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Wall Street Criminal Referrals: 96% Decline

Posted by Larry Doyle on August 23rd, 2013 7:00 AM |

How deep in the tank have our regulators gone over the years to protect Wall Street rather than upholding their mandate to provide real investor protection?

Really deep.

How might we measure the depth?

Check out the following incredible statistic highlighted by one of my favorite financial journalists, that being Bloomberg’s Jonathan Weil.    (more…)

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Posted in General, regulation, regulatory capture, Wall Street Washington Incest | 4 Comments »

Holder Refutes Obama with “Indictment” of TBTF

Posted by Larry Doyle on March 12th, 2013 8:25 AM |

In December 2011, President Obama was interviewed on 60 Minutes and had the following exchange with CBS’ Steve Kroft in regard to behaviors on Wall Street:

KROFT: One of the things that surprised me the most about this poll is that 42%, when asked who your policies favor the most, 42% said Wall Street. Only 35% said average Americans.

My suspicion is some of that may have to do with the fact that there’s not been any prosecutions, criminal prosecutions, of people on Wall Street.

And that the civil charges that have been brought have often resulted in what many people think have been slap on the wrists, fines. “Cost of doing business,” I think you called it in the Kansas speech. Are you disappointed by that? (more…)

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Posted in Bailout, Bank Failure, Banking Institutions, General, Obama Administration, too big to fail, Wall Street, Wall Street Washington Incest | 6 Comments »

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