major confirmation today. All the trades based on predictability are broken. We saw that in the the currency markets today. The Yen Euro carry trade was broken. In terms of derivatives they are geometrically leveraged with little collateral security. If we trace back what happened with GS and AIG that was the first derivatives bailout. With sovereign risk we are facing the second wave of derivative exposure. We will either see default or cooperation. If cooperation comes in a re-valuation of the dollar it will not be as most people expect. The trend is YEN Euro towards parity, then a reset of obligations leaving China as bag-holder along with oil suppliers.
The Gate Building is the heart of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). This is a huge building that houses the Dubai Stock Exchange and offices for all of the major financial firms. These firms include PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Goldman Sachs, Merril Lynch, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), UBS, Deutche Bank, the DIFX (Dubai International Financial Center) and many large international investment banks. Just like the rest of Dubai, the area around the DIFC is undergoing continuous …
www.house.gov www.CampaignForLiberty.com http Here’s Congressman Ron Paul’s opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on January 13, 2009 dealing with the TARP funds. Ben Bernanke had “more important” things to do and was a no-show.
