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If you keep putting pressure on the middle class it will break, that would be disasters for this country, as its success or failure is directly mapped to that of the middle class.

Do you see what’s happening to the dollar. I believe, and this is just a theory, the reason that the stock market is seeing growth is because most of the major companies on the DOW and S&P today are international companies, and are generating a great deal of the profits from international sources. As the [...]

$25M-plus insider trading case
“One of America’s wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider trading case that prosecutors say generated more than $25 million in illegal profits and should be a wake-up call for Wall Street.”
Breakdown: Raj Rajaratnam

Partner in Galleon Management
Portfolio manager for Galleon Group,
Hedge [...]

When hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, thousands upon thousands of people lost their homes to the flood that followed. Many, I am sure got the proverbial at least you have your life, or we can, we will rebuild. But as you pass through the parishes today, you still see the evidence of that [...]

The economy is getting better, but people are still losing their jobs, and banks are still going bankrupt. At least we are told it’s getting better. They need someway to keep the engines running on Wall Street.
Although BankUnited is a regional player, it’s still somewhat of a larger bank, with nearly 14 billion in [...]

There is an All State Insurance commercial currently running on televisions in the United State that talks about how the company was created in the middle of the great depression, and how they have been around for the 7 or so recession since. The actor in the commercial says that when the fear subsides, and [...]

In banking size does matter, and when a big bank fails it has the potential of taking down the whole economy as many experts say the failure of Lehman Brothers did in 2008. But much of the American banking system is built on smaller, community banking institutions rather then the mammoths of Wall Street like [...]

What do you do when you when don’t make enough money to cover your monthly expenses. You use your credit card. You also us it for that nice 46 inch TV, but we’re not judging. Well as most people are aware, American has had a 20+ year love affair with there credit cards.

Every bank [...]

For most people on Main Street, looking at Wall Street today, its almost trying to figure out what side is tails on a double side coin. Who the hell knows what’s going on? On one hand the government is saying that there are banks out there that are in good standing. But other banks need [...]

US Government Federal Regulators are preparing to release the results of the much talked about Stress-Test, which are designed to give the country an understanding of were the nations banks stand, and what they might look like if the ongoing crisis continues or worsens.
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Regulators have pushing banks to use common shares to bolster their [...]

As the size of the nation’s debt grows to levels never seen before, Wall Street is starting to sound the alarms, saying that we need to keep the debt growth in check, or suffer a longer recession. Private firm will not be able to compete with the government in spending, washing away their ability to [...]

The end of Chrysler nears, at least before it is reorganized in bankruptcy court, at which point it may reemerge as concern owned mostly by its unionized worker force and the Italian car maker Fiat, better known to some Americans as Fix It Again Tony.
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“The American automaker Chrysler will file for bankruptcy on Thursday, an [...]

As Chrysler works against the government clock, it seems as they have come up with a plan that might keep the automaker out of bankruptcy court. Chrysler’s unsecured creditors have reached a preliminary agreement with the Treasury Department and United Auto Works which will change the ownership structure of the company, and keep them making [...]

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today that could change the way big banks are regulated. The case, “Cuomo v. The Clearing House Association” tries to figure out who has the right to regulate national banks, federal or state governments, when it comes to the mortgage business�
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“The case began four years ago, when Eliot [...]