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Posts Tagged ‘ Money Market Funds ’

Ben Stein’s Apology

Oct 28th, 2008 | By Dave Gonigam | Category: Financial News

Ben Stein is such a juicy target to beat up when he’s wrong.  Which is frequently.  I’m shocked I’ve done it only once before.  Beating him up is like beating up Kudlow, Cavuto, — heck, all of the Team Bush apologists who wouldn’t recognize genuine free-market capitalism if it bit them in the ass — all at once.



SEC Probes Phony Bond Credit Ratings

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

From Bloomberg:

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into credit-rating companies found the firms improperly managed conflicts of interest and violated internal procedures in granting top rankings to mortgage bonds.