Archive for October 11th, 2008

Eliminate Proprietary Trading at Insured Institutions

Andy Spero | October 11, 2008 | 0 Comment(s) |

Today, October 11, we’ve been organizing our thoughts about the ongoing financial crisis.  We’ll have more to say about ways to remedy the immediate crisis, but this post contains a specific recommendation for when the crisis ends, which today may seem to be far, far off.  We’re sure that–whether justified or not–many laws and regulations will be revised and toughened, and this should be one of them.

We make this recommendation because from our experience and from the inferences that we’ve made about firms throughout this crisis, it seems that… Read the rest

Where Have All the Grownups Gone?

Andy Spero | October 11, 2008 | 0 Comment(s) |

When will they ever learn?

Peggy Noonan has another excellent opinion column in today’s The Wall Street Journal.  It is entitled, Playing Frisbee on a Precipice.  The title and the column’s blurb say it all: “Our political class lacks the seriousness this moment demands.”  Clearly, her essay is about the smallness of our present day politicians and their advisers.

She has perfected the ability to lament, yet simultaneously expect, the fallen nature of man.

We’ve written about our admiration for Ms. Noonan on a number of occasions, and once again she… Read the rest