The letter continues: "The crisis has exposed serious weaknesses and gaps in the supervision and regulation of the financial sector and has shaken public confidence in the financial system." One imagines this is Chris Dodd speaking from his personal experiences based on a multi-decade mutually beneficial relationship with the financial black hole formerly known as A.I.G.
In the accompanying cover letter, Dodd says: "As we prepare to write legislation that will modernize our financial regulatory system for the 21st century, the Banking Committee has strong partners both across the Capitol and in the White House." Somehow, Mr. Dodd forgets to mention Wall Street in that list. One hopes Wall Street's feelings will not be too hurt, as it just may turn off the campaign donation spigot flowing in Mr. Dodd's general direction.
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just a signpost for ZH to consider answering the question i just posed about the definition of the "skew" in the context of credit spreads. my guess is it has to do with the difference in spreads as that implied by the underlying components of an index vs the index itself. thanks in advance.
Blah, Blah, Blah. What is the purpose of this letter ?
Really! I wish that Barney Rubbel would show up to work one day in full garb.
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i dig the misspelling of barack obama.
No, Wall Street is not on the list but you can bet that the letter has been forwarded to Wall Street lobyyists. Yes, this is how it works. First issue a warning that changes are on the way. That is the signal to the lobbyists to write changes and deliver them with a bag of monay to Frank and Dodd.
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