Scott Jagow

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It just gets weirder and weirder

Dec 17, 2009
Hardly an hour goes by without another "wow" moment with the banks. I've got two of them for you. First of all, the Citigroup getting out of TARP...

Malthusians and Schumpeterians

Dec 17, 2009
They sound like names from Gulliver's Travels, but no, we're talking economic philosophy here. We probably need to rent a university auditorium...

Getting sacked

Dec 16, 2009
Imagine losing your job right before Christmas. Or put another way, just before the end of the season. Not the holiday season, the football...

A tax pardon for Citigroup

Dec 16, 2009
It turns out the government is providing yet another assist to its problem child bank. An IRS exception will allow Citi to potentially benefit...

Fancy Pants Ben

Dec 16, 2009
A fact I learned about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke this morning: In school, he played saxophone in a four-man band called Fancy Pants. The band...

Morning Reading

Dec 16, 2009
Good morning. We'll get the day started with these items, ranging from Tiger to ravioli to free coffee:...

How would Jesus invest?

Dec 15, 2009
Today, a company called FaithShares launched two new religion-based Exchange Traded Funds that will invest in Wall Street companies. An ETF is...

I need to borrow a microscope

Dec 15, 2009
Interest rates are so low, they should be put on a slide and shipped off to a lab. The yield on one-month Treasury bills is 0.000%. That means...

A little Main Street bashing

Dec 15, 2009
There's no shortage of anti-Wall Street sentiment out there. Let's give it a rest for a moment and navel gaze. Perhaps it's not entirely accurate...