Yesterday felt a little like that scene from the 1946 movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring Jimmy Stewart. There’s a run on Stewart’s bank because his absent-minded Uncle Billy loses the cash he was sent off to deposit on behalf of the bank. The bank examiners discover there’s money missing and rumors spread. The rumors […]
The Fed Intervened in Overnight Lending for First Time Since the Crash. Why It Matters to You…
Bonds, Stocks, & Bullion Battered as Powell Shrugs Off Liquidity Crisis…
Mega-Banks Blow 100% of Earnings on Share-Buybacks & Dividends, Crimp Lending, Constrain Economy…
When tighter regulations were imposed on the banks after the Financial Crisis, the largest among them, the very ones that threatened to bring down the financial system, began squealing. Those voices are now being heard by Congress, which is considering deregulating the banks again. In particular, they claim that current capital requirements force banks…
If Elizabeth Warren Wants to Probe Worker Abuse on Wall Street, Start With the Unprecedented Rash of Deaths and Suicides…
If Senators Warren, Sanders, Merkley and Brown genuinely want to change their party’s jaded image as Wall Street Democrats, they will use this timely opportunity to demand that the OCC turn over its records on the profits flowing to Wall Street from these untimely deaths of young people…
Database Reveals U.S. as Financial House of Horrors Since Repeal of Glass-Steagall Act…
Wall Street banks are intended to function as efficient allocators of capital to grow new businesses and industries in America. But since the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed in 1999…
Trump Discusses ‘the false economy’ …
“We support reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 which prohibits commercial banks from engaging in high-risk investment,” said the platform released by the Republican National Committee…