Scott Jagow

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10,000 anxieties

Nov 10, 2009
When your retirement account statement comes in the mail, what do you do with it?...

Ideas, ideas

Nov 9, 2009
A few days ago, on my After the Bell podcast, I asked whether the public's outrage over Wall Street would produce real change. This was the week...

Too big to exist

Nov 9, 2009
I wasn't here on Friday to point this out, and it seemed to get lost in the news shuffle anyway, but a bill was introduced in the Senate that would...

Jobs? Who needs jobs?

Nov 9, 2009
The stock market seems to have no interest in the unemployment rate. 10% unemployment? 17% underemployment? No worries. Just order me some more...

Financial Futures

Nov 9, 2009
Marketplace Money takes its show on the road tonight with a special event in Portland, Oregon. The theme is a subject that deserves special...

Morning Reading

Nov 9, 2009
Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Just a few things to start the week, on this 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:...

Just some funny stuff

Nov 5, 2009
I don't know about you, but The Onion has the ability to make me laugh uncontrollably. If you'd possibly enjoy such an experience, follow along:...

Bloggers have cookies at the Treasury

Nov 5, 2009
Thought you might like to read about a somewhat strange meeting at the Treasury Department this week. Treasury officials invited eight financial...

Morning Reading

Nov 5, 2009
Good morning. Some interesting items and perspectives this morning, include some rap poetry about a Treasury Secretary:...