It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly two years since we first wrote about the game of “hide the ball” that Junkmeister Ben Bernanke is playing. Finally, Congress is getting some admissions out of the Federal Reserve about the gusher of cash that was opened up when the insides fell out of Wall Street’s Ponzi scheme. Remember, you read it here first! read more »
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Random Wall Street Walking
by Susanne Trimbath 04/13/2010
There was a popular book in 1973 – A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
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Bernanke: For Good or For Ill
by Susanne Trimbath 12/23/2009
This week, Time magazine named Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke “Person of the Year 2009.” CNBC’s panel of experts gave Bernanke the “Man of the Year” title (no misogynists there!) in 2008. And well they should since their sponsors are among the biggest recipients of the Paulson-Bernanke-Geithner bailout. read more »
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The bailouts payments mount, the budget expands, the deficit widens, the national debt increases. How high is up?
by Susanne Trimbath 03/04/2009
How far can the totals go? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the Senate Budget Committee on March 3, 2009. He believes that the markets will be “quite able” to absorb the debt issued by the US government over the next couple of years to cover all the bailout and stimulus payments read more »
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