Financial Crisis

Economy, Interviews, Markets, అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా! May 23, 2010

Rao Chalasani on Financial Crisis (2 of 2)

I mentioned about Mr. Rao on this blog some time ago when I talked about quants. I caught-up with Rao to make sense out of the Euro crisis. Even though Rao is retired and claims that he is not in touch with what is going on in the markets lately, he is as sharp as ever. This 40 min long interview sheds light on a number of fundamental reasons for current state of world’s financial mess. Those who followed me on my Teluguone Radio show or read my articles on various blogs might find that my views are eerily similar to his views.

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అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా! April 27, 2010

Tella Chokka Smruthi (The Code of White Collar)

Financial Crisis, Meltdown, Free Market, Reform, Reward, ROI, Financial Markets, Profit, Market Capitalisation etc., etc., are the catch words of the day. Recently there was a hot discussion on Free Market on MMGL too. This is a lyric written at the backdrop of market’s collapse over the past one decade, hurt by the fact that […]

Business, Economy, In The News, Markets, అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా! April 7, 2010

Greenspan on the Hill: “Don’t Blame Me” (Again)

Greenspud was on the hill today and tried to distance himself from any responsibility for helping the banks rob you in the broad daylight.[Via NY Times] In his testimony, an unflinching Alan Greenspan fended off a barrage of questions about the Fed’s failure to crack down on subprime mortgages and other abusive lending practices during […]

Economy, Markets, అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా! March 16, 2010

Who’s Responsible for the Economic Crisis ?

Hi all, This is my first post in Teluglobe. Though it might sound cliched, I feel privileged to be able to post in Teluglobe. Teluglobe is a great platform not only for all Gulutes, but also for people in general, to know about so many things from financial markets to history of Telugu culture and […]

Business, Markets, అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా! March 15, 2010

I am Good Enough, Smart Enough Doggne it, I Deserve it!

For the last few days I have been waiting for this 60 minutes piece to be aired on Sunday. When it actually aired, I missed it. I finally caught up with the video. Michael Lewis and Steve Croft pretty much exposed the obscene entitlement culture of the sociopaths on Wall Street. How deserving are these […]

Business, Economy, అన్నా, ఇది అమెరికా! February 21, 2010

Zero, Nada, Zip: That Would be the Number of Arrests

The legend has it, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” [Something like that.] Bill On financial matters, Bill Black is one of the guys always worth listening to. He was a successful bank regulators who handled the Savings and Loan debacle in late 80s and early 90s. In this […]