Spanking Banking

by Asher B. Edelman What we are offered as a regulatory scenario is, once again, cronyism! We are presented with a plan that will be unmanageable and permit the same…

Investing in Art

by Asher B. Edelman On November 6th 2008, January 7th 2009 and February 10th 2009 I mailed some observations on the Art market. In the February 10th email, I showed…

OUCH!

by Asher B. Edelman The total assistance given, loaned or guaranteed to the finance community by the administration and blessed by Obama advisors has reached approximately 8 ½ TRILLION dollars! No…

Man with a Plan

– from Art Info, December 2008 – Think U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was the first with an economic bailout plan this year? Not by a long shot. Way back…

BAILOUTS / INFLATION

by Asher B. Edelman This morning we learned of the Citicorp bailout, so far the largest of the combined guarantees/ grants given by government. It is interesting to note that the…

The Art Market

by Asher B. Edelman Yes, this time there is an art market! As an observer of art and markets for the last fifty years, I have noticed a profound change….