October 22, 2012
It’s Been a While
By Asher Edelman Yes, it’s been too long, in my view at least, since I’ve last put a pen to paper, so: ArtAssure Ltd. News Moss: Dialogues Between Art &…
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August 13, 2012
“The One Housing Solution Left”
April 8, 2008: “A Real Rescue Plan" by Asher Edelman August 13, 2012: "The One Housing Solution Left: Mass Mortgage Refinancing" by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Zandi In April of 2008…
July 13, 2012
REVOLT magazine: The Occupations of Asher Edelman
Asher Edelman can be described as standing, prominently, between 2 worlds. His Wall Street career, beginning in the 1960’s, in investment banking, money management and derivatives trading not only brought renown…
June 29, 2012
EU, The Truth of the Matter
Of the €400 billion plus in rescue funds loaned to Greece all but €15 billion went to assist the banks. Almost all of what was received by the banks was recirculated to…
June 01, 2012
The Edelman Shock Market Index
There is no Edelman Shock Market Index, only a bit of intuition and experience. My intuition and experience say, “never predict markets,” but the Emperor’s Clothing, or lack thereof, are…
May 30, 2012
Musing on Derivatives
I read with interest in the Financial Times today about “Morgan Stanley’s plan to shift a large chunk of its $57 trillion derivatives portfolio into the part of the group…
May 23, 2012
Musings on the US Deficit and Debt
By Asher Edelman I read today in the New York Times that between 2008 and 2012 government (taxpayer) subsidies to the banks equaled $1.3 trillion. As those of you who…
May 21, 2012
Musings on the Art Market
The May auction performances gleaned countless viewers, gawkers, critics and some buyers; indeed a sufficient number of buyers to drive the prices of a small number of pictures to new…
May 14, 2012
BANCO SECOND EPISODE
All the talk about Jamie and J.P. Morgan’s strength. One wonders about the relative strength of JP CHASE in the last crises and since. Has Jamie used the flexible accounting regulations to…
May 14, 2012
BANCO: Jamie, Jamie, Jamie
Despite our suffering during the last four years with your most supreme arrogance and hubris we applaud you as the king of a corrupt system, a system where: 1) Derivatives outstanding…
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