Elsewhere on Monday,
- “The business of capital is bust.”
- Why do bankers make so much money?
- “The payroll hidden in plain sight is stock compensation.”
- How was Hong Kong corruption killed?
- The smartest boys in the alley, early derivatives on the London stock market.
- Investing with Harvard economists.
- The rise and fall of oil production.
- International oil data gaps.
- Matt Drudge vs the dollar.
- “The largest sub-prime lender in the world is now the Canadian government.”
- Russian banks count pigs and lingerie as collateral.
- Anecdotes on reckless lending at WaMu.
- “Citigroup is in serious trouble. It’s easy to tell by what they are doing.”
- Glass Steagall on steroids.
- A message from FDIC chairman Sheila Bair.
- Did Gordon Gekko inspire Wall Street or was it the other way around?
- Bailouts, Kuwaiti-style.
- Further, further reading.