http://www.footnoted.com/buried-treasure/companies-assess-or-at-least-guess-impact-of-new-obama-administration/ Morningstar's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.footnoted.com/buried-treasure/companies-assess-or-at-least-guess-impact-of-new-obama-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-6752 Dan Erwin Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:42:32 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=2931#comment-6752 Sorry folks, but based on the latest blow-out and the total inability of the financial industry to police itself, and the unbelievable naivete of Greenspan, business has shot to hell it's freewheeling ways. And even for this capitalist (myself), the destruction of the middle class for the sake of the profit machine has been toxic. We can expect a new ideology on the relationship between business and government. It will not only imply that business is going to have to be more responsible, but that business is going to have to support infrastructure payments over the coming years. Otherwise, business will go down the tubes along with the good old USA. All the old ideologies are up for grabs, and some kind of new synthesis is in the wings. And, yes, it will be a pilot program, too. Sorry folks, but based on the latest blow-out and the total inability of the financial industry to police itself, and the unbelievable naivete of Greenspan, business has shot to hell it’s freewheeling ways. And even for this capitalist (myself), the destruction of the middle class for the sake of the profit machine has been toxic. We can expect a new ideology on the relationship between business and government. It will not only imply that business is going to have to be more responsible, but that business is going to have to support infrastructure payments over the coming years. Otherwise, business will go down the tubes along with the good old USA. All the old ideologies are up for grabs, and some kind of new synthesis is in the wings. And, yes, it will be a pilot program, too.

]]> http://www.footnoted.com/buried-treasure/companies-assess-or-at-least-guess-impact-of-new-obama-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-6735 Frank Graham Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=2931#comment-6735 Morning Perspective Powered by Minyanville: $700 Billion Flop? According to the Wall Street Journal, a survey of more than 400 firms by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association shows that financial companies are hesitant to participate in the Treasury’s $700 billion bailout plan because of a lack of clarity. Originally, the department said it would purchase troubled assets within weeks of receiving Congressional approval. But the department has since been focusing on a separate program: The investment of $250 billion in the banking sector. Nine in 10 expressed an unwillingness to participate in the so-called Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), while approximately the same number spoke of their reluctance should the Treasury require warrants in return for taking on toxic assets. Full article http://www.minyanville.com/articles/GE-gm-AZO-iwm-financials/index/a/19897/from/ameritrade Morning Perspective
Powered by Minyanville: $700 Billion Flop?
According to the Wall Street Journal, a survey of more than 400 firms by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association shows that financial companies are hesitant to participate in the Treasury’s $700 billion bailout plan because of a lack of clarity. Originally, the department said it would purchase troubled assets within weeks of receiving Congressional approval. But the department has since been focusing on a separate program: The investment of $250 billion in the banking sector. Nine in 10 expressed an unwillingness to participate in the so-called Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), while approximately the same number spoke of their reluctance should the Treasury require warrants in return for taking on toxic assets.
Full article
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/GE-gm-AZO-iwm-financials/index/a/19897/from/ameritrade

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