http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php en e-pitt@kellogg.northwestern.edu Copyright 2010 2010-02-27T12:45:08+00:00 http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/the_sec_returns_to_the_1930s http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/the_sec_returns_to_the_1930s#When:12:45:08Z While the stock market collapse and recession are not the Great Crash and the Great Depression, the SEC is starting to act like it is. {categories backspace="1"}Everything Finance 2010-02-27T12:45:08+00:00 http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/erp_2010 http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/erp_2010#When:15:53:52Z The first Obama Economic Report of the President has just been released and is available on-line.  The focus of the Report is the “great recession” and the various policies designed to avoid depression. {categories backspace="1"}Everything Finance 2010-02-19T15:53:52+00:00 http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/who_and_what_are_the_bailouts_subsidizing http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/who_and_what_are_the_bailouts_subsidizing#When:15:12:23Z TARP and the Federal Reserve’s actions during the finance crisis and recession have been extensive.  Keeping track of all the policies that have been implemented has been mind boggling.  But now there is a Pew Foundation project and webpage devoted to keeping track of what businesses or investors have gotten subsidies and how big they were/are, often in terms of current or recent subsidy rates. {categories backspace="1"}Everything Finance 2010-02-08T15:12:23+00:00 http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/financial_reform_continues http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/financial_reform_continues#When:17:16:30Z Money market funds and the commercial paper markets were at the heart of the financial crisis. In the fall of 2008, money market funds experienced massive withdrawals after one fund (the Reserve Primary Fund) reduced the value of depositors’ accounts after getting caught as Lehman went under holding significant amounts of Lehman short-term debt (other money market funds also lost money but were bailed out by their institutional sponsors). In response to this drain on funds for investing in short-term commercial paper, the Federal Reserve stepped forward and insured all money market funds. {categories backspace="1"}Everything Finance 2010-02-04T17:16:30+00:00 http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/keeping_up_with_tarp http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/index.php/finance/blog/keeping_up_with_tarp#When:19:17:14Z The Special Inspector General for TARP has released its latest quarterly report {categories backspace="1"}Everything Finance 2010-02-03T19:17:14+00:00