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26 May 2010, 11:54 am by Steven Caruso
A May 21 article by Gretchen Morgenson in the New York Times highlights the questions surrounding 100% principal protected notes and how these complete securities became the darling of Wall Street and a disaster for many investors. [read post]
24 May 2010, 1:46 pm by Page Perry LLC
See New York Times article, “’100% Protected’ Isn’t as Safe as It Sounds,” by Gretchen Morgenson. [read post]
23 May 2010, 11:30 pm by By DEALBOOK
A lawyer representing investors said the risks of principal protected notes were not "honestly disclosed," Gretchen Morgenson writes in her latest column. [read post]
10 May 2010, 1:46 am by By DEALBOOK
All of the chatter about financial reform overlooks Freddie Mac's horrific first quarter, and its warning that credit losses are likely to keep growing this year, Gretchen Morgenson writes in her latest column for The New York Times. [read post]
6 May 2010, 1:50 pm
As Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times has pointed out and last week's hearings clearly demonstrated there are so many conflicts of interest on Wall Street. [read post]
2 May 2010, 8:12 am by Thom Lambert
The New York Times’ Gretchen Morgenson gets it right (seriously!) [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 2:26 am by Kevin LaCroix
  Gretchen Morgenson’s April 18, 2010 New York Times article (here) suggests that the SEC may try to use Tourre to "get" more senior officials. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 12:29 pm by Page Perry LLC
Goldman Sachs, among other Wall Street banks, and certain of favored hedge fund clients that were tipped off by the banks, reaped huge profits by shorting (betting against) “synthetic” collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) linked to residential mortgages, which the banks created and sold to other clients, according to Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story in their New Times article, “Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 10:30 am by Steve Bainbridge
So I assume Matt would be okay with the NY Times finally firing Gretchen Morgenson for being a vapid, knee-jerk pro-regulation doofus? [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 3:24 am by By DEALBOOK
That's the lesson for bondholders in Wind Hellas, a Greek mobile phone operator whose parent company defaulted on some of its debt payments last November, Gretchen Morgenson writes on her latest Fair Game column. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 9:03 pm by Walter Olson
More arrows aimed at the Times's Gretchen Morgenson, this time over her Sunday column warning of the shock horror menace of derivatives to government finance [Stone Street Advisors, Calculated Risk, Felix Salmon, Joe Weisenthal/Business Insider].... [read post]
28 Feb 2010, 10:20 am by Steven Caruso
This irony is the subject of Gretchen Morgenson’s Feb. 28 column in the New York Times. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 9:01 am by By DEALBOOK
As Washington spins its wheels on financial reform, it's becoming painfully clear that the problem of entities that are too interconnected or "too politically powerful to fail" is also too hard for our policy makers to tackle, The New York Times's Gretchen Morgenson writes in her latest column. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 2:30 am by By DEALBOOK
By promoting the ideas of Paul Volcker, the White House is finally elevating the discourse on how best to rein in risky behavior at banks and protect beleaguered taxpayers from future bailouts of Wall Street, The New York Times's Gretchen Morgenson writes in her latest column. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 11:09 am by Jeff Sovern
  Over the weekend, Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson wrote a piece, Credit Cards and Reluctant Regulators, about how credit card companies are doing an end run around the Credit CARD Act restraints and how it falls to the OCC, rather than a CFPA to protect consumers. [read post]
18 Jan 2010, 9:58 am by Thom Lambert
Gretchen Morgenson doesn’t want poor people to have access to consumer credit. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 6:13 am by Howard | Nassiri, PC
So we were pleased to see a Dec. 6 Fair Game column in the New York Times outlining specific changes that author Gretchen Morgenson recommends. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 2:59 am
Goldman Sachs spokesman Lucas van Praag responded to questions from Gretchen Morgenson of The New York Times, about the report issued Nov. 17 by the special inspector general for TARP on the government's rescue of the American International Group. [read post]