The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

Blog by Michael Haltman

Jericho, New York

The state of politics and the financial markets are discussed with an eye towards the potential impact on us all.

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The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

December 2008

Bernie Madoff: Who Could (Should) Have Known?

Dec. 16, 2008

Tagged with: business, economy, investing, law, madoff, politics

Question: How do you make a small fortune? Answer: Start with a large fortune and give it to Bernie Madoff to invest! "When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies": Jefferson Airplane,1967 "I would not join any club that wou

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The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

Dec. 14, 2008

Tagged with: blog, business, economy, finance, opinion, politics

If you didn't subscribe for email or feed delivery, these are the stories that you missed this week: Memories Of A Day Trader The Auto Bailout: Between A Rock And A Hard Place Athletes, Privilege and the Law Are Stocks Off To The Races? Maybe, M

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Memories of a Day Trader

Dec. 12, 2008

Tagged with: business, economy, investing, stock market

As In Life and Trading, Timing Is Everything Buy the dips, sell the rallys. I became a proprietary equity trader back in 1987. At the time, one of the most volatile stocks on the NYSE was MMM with moves that could be a full point or more. These move

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Global Blast Of Liquidity: What Does It All Mean?

Dec. 5, 2008

Tagged with: bank of england, big three, businees, economics, employment numbers, eu, fannie mae, freddie mac, nonfarm payrolls, opinion

In a throwback to an earlier time, the Bank of England cut its key lending rate 100bp. to 2.0%, the lowest level since 1939. If they were to cut it to below 2.0%, it would be the first and only time since the Bank of England came into existence in 1694. I

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The Political and Financial Markets Commentator

Dec. 4, 2008

Tagged with: business, commercial mortgage, mortgage, opinion, politics

If you haen't been getting your feed or email updates of the stories that have been written the last week, here are some of the titles: Torture: What Is The Correct Definition? The Big Three: This Time They Drove The Selling Of America: The List Go

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