Opinions

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  Larry Tabb
  In Praise of Shorts and Financial Speculation
  While the stocks of many investment banks tanked and a number failed, it wasn't the short sellers that created the problems.
• 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.

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” If you ranked the people who are the most disliked by Wall Street executives, Michael Lewi...
• Wall Street Firms Focus On Vendor Risk (video)
• AIG and Backdoor Bailouts?
• Volcker Speaks Out On Financial Innovation (video)
• FDIC Looking to Cash In on Risky Behavior
• Is Wall Street’s Day of Reckoning Still to Come?

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