On FT Alphaville this week,
- On Monday, Lex versus Wolf on the banker bonus debate.
- Moody’s calls a bottom in US housing.
- Barclays’ exploding balance sheet.
- On Tuesday, the Geithner bailout plan.
- … which Wall Street was not impressed by.
- Barclays secret cash call.
- On Wednesday, the HBOS whistleblower: the Moore memo.
- The resignation of James Crosby. And an enjoyable round of pass the buck.
- Marking to Markowitz.
- On Thursday, the Stanford affair.
- … and a £40m fraud in the UK.
- And on Friday 13th, failing the stress test: the rebirth of history.
- … specifically… trouble for the insurers, and disaster for LLOYDS/HBOS.