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Tag Archives: Goldman Sachs
Membership Has Its Privileges
As they say in the American Express commercials, membership has its privileges. Membership in the Big Club is no different. It allows you to do things like ignore six subpoenas from the Feds: “U.S. securities regulators accused Wells Fargo & … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Goldman Sachs, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, MF Global, SEC, subpoenas, Wells Fargo
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White House Moving to Wall Street
Breaking news: In order to cut down on travel time through the revolving door for President Obama’s outgoing and incoming team of advisers, the White House is moving from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Here’s the new location: Might as well be: … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Goldman Sachs, Obama, Obama administration, Politics, special interests, Wall Street
Tagged acquisition, bailout, Bush tax cuts, Chamber of Commerce, Ezra Klein, free trade, Gene Sperling, Goldman Sachs, India, JPMorgan Chase, Larry Summers, NEC, outsourcing, President Obama, South Korea, Wall Street, William Daley
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Goldman’s “Clients” Interests Always Come First” (Snicker)
The giant vampire squid gets the gold mine: “Goldman Sachs makes more money from trading than any other Wall Street firm. In the first quarter, the bank’s $7.39 billion in revenue from trading fixed-income, currencies and commodities dwarfed the $5.52 … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged 401k, clients, Goldman Sachs, investors, money losers, revenue, top recommended trades, trading
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Quote of the Day: Taibbi’s Goldman–Roethlisberger Analogy
From Matt Taibbi’s latest at Rolling Stone, The Feds vs. Goldman: “The bank will try and – who knows – might even succeed in defending itself in a court of law against these charges. But in the court of public … Continue reading
Oligarchs of a Feather Stick Together
Buffett defends Blankfein: OMAHA, Neb.— Warren Buffett offered a vigorous defense of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Saturday, saying the embattled firm hadn’t engaged in improper activity and shouldn’t be blamed for the losses of its clients. [...] Mr. Buffett’s comments—which … Continue reading
Limbaugh: Goldman Sachs is the Victim
From Cenk Uygur at The Young Turks: Unbelievable. Uygur has more at the Huffington Post.
Posted in bailout, economy, Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Politics, Wall Street
Tagged Cenk Uygur, Goldman Sachs, Rush Limbaugh, Young Turks
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Bobbing and Weaving at the Senate Hearings
Former Goldman Sachs executive Daniel Sparks put on a demonstration of bobbing, weaving, ducking, and dodging yesterday in response to Sen. Carl Levin’s questioning about Goldman’s “shitty deal” the likes of which I haven’t seen since Muhammad Ali was in … Continue reading
Posted in economy, financial reform, financial regulation, Goldman Sachs, Politics, Wall Street
Tagged Carl Levin, Daniel Sparks, Goldman Sachs, shitty deal
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Typhoid Lloyd (Blankfein) Spread the Goldman “Poison”
By the summer of 2006, Goldman Sachs executives realized that the subprime mortgage market and its related securities were headed for a fall, “a very unhappy ending” as senior trader Michael Swenson wrote in a 2007 memo. They also knew … Continue reading
A Crucial Week for Financial Reform
In what’s shaping up as a crucial week in the quest for financial reform there are some encouraging signs, some not so encouraging, and a demonstration by the executives at “the great vampire squid” (aka Goldman Sachs) give us an … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Congress, economy, Financial Crisis, financial reform, financial regulation, Obama, Politics, Republicans, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged Blanche Lincoln, Bob Corker, Chris Dodd, claw back, derivative legislation, financial reform, Goldman Sachs, great vampire squid, Harry Reid, letter, Mitch McConnell, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Richard Shelby, Scott Brown, This Week
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