SEC to Relax Audit Requirements for Small Companies, Thus Facilitating Future...
SEC proposes relaxing internal control attestation requirements for companies with annual revenues of less than $100 million.
View ArticleHow Deep Is Boeing’s Hole?
A favorite saying of famed short seller David Einhorn is, "No matter how bad it looks, it's worse.". This appears particularly true of Boeing these days.
View ArticleGregory Travis and Marshall Auerback: Anatomy of a Disaster – Why Boeing...
Is Boeing itself on a crash course?
View Article737 Max May Stay Grounded into 2020; Why Does Boeing CEO Muilenburg Still...
Boeing remains mired in its 737 Max mess.
View ArticleThe Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks
Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.
View ArticleThe Fed Has Not Covered Itself in Glory: Fed Funds Mess Edition
Why the Fed should be embarrassed.
View ArticleInterest Rate Derivatives Trading Explodes to $6.5 Trillion/Day
Interest rate derivatives trading spikes over last 3 years; the UK currently dominates. Will this continue post-Brexit?
View ArticleCalPERS Abandoning Passive Equity Investing
alPERS has made big changes to how it invests, yet the press has barely noticed.
View ArticleWall Street Has Been Gambling With Student Loan Debt For Decades
As the student debt crisis continues to mount, major financial institutions are making record profits from student loan asset backed securities.
View ArticleGrab Your Apocalypse Bag — It’s Fire Season in California
Increased fire risk is creating new behaviors in California. May be coming to your area soon....
View ArticleWhy Did Isaac Newton Lose His Shirt in Financial Speculation? Author Alex...
Trying to predict the financial future is a fool’s errand, even for a genius.
View ArticleRoiled Repo Markets: Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places
If you are worried about repo, you are worried about the wrong thing. If anything, it's a symptom of too much liquidity demand from the FX swaps market.
View ArticleFAA Pushes Back on Boeing Pressure to Recertify 737 Max by Year End; Agency...
Remarkably, the new FAA chief Steve Dickson is standing up to Boeing and planning widespread reforms at the agency.
View ArticleThe Rich Under Stress as Asset Prices Wobble
Some of the rich are feeling the pinch. Is this a passing phenomenon or a sign of things to come?
View ArticleAre Evidence-Based Decisions Impossible in Politics?
How human psychology and institutional incentives undermine making good decisions in the political arena, and what can be done about that.
View ArticleBBVA Compass Fails to Dispute, Much the Less Remedy, Retaliatory Swatting,...
BBVA has not denied that an officer swatted an elderly woman on fabricated grounds as retaliation for documenting his reckless advice.
View Article‘Hurricane Truthers’: Bonkers Conspiracies Are Putting Lives in Danger
First ant-vaxxers, now hurricane skeptics......
View ArticleBoeing Halts 737 Max Production to Reduce Cash Burn; Suppliers Hit;...
Boeing takes a 737 Max self-preservation measure, to the detriment of suppliers and even the overall US economy.
View ArticleMuilenburg Forced Out of Boeing, But 737 Max No Closer to Flying. What...
Why the 737 Max mess is no closer to resolution
View ArticleFAA Considering Mandatory Simulator Training for Boeing 737 Max as New...
The FAA and Boeing may be moving towards a deal.
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