Opinions

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  Larry Tabb
  Wall Street Compensation and Investment: A Different Take
  The likelihood of deferred compensation may trouble Wall Street professionals. But on the bright side, it should fuel a deferred compensation-based investment boom.
• Still Stressed Over Bank Stress Tests
  Although investors greeted the results of the government's banking stress tests with cheers, were the tests strict enough to help prevent another financial meltdown?
• Four Ways President Obama Can Put the Economy Back on Track
  The Obama Administration walked into one of the most turbulent financial markets since the Great Depression. What can President Obama do to not only stop the slide, but also turn the economy around?
• IT Spending to Focus on Middle-Office Functions in 2009
  While technology spending will take a hit in 2009, capital markets firms will invest in middle-office functions, such as risk management and reporting.
• Relaxing Mark-to-Market Rules Is a Slippery Slope
  Mark-to-market accounting is critical to the valuation of profits, positions, net capital and, for that matter, bank solvency.

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  AIG and Backdoor Bailouts? WSJ's Dennis Berman tells Kelsey Hubbard about ongoing investigations into the bailout of ...
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• FDIC Looking to Cash In on Risky Behavior
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