'Conflicted Agents and Platonic Guardians: Interview with Alex Pollock', May 13, 2008
'Will BAC + CFC Ever Close? Readers Comment', May 8, 2008
'An Involuntary Transaction: Why BAC + CFC May Never Close', May 6, 2008
'Update: Are Countrywide Financial Bond Holders Bankruptcy Remote?', May 1, 2008
'The Subprime Three -- Rubin, Summers & Greenspan', April 28, 2008
'Should Alan Schwartz Be Citigroup's Next CEO?', April 25, 2008
'Pain in the Heartland: National City Bank', April 21, 2008
'Iceland under Siege; Corrigan Group Redux', April 17, 2008
'Large OTC Markets + Excessive Leverage + Fair Value Accounting = Systemic Risk', April 14, 2008
'Is WaMu the Next Bear Stearns?', April 9, 2008
'A Global House of Cards: Interview with Josh Rosner', April 7, 2008
'Fremont General Corp: Welcome to the Subprime Dead Pool', April 3, 2008
'Novated Bears & the Education of Ben Bernanke', March 31, 2008
'JP Morgan Rolls the Fed of New York (and BSC)', March 25, 2008
'GSE Nation: Interview with Robert Feinberg', March 17, 2008
'A Deflating Bubble Can Lift All Boats', March 10, 2008
'No True Sale: Interview with Joseph Mason', March 3, 2008
'Wachovia, Clear Channel & Fair Value Madness', February 27, 2008
'Sleepless in MuniLand: Interview With David Kotok', February 18, 2008
'MBIA: Is Fair Value Accounting a Good Deal for Investors?', February 11, 2008
'Exposures at Default: Wachovia and Washington Mutual', February 5, 2008
'Rogue Traders and Economic Capital', January 28, 2008
'Are Countrywide Financial Bonds Bankruptcy Remote?', January 22, 2008
'Is There A Bull Case for US Financials?', January 8, 2008
'Outlook 2008: Valuation, Attestation, and Litigation', December 19, 2007
'Subprime: We Have Nothing to Fear But Forbearance', December 12, 2007
'Subprime Bailout II: Wells Fargo Writedown Raises the Bar', December 6, 2007
'Citigroup: How do You Value Systemic Risk?', November 26, 2007
'The Moral Hazard of Subprime Risk', November 12, 2007
'XBRL: Can the SEC Mandate a Business Case?', November 5, 2007
'Basel II: Do Big Banks Need More Capital?', October 23, 2007
'Enron, Subprime and the Derivative Disease', October 16, 2007
'Will Intangibles Kill the TD-Commerce Bancorp Merger?', October 10, 2007
'TD Buys Commerce Bancorp: Is Bigger Necessarily Better?', October 5, 2007
'Death of a Business Model: NetBank', October 1, 2007
'The Subprime Crisis & Ratings: PRMIA Meeting Notes', September 24, 2007
'Foreclosure at Default or Why Ratings Are Not the Problem', September 17, 2007
'When Flying to Quality, Be "In the Bank"', September 10, 2007
'Modeling Forward Defaults: Top Five US Banks', September 4, 2007
'Will the Housing Slump Raise Consumer Defaults?', August 27, 2007
'De-Leveraging America', August 21, 2007
'Killer Derivatives, Zombie CDOs and Basel Too?', August 14, 2007
'CDOs: Waiting for the Next Shoes to Drop (Updated)', August 7, 2007
'As Countrywide Goes, So Goes the Mortgage Sector', August 1, 2007
'Collateralized Debt Obligations and Rating Agency Risk', July 24, 2007
'What Does Jim Cramer See in Commerce Bancorp?', July 9, 2007
'CDOs: Mark-to-Dealer', July 2, 2007
'CDOs: "A Triumph of Greed Over Fear"', June 25, 2007
'Black Swan Hunting', June 18, 2007
'CDOs: Don't Ask, Don't Tell', June 8, 2007
'Will Interactive Data Survive at SEC Without Chris Cox?', May 29, 2007
'SunTrust Banks Anyone?', May 21, 2007
'Pillar III Validation: Will Basel II Finally Discredit VAR?', May 14, 2007
'National City Buys MidAmerican Bank', May 2, 2007
'China Market Syndrome: Just Deja Vu All Over Again', May 1, 2007
'A Normal Correction: February 27 Market Break', April 23, 2007
'GE vs Wells Fargo: Who's Really Subprime?', April 17, 2007
'Subprime Tsunami: Spreads Kill You, Not Defaults', April 10, 2007
'Bernanke on Subprime: Watch What I Do, Not What I Say', April 3, 2007
'Countrywide Financial: It's All About Liquidity', March 27, 2007
'Memo to Barclays: ABN Amro's US Banks Are a Mixed Bag', March 20, 2007
'Citibank: Benchmarking Mortgage and Subprime Risk', March 19, 2007
'Far Beyond Subprime: As Lehman Brothers FSB Goes, So Go Mortgage Assets', March 14, 2007
'Wall Street, EDGAR and the Small Investor', March 12, 2007
'Is Comerica a Safe Haven from Credit Woes?', March 7, 2007
'Observations from the Road: The Subprime Economy', March 5, 2007
'BBV Buys Compass Banchshares: What's Normal When You Dance On a Volcano?', February 27, 2007
'Sovereign Risk: Will Venezuela Default on Its Debt?', February 20, 2007
'Will Sub-Prime Loan Defaults Create Another Amaranth?', February 14, 2007
'Hedge Fund Problems Start With the Fed', February 5, 2007
'Audit Risk: Grant Thornton & The Keystone Saga', January 29, 2007
'Capital One Financial: Is COF Just Like Other Big Banks?', January 23, 2007
'Yield to Commission: Credit Derivatives, Moral Hazard and Systemic Risk', January 18, 2007
'Operational Risk: Why Apple CEO Steve Jobs Should Resign', January 8, 2007
'Does Breaking Up Citigroup Make Sense? (Parts I & II)', January 2, 2007
'Year-End Observations and 2007 Predictions', December 12, 2006
'XBRL and Sarbanes Oxley: The Content is King', December 7, 2006
'Market Risk: Will the CDO Machine Destroy Public Equity?', November 27, 2006
'Charter Financial Sets New Charitable Giving Standard', November 21, 2006
'Perspectives on Basel II: It's Time to Collaborate', November 15, 2006
'Basel II & Neoclassical Idiocies: Mark to Model Lives Again!', November 1, 2006
'The Negative Basis of Sovereign Bancorp', October 17, 2006
'PNC: Why is the LGD of Mercantile Bancshares So Low?', October 11, 2006
'Counterparty Credit Risk: Amaranth Aftermath', October 4, 2006
'The Golden Triangle: Banks, Hedge Funds and Ratings', September 26, 2006
'Counterparty Risk Data Gathering Trumps Basel II', September 7, 2006
'Wag the Swap: Auto CDS Spreads Rally as Fundamentals Slip', August 21, 2006
'Basel II: The Gang of Four Shifts the Agenda', August 7, 2006
'Basel II by the Numbers: Q1 2006', July 24, 2006
'Is Ben Bernanke Greenspan's Fall Guy?', July 14, 2006
'Inflation, Bank Stocks & Hedge Funds', June 26, 2006
'Floating On the Crest of Cheap Credit', June 14, 2006
'Mortgage Default Rates: Exuberance Fades Fast', June 5, 2006
'Is Non-Accelerated SOX Good for Wall Street?', May 22, 2006
'Credit Risk: Regulators Focus on C&I Lending; Sovereign, WaMu, Show Large Increases', May 4, 2006
'Will the SEC Roll Back Sarbanes-Oxley?', April 25, 2006
'GM & Ford: Are Credit Derivatives Markets Really Efficient?', April 20, 2006
'Interactive Data: Moving the XBRL Pipeline Forward', April 3, 2006
'SEC Backs Away from Revised S-3 Rules', March 20, 2006
'Did Alan Greenspan's Easy Money Policy Kill Basel II?', March 3, 2006
'Regulators Affirm Tough Bank Audit Rules', February 10, 2006
'Fear & Loathing in Credit Land', February 2, 2006
'XBRL and the Revolution of Machine-to-Machine Data', January 17, 2006
'Just What Do Restatements Indicate?', January 3, 2006
'Christmas Comes Early in Washington', December 20, 2005
'Sarbanes-Oxley: Is 2006 the Year of the Non-Accelerated Filer?', November 30, 2005
'Community Bankers on Basel II: Foxtrot Oscar', November 15, 2005
'Interest Rates Start to Matter Again', November 7, 2005
'Basel II or Ia? Questions Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke May Face', October 25, 2005
'Exposure at Default: Delphi Files Bankruptcy -- Is GM Next?', October 11, 2005
'Basel II Delayed: A Conflict of Visions', October 3, 2005
'Who's on First? Credit Derivatives & Counterparty Risk; Basel II: Is the EU Really Leading the Way?', September 21, 2005
'Basel II at the Crossroads', September 13, 2005
'Blank Check: Deconstructing Chinese Banks', September 7, 2005
'Safety & Soundness: Do the Housing GSEs Threaten the US Economy?', August 29, 2005
'Exposure at Default: Washington and the Crisis in Detroit', August 15, 2005
'The Altera Affair: Does Analyst "Access" Violate Reg FD?', August 1, 2005
'Basel II & Bank Dealer Activities: Too Big to Trade', July 19, 2005
'US Implements Bank Data Enhancements as EU, Asia Face Basel II Challenge', July 5, 2005
'Risk Factor: Higher Energy Prices', June 27, 2005
'Basel II: Hunting for Significant Risk', June 13, 2005
'A Son of Mexico Lost: Adolfo Aguilar Zinser', June 7, 2005
'The American Dream Reverts to the Mean', May 31, 2005
'China: Beware What You Wish For', May 16, 2005
'Ford, GM and Health Care: Was Hillary Clinton Right?', May 9, 2005
'Basel II Delayed: Complexity is Not Clarity ', May 2, 2005
'Meltdown in Detroit; Companies Clamor for Auditor Blessing; OFHEO Rule on Corporate Governance', April 12, 2005
'Classification of Commmercial Credit Exposures; Basel II Profile: Washington Mutual FA', April 7, 2005
'Basel II: U.S. Bank National Association', March 21, 2005
'Fear & Loathing in Detroit: GM, Ford and Legacy Labor Costs; Ernie Breech on Financial Controls', March 15, 2005
'Basel II Profile: JPMorgan Chase', March 7, 2005
'Will Visteon Collapse Drag Down Ford?', February 28, 2005
'Inflection Point: Are Loan Defaults Rising at US Banks?', February 22, 2005
'The Ratings Gap: Contemporary Risk Measures Miss the In-Betweens', February 14, 2005
'Will Internal Ratings Replace Outside Credit Agencies?', February 7, 2005
'Business Model Risk: eBay; Social Security Part II: Inflection Points for the Bond Market', January 31, 2005
'Before privatizing Social Security, Take it away from the US Treasury', January 24, 2005
'Good Soaking in Detroit', January 17, 2005
'The Twenty Percent Solution', January 10, 2005
'New Year's Note to SEC Chairman William Donaldson: Swap Companies More Time on 404 Compliance for Immediate Adoption of Data Tagging', January 3, 2005
'Does GSE Risk Menace the Banking Industry?', December 13, 2004
'Stress Management in a Sub-Prime World', December 7, 2004
'The SEC Seeks a God's Eye View', December 1, 2004
'Are Equity Markets Complete and Sufficient to Predict Default Probabilities?', Revised November 22, 2004
'The Son of Long-Term Capital ManagementRMA/PRMIA Risk Conference Notes ', November 15, 2004
'The Election: Revenge of the Scots-Irish', November 8, 2004
'Democratizing Risk: Making the World Safe for Hedge Funds ', November 1, 2004
'Transportation Sector Prays for Kerry Win ', October 25, 2004
'Fannie Mae Directors Meet Sarbanes-Oxley: Are We Having Fun Yet?', October 18, 2004
'Will Fannie Mae CEO, Others "Take Five" Wednesday?', October 4, 2004
'Fannie Fiasco: New Adventures in Reputational Risk ', September 27, 2004
'Operational Risk: Full Auto ', September 20, 2004
'Federal Judge Slams LTCM founder Myron Scholes and Hedge Fund Tax Scheme', September 13, 2004
'Perles of Wisdom', September 7, 2004
'Living in a Derivative World: GOOG', August 23, 2004
'Parmalat Litigation Highlights Diligence Issue ', August 16, 2004
'Employment, War Election-Year Risks', August 9, 2004
'Retirement Risk ', August 2, 2004
'Is a Double Dip of Defaults Likely for Network Airlines?', July 26, 2004
'Reputational Risk: PNC Takes Riggs in Regulatory Fire Sale', July 19, 2004
'Tort reform, asbestos are DOA ', July 12, 2004
'Full & Timely Disclosure', June 14, 2004
'United on the Ropes', June 28, 2004
'WaMu: "Self Inflicted Wounds"', July 6, 2004
'You are encouraged to connect', June 1, 2004
'Even More Complex Comments', June 21, 2004
'Complex Structured Assets: Feds Propose New House Rules', May 24, 2004
'Basel II proposals agreed', May 17, 2004
'COSO internal controls standards same for banks, Section 404 compliance ', May 17, 2004
'Basel II pushed further out ', May 3, 2004
'Why does Google want to IPO?', April 26, 2004
'Fitzgerald bill would eliminate soft-dollars', April 19, 2004
'E&Y sanctions & auditor liability', April 19, 2004
'Bank derivatives: Inflation is alive and well', April 12, 2004
'Kmart “critical vendors” aren’t', April 5, 2004
'Reaping the fruits of XML', February 2, 2004
'Inefficient market theory', March 29, 2004
'SEC’s slow wheels start to turn', March 29, 2004
'Is United Airlines Too Big To Fail?', March 22, 2004
'Grant Thornton Wrongly Hit Again', March 15, 2004
'Goodyear Running Flat?', March 15, 2004
'Financial Controls Audits Loom Large, PCAOB Standards', March 15, 2004
'Basel II: Just What is “Operational Risk” And Have You Seen Him Lately?', March 8, 2004
'United Airlines Bankruptcy Founders', March 1, 2004
'Does Greenspan’s Candor Signal Departure?', March 1, 2004
'Three Legged Basel', February 23, 2004
'Greenspan Dollars', February 23, 2004
'Certified Public Confusion / Fair Value Funds', February 17, 2004
'The Invisible Consumer Crisis', February 9, 2004
'Efficient Markets', February 9, 2004
'Litigator Risk', February 9, 2004
'The Korea Problem', January 26, 2004
'Fitting the Profile, Sarbanes-Oxley Inquiries', January 26, 2004
'Food for Thought: Parmalat', January 20, 2004
'Options Expense', January 12, 2004
'Azteca Two-Step', January 12, 2004
'Baby Boomer Risk: The 7:1 Solution', January 5, 2004
'The Year of the Monkey', December 22, 2003
'Basel II: Not Yet a Done Deal', December 15, 2003
'Next: The Lawyers', December 8, 2003
'Sovereign Risk - Boeing', December 8, 2003
'BA GT ANWR Updates', December 1, 2003
'No Deal on Asbestos -- Yet', November 24, 2003
'Fund Legislation On Fast Track', November 24, 2003
'The Trees Grow to the Sky', November 17, 2003
'Fear and Loathing in Fund World: MFSOB', November 17, 2003
'Ford: Showdown With S&P', November 10, 2003
'Bubbles Now and Then', November 10, 2003
'Basle II: Random Walk No More', November 3, 2003
'Death by Trial Lawyer: Asbestos', October 27, 2003
'Managed Reality: HealthSouth', October 20, 2003
'Danger at our Doorstep: Venezuela', October 14, 2003
'Playing Chicken: Daimler Chrysler', October 6, 2003
'The Quiet Revolution of XBRL', September 2, 2003
'Say “Bye Bye” to Self-Regulation', September 29, 2003
'Basle II: More Risk, More Mergers', September 15, 2003
'Doing the Right Thing', September 22, 2003
'The Battle Over Preemption ', December 4, 2006
'Perspectives on Basel II: Conference Notes', November 15, 2006
'SEC Commissioner Annette Nazareth on Market Structure', November 13, 2006
'Derivatives, Hedge Funds Challenge Financial Regulators', October 30, 2006
'Bank M&A Review Q3 2006 Would You Pay Six Times Book for an Umbrella?', October 26, 2006
'Cox Moves to Secure Legacy at SEC', October 10, 2006
'Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Basel II',
'Hearing on Fourth Anniversary of Sarbanes-Oxley Act', September 21, 2006
'Senate Banking Committee: Hearing on Stock Options Backdating', September 11, 2006
'National City (NYSE:NCC) Pays Dearly for Two Florida Thrifts', August 10, 2006
'Operational Risk: Dell and the Ever Falling Price Point', August 1, 2006
'Monetary Policy Hearings: Score One for Chairman Bernanke', July 24, 2006
'Hearings on Insurance Regulatory Reform, Federal Catastrophe Insurance', July 12, 2006
'Chris Cox on GSEs: Out on Strikes', July 6, 2006
'Why Break up Citigroup?; Rust Belt M&A -- CBCF + RBNC?', July 6, 2006
'SEC Commissioner Campos to Hedge Funds: "Play by the Rules"', June 20, 2006
'SBC Hearings on Fannie Mae: Who Knows, Who Cares?', June 16, 2006
'SBC Hearings on Federal Regulators: FDIC, OFHEO, FRB, SEC', June 13, 2006
'Fannie Mae: HFSC Hearing on OFHEO Report', June 7, 2006
'SEC's Nazareth on Market Structure', June 5, 2006
'Barney Frank: Reformer; SBC on Hearing on Financial Literacy', May 26, 2006
'ASO Plus RF May Be a Winner, If ASO Drives the Bus', May 25, 2006
'With Hedge Funds and Derivatives, Everybody's Faking It; Wyderko, Glassman on HFs', May 24, 2006
'Congress Celebrates the Hedge Fund Industry', May 18, 2006
'Operational Risk: Bill Ford Has Promises to Keep', May 15, 2006
'M&A: Wachovia Bank + Golden West Financial: The Sandlers Sell at the Top', May 8, 2006
'Chris Cox Testimony before HFSC', May 5, 2006
'Baker Hearing on SOX, Wall Street Competitiveness and XBRL', May 2, 2006
'Cox Appears Before the Senate Banking Committee', April 26, 2006
'M&A: TD BankNorth Acquires Interchange Financial', April 18, 2006
'House Hearings on SOX: "We Don't Need No Section 404"', April 10, 2006
'Citi Buys WaMu? Count Those Pearls, Charles; SBC Hearing On Anti-Money Laundering Measures', April 6, 2006
'Baker Holds Hearing on Interactive Data', April 3, 2006
'A Deal Too Far: Is SOV + ICBC Good for Shareholders? Weekly SEC Report; Remembering Paul Nelson', March 28, 2006
'Is Visteon a Buy? Dick Grasso & the SRO Debate; Remembering William Miller', March 21, 2006
'House Reviews Rudman Report on Fannie Mae', March 16, 2006
'Capital One + North Fork: Little Tangible Benefit; Tower Deadline end of March; Weekly SEC Report', March 14, 2006
'What's Wrong with Competition and Transparency? SBC Hearings on Reforming the Rating Agencies', March 8, 2006
'Dana Bankruptcy Raises Pressure on GM, Ford', March 6, 2006
'Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Regulatory Reform; AEI Conference on Mutual Fund Regulation', March 2, 2006
'Will Apple Computer Acquire Disney?', February 21, 2006
'XBRL: Give Them the Tools and They Will Finish the Job', February 21, 2006
'Bernanke Blinks on Basel II, Accepts Warnings from SBC', February 17, 2006
'Bernanke Lauds Strong Economy; Warsh Takes Custody of Basel II; Shadow Financial Regulatory Meeting', February 16, 2006
'Cheney & McCain 2008; Senate Hearings on National Flood Insurance', February 13, 2006
'Overview of Policy Debate Regarding Reform of Regulation of Government-Sponsored Enterprises', February 9, 2006
'The Fed's Measured Muddle; Is There a Bull Case for Banks? ', February 1, 2006
'Will the Banks Baptize Bernanke in Fire? Is SOV + ICBC Really a Good Idea?', January 30, 2006
'SBC Hearing on Proposals to Reform the National Flood Insurance Program; New Profile of Golden West Financial Corp. ', January 26, 2006
'Ney's Unfinished Business; Hearings on Housing Situation Post Katrina; New Profiles on Bank of America, SunTrust and Commerce Bancorp', January 23, 2006
'Republican Roulette; New Benchmark Profiles: US Bancorp, Wells Fargo, AmSouth & National City', January 16, 2006
'Google Schmoogle! New Profile on JPMorgan Chase.', January 9, 2006
'Why MBNA Acquisition Does Not Help Bank of America; AEI Conference on Regulation of Mutual Funds', January 5, 2006
'Predictions for the New Year: WaMu Gets Bought, GOP Looses Seats in Congress & Billary Begins Comeback', December 29, 2005
'House Hearings on Katrina Relief Effort', December 15, 2005
'Core Deposit Intangibles Anyone? CFTC Reauthorization Hearing', December 12, 2005
'Basel Ia Lives -- Maybe; SEC Moves on New EDGAR Platform', December 6, 2005
'GSE Reform: Size Matters', November 29, 2005
'GM & Delphi: Long the Swap', November 21, 2005
'Bernanke Confirmation: The Song Remains the Same -- For Now', November 16, 2005
'No Leverage: Basel II Rapidly Losing Appeal for Biggest US Banks', November 11, 2005
'OCC's Dugan on Credit Risk; HFSC Hearing on Data Security', November 9, 2005
'Mike Oxley Retires & Succession Battle Ensues; Lame Duck: Bush II ', November 2, 2005
'Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Derivatives', October 25, 2005
'FDIC's Powell on Banking Sector; House Hearings on Regulatory Reform ', October 19, 2005
'FDIC Open Meeting on Basel Ia, State Law Preemption; HFSC Hearing on Mortgage Industry Practices', October 7, 2005
'Basel II Bothers Barney Frank; Timing of US Participation in Doubt', September 29, 2005
'SEC Chairman Cox Seeks to Accelerate XBRL Adoption; HFSC Hearing on Regulatory Relief Legislation ', September 26, 2005
'SEC Open Meeting: Soft Dollars & Sec. 404; SBC Hearing on New Treasury Nominations', September 22, 2005
'HFSC Hearings on Housing, Bank Response to Katrina', September 16, 2005
'Making the World Even Safer for Derivatives: CFTC Reauthorization', September 13, 2005
'Briefing for SBC Staff by Federal Bank Regulators', September 8, 2005
'September Preview: Down on the Bayou', September 6, 2005
'GSE Legislation: No Change for Fannie, Freddie Likely, But Stage Three of S&L Scenario Looms', August 2, 2005
'Goodbye Housing Bubble; House TRIA Extension Hearings; Joint Hearing on "Who Pays the Iraqi Insurgents?"', July 29, 2005
'Senate Banking Hearings on SEC Appointments: It's All About Building Confidence', July 27, 2005
'Greenspan Slams GSEs, Calls Systemic Risk Key Issue; No Legislation Better than Oxley Proposal', July 22, 2005
'Chairman Greenspan Takes Victory Lap Around Capitol Hill', July 21, 2005
'GSE Legislation Delayed -- Again; OFHEO Confirms Share Losses by Fannie & Freddie to Banks; Day Two of TRIA Hearings', July 18, 2005
'Despite Adminstration Objections, TRIA Program Extension Likely', July 14, 2005
'GSEs: Reform Legislation Unlikely; Litigation, MBS Overhang Pose Risks ', July 12, 2005
'Will Congress Legislate on Rating Agencies in 2005?', June 30, 2005
'Identity Theft, Data Protection the Next Washington Issue', June 20, 2005
'House Financial Services Committee Hearings on Bank Real Estate Activities', June 16, 2005
'Cox @ SEC: The Song Remains the Same -- Only Louder', June 7, 2005
'Confidence Restored, Donaldson Exits ', June 2, 2005
'Hearing to Evaluate Legislative Solutions to Predatory Lending', June 1, 2005
'GSE Reform: Who's On First?; Senate Banking Committee: Hearing on Regulation NMS ', May 24, 2005
'Gone Phishing: House Hearings on Credit Card Disclosure; Senate Banking Committee: Enhancing Data Security', May 19, 2005
'Basel II Delayed: House Financial Services Committee Hearings', May 12, 2005
'AEI Conference on Limiting GSE Assets', May 2, 2005
'Senate Banking Committee: Hearing on Proposals for Reforming the Regulation of GSEs ', April 22, 2005
'Senate Banking Committee: Hearing on Proposals for Reforming the Regulation of GSEs ', April 21, 2005
'Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Proposals for Reforming the Regulation of the GSEs', April 20, 2005
'Hearing on Oversight of the National Flood Insurance Program', April 18, 2005
'House Hearings: Proposals for Housing GSE Reform', April 14, 2005
'Senate GSE Hearings: Snow Contradicts Greenspan on Asset Reduction, Declares There Are No "Too Big To Fail" Banks (FNM,FRE)', April 7, 2005
'Gadzooks! Snow Mentions GSE Legislation; Hearings on Securities Arbitration: "Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli"', April 4, 2005
'GSE Watch - Shareholder Litigation May Drive Business Model Change at Fannie Mae', March 29, 2005
'House Financial Services Committee Hearings: Trade-Through Rule', March 24, 2005
'HFSC Hearing on Loan Fraud at Fannie Mae:First Beneficial', March 14, 2005
'Baker Hearing on Federal Home Loan Banks: Christopher Shays MIA', March 10, 2005
'GSE Reform in Deep Freeze; TRIA Extension Confusion; Warren Buffett's Accusation', March 9, 2005
'Senator Shelby: GSE Reform "Will Move"', March 2, 2005
'Is Sub-prime Lending & Securitization Next Negative Op-Risk Event?', February 24, 2005
'Greenspan on Capitol Hill Day Two: GSE Assets Should be Reduced', February 18, 2005
'Greenspan on Capitol Hill: Still Speaking in Tongues', February 17, 2005
'Legislative Notebook: Tort Reform & Asbestos, Citigroup, and GSE Reform; SBC Hearing: "The Role of the GSEs in the Mortgage Market"', February 15, 2005
'House Financial Services Committee: "Accounting Irregularities At Fannie Mae" -- GSE Bill is Long Shot ', February 10, 2005
'GSE Preliminaries: Receivership is Not the Issue', February 8, 2005
'Asbestos Legislation: New Senate, Same Song ', February 2, 2005
'Chairman Shelby Announces Agenda for Senate Banking Committee', January 25, 2005
'OCC's Julie Williams Addresses Washington Policy Crowd', January 19, 2005
'Abernathy Exit Adds to Treasury Exodus No Relief for Fannie, Freddie', January 11, 2005
'Fiscal Realities: Privatization vs. the GSE Model', January 5, 2005
'Fannie Mae: The End of the Beginning', December 23, 2004
'Meeting Notes: AEI Sessions on FDI, Financial Regulation; Will Federal Preemption of State Consumer Laws Stand?', December 15, 2004
'GSE Wars Heat Up?', December 6, 2004
'Fannie, Freddie and FAS 133: Willful Violators? ', November 29, 2004
'Senate Hearing Raises Issue of Federal Regulation of Insurance; Will Congress End Anti-Trust, FTC Safe Harbor for Industry?', November 23, 2004
'New Reality for Investors: The GSEs Need Haircuts', November 17, 2004
'New Proposal Implies Lower Valuation for Fannie, Other GSEs ', November 9, 2004
'AEI Conference: Understanding OFHEO's Report on Fannie Mae', November 1, 2004
'After Marsh & McLennan, Is Federal Regulation of Insurance More Likely? ', October 27, 2004
'Asset Quality is Next Issue for Fannie Mae ', October 21, 2004
'The Empire Strikes Back: Fannie Mae Versus House Critics & OFHEO -- No Contest, Fannie Wins ', October 11, 2004
'Welcome to Brazil - A Contrarian View of Fannie Mae ', September 30, 2004
'SEC Sets Voluntary Reporting for Edgar Filers Using XBRL ', September 28, 2004
'Legislative Plot Takes Surprising Twist', September 24, 2004
'Senate Banking Committee: 9/9/04 Hearing on "Examining the Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Developments Concerning International Convergence"', September 15, 2004
'Complex Structured Financial Transactions Rule Moves Forward', September 9, 2004
'Hard Debate Over Soft Patch as GOP Gathers in New York ', August 31, 2004
'Soft Landing is No "Gimme Putt": Greenspan's Swan Song ', August 3, 2004
'House Financial Services Committee, July 22, 2004 Hearing: "Sarbanes-Oxley: Two Years of Market and Investor Recovery," ', Jul7 27, 2004
'Hearing on Federal Reserve, Semiannual Report on Monetary Policy, House Financial Services Committee', July 22, 2004
'Greenspan Week on Capitol Hill; Review of Last Week's Hearings on GSEs, Gramm-Leach-Bliley & SEC Regulation of Hedge Funds', July 20, 2004
'Wall Street Barbecue on Capitol Hill', July 13, 2004
'Risk Management and Regulatory Failures at Riggs Bank and UBS: Lessons Learned ', June 7, 2004
'Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Senate Banking Committee', June 23, 2004
'The New Basel Accord: Private Sector Perspectives', June 30, 2004
'Issues Rodmap 2004', June 1, 2004
'Subprime Loans + Derivatives = ?', May 24, 2004
