Rep. Alan Grayson explores Fannie Mae’s use of derivatives with Federal Home Finance Agency chief James Lockhart in a Financial Services Capital Markets Subcommittee hearing on June 3, 2009.
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Max Keiser talks to Stacy Herbert about China reneging derivatives contracts recorded on September 5th 2009 中国= China 孫子= Sun Tzu . 温家宝got the US by the balls . MADE IN CHINA . on EBAY search for Fiat Paper Money and you’ll find the book of RALPH T. FOSTER facinating reading of his research . G20 finance ministers and central bankers have agreed a series of measures to curb excessive bank bonuses, including spreading payments over a number of years, inserting clawback provisions in contracts and forcing financial firms to reveal high earners in annual reports. Meeting in London at a summit chaired by Alistair Darling, the chancellor, the G20 finance ministers instructed the new Financial Stability Board (FSB) to come up with detailed proposals, some of which will be available in time for the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh later this month. They deferred a decision on imposing caps on bank bonuses. Officials said caps on individuals bonuses had been rejected but that the Financial Stability Board would examine whether caps on institutions could be introduced, in line with French demands. . Stimulus to continue, G20 pledges FINANCE ministers of the largest industrial countries vowed to keep their multi-trillion-dollar stimulus efforts in place, but at a meeting in London they failed to agree on any firm limits on the bonuses of bank executives – a sign of the deep rifts that remain between American and European leaders. They did agree on a blueprint to raise capital …
Was the lack of regulation on financial derivatives the main cause of our economic collapse? Or was it the easy money that Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac were giving out for home mortgages like there was no tomorrow? I would say that it was both, but there were other factors involved as well. The way I see it is that there was overregulation on one hand, Fanny and Freddie, while on the other hand there was under regulation when it came to these derivatives. I believe that this economic crisis we find ourselves in can be laid squarely on the shoulders of our federal government. They were the ones, along with the Feds, who made regulations that provided easy money for the taking, which was the cause of the housing bubble, which would have to collapse eventually, that is why they call it a bubble, because it is unsustainable. I believe it’s good that they are now proposing regulations on these insane casino style derivatives that have no economic value for our country. I just hope that congress does not do what it is famous for, which is to overreact to a problem, and in the process, make it worse. jbranstetter04
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