Financial Investment Risk Consultant | Lawrence McDonald
Financial & Economic Consultant | New York Times Bestselling Author
Sponsored by New Boston Fund The Collapse of Lehman Brothers: How Did it Happen? What’s Being Done to Prevent Another Financial Crisis? A Look Inside the Dodd Frank Financial Reform Process. Feb 7, 2011 Noon – 12:30 Registration and Light Lunch 12:30-2pm Keynote Speech by Larry McDonald To Rsvp: Please email [...]
From my partner, DCTripwire: Debate on Housing Heats Up Bottom Line: The recent conferences debating reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) and today’s release of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s Report and Dissents are making big headlines, but the real battles are being fought within the Obama Administration, among regulators over smaller [...]
From my partner, DCTripwire.com: FSOC Releases Three Studies, But Little Is Known About Final Rules Yesterday, the Dodd-Frank-created Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) held its third meeting at which it released three studies: 1. Recommendations on implementation of the “Volcker Rule,” limiting proprietary investing by banks; 2. Recommendations for implementing concentration limits for large financial [...]
What’s behind good and evil proprietary trading? This week marks a turning point in the recovery from the “Great Recession.” The Financial Stability Oversight Counsel will release an 80 page draft of “recommendations” on the Volcker Rule to the Federal Reserve. The main objective? Prevent the next Lehman Brothers. The head of this counsel is none other than Tim Geithner. [...]
Content provided by my partner: DCTripwire: Major Actions This Week and Next: White House This week, President Obama traveled to Arizona to give remarks at a remembrance for victims of last weekend’s shootings. He also met with French President Sarkozy and Pakistani President Zardari at the White House. Senate This week, the Senate was out [...]
Content provided by my partner, DCTripwire.com At yesterday’s FDIC Forum, “Overcoming Obstacles to Small Business Lending,” several panels of business leaders and DC policymakers discussed diverse strategies for increasing lending to small businesses. Throughout the meeting, participants sounded two main principles: the need to police bank lending for safety and soundness as well as the [...]
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