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The Lowdown on Cerberus Capital Management by Ralph BernethThe Cerberus Capital Management group is one of the most outstanding and influential capital corporations which has been part of the major trading and acquisitions in the New York Stock Exchange and even in other areas.Its founder, Steve Feinberg, named the firm after the mythological three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades. Since its start in 1992, Cerberus Capital Management has been very active in buying up and inBy George Washington of Washington’s Blog . How well has the Federal Reserve performed for America? Mainstream pundits, of course, say that Bernanke has saved the world . . . . but they said the same thing about Greenspan .  So let’s look at the actual historical record to determine how well the Fed has done. Initially, Milton Friedman and Ben Bernanke have both said that the Federal Reserve caused the Great Depression through its poor monetary policy. Many also blame the Fed f

Here I offer some thoughts on Bloomberg's account that the Fed has made inquiries with its dealers about the feasibility of a significant increase in the Fed's reverse repo operations. First, a little background. The traditional tool of monetary policy is an open market purchase, in which the Fed purchased U.S. Treasury securities that had previously been held by someone in the private sector. The Fed would pay for those securities by crediting deposits in an account that the selling bankThanks to Radical Eyes for suggesting this interview, which appeared on Democracy Now, and is available in audio.Guest: Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, opened in New York and Los Angeles yesterday. It opens nationwide on October 2nd.JUAN GONZALEZ: It was a year ago today when President George W. Bush gave a primetime address urging Americans to support the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Bush spoke just days after the co

Here I offer some thoughts on Bloomberg's account that the Fed has made inquiries with its dealers about the feasibility of a significant increase in the Fed's reverse repo operations. First, a little background. The traditional tool of monetary policy is an open market purchase, in which the Fed purchased U.S. Treasury securities that had previously been held by someone in the private sector. The Fed would pay for those securities by crediting deposits in an account that the selling bank

For those who are self employed, the self employment tax and the burden it imparts is a major stressor that can make things tense for those with their own businesses. All it takes is a small bit of time and know how to overcome the burden. The first time you calculate your quarterly tax payment, you may be faced with some difficulty. Once you have made that first computation, it becomes much simpler to compute future payments. The self employed do not have the benefit of an employer to make a

by Justin Richardson Imagine the next time you join a discussion about simple loan calculators. When you start sharing the fascinating loan calculator facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed. An unsecured bad credit loan does not require you to use your property as a guarantee or security for the loan either. As it is unsecured, the loan offers a little more flexibility to the borrower that does not wish to put their home at risk. The First Home Buyers Grant was introduced in 200The Government’s Cooked Books Mises Daily by Jacob Shreffler | Posted on 9/4/2009 12:00:00 AM Should the United States ever adopt the same accounting standards for itself that it foists upon private enterprise, its financial reports would leave the majority of Americans in a state of shock. Americans would have tremendous difficulty recovering from the magnitude of misrepresentation that is going on now. Accounting isn’t just a game either; there are material, legal, and ethical co

Michael Barr is undoubtedly a very smart guy.  On May 21, 2009, he was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the Treasury Department’s Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, which means he;s the guy responsible for developing policy on legislative and regulatory issues that affect financial institutions.  To be honest, I expected to find out that he had spent the last eight years at Goldman Sachs, but I was wrong. Barr’s predominantly an academic.  He taught at the Univers

One great oddity of our wars is their architects lack of knowledge.  Not about war, or COIN.  But in the specifics of the conflict — the people and area, their history and beliefs.  Joshua Foust has often remarked about this, as have some posts on this website.  This gives a fantasy or game-like aspect to its planning and execution.  And diminishes our odds of success.  In this article Juan Cole provides some valuable background information.  It’s a must-read for anyone int

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz was recently joined by California Attorney General Jerry Brown to announce the initiation of Operation Loan Lies, "a coordinated national law enforcement efforts against the mortgage loan modification fraud. The company has filed 189 complaints from 25 federal and state agencies against fraudulent transactions, the loans used deceptive marketing push their shoddy or non-existent foreclosure rescue and mortgage-modification services. The measu

By Shah Gilani Contributing Writer Money Morning Is the government creating another subprime-mortgage bubble? The first time around, the three-headed federal serpent – the Bush administration, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Federal Reserve – used Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE

Dear CIGAs, There comes a time to cut the bait or to fish. What is your firm mindset on the US dollar? The dollar is much different today than it ever has been in your lifetime. 1. It has the carry trade against it. 2. It has the wish of central banks to diversify against it. 3. It has economic factors against it. 4. It now faces the Rise of Asia. The dollar will have periods of violent counter-bear trend rallies, but they will be short and limited. The dollar is going sigMr and Mrs Moral Hazzard by digby This is just brilliant . For those of you who are wondering what the hell happened and is happening with the banking bailouts, Chris Hayes and Nomi Prins have put it together in a way that anyone can understand. Here's an excerpt: Imagine a couple living in a three-bedroom house outside the Twin Cities. Call them Joe and Katie Hazzard. The Hazzards own a small off-tra

When Obama heard he was over-exposed last week, he decided to try the “full Ginsberg” appearing this week on any media outlet that would support his message, with Fox News the obvious exception. President Obama blanketed the airwaves Sunday in a bid to sell his health care plan to the American people and put pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive reform legislation in the coming weeks. The Mainstream Media was so excited to interview President Obama that they overlooked that any “exclusiviSeptember 26, 2009 | By Michele Perdue In Online Business | by Michele PerdueBefore we get into different types of securities it is important to know the very basic definition of investment securities. Investment securities are form of certificate or documents that shows that you have invested in a company or a business or a government entity. The two key types of securities are equity securities and debt securities.Some basic securities types are as follows:Bond: This follows in the deyou really want to read a truly shocking bit of information then please read, if you can find it, the 1970s “white paper” published by the CFR entitled “1980s Project”. In it there is a description of what they called “Controlled Disintegration” which precisely laid out a plan to basically bring about a global economic crisis for the sole purpose of gaining far more control over the global market place and the population. The “1980s Project” included plans for implLove at First Sight Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets Venezualan President Hugo Chavez in Tehran July 29, 2006. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi Last November, MataHarley mentioned about how Russia was planning to help Hugo Chavez build a nuclear energy program . Of course, like the typical power-hungry dictator that he is, all he claims to want is to acquire nuclear power for clean energy and peaceful medical purposes. At this point, they are still in the planning stage