Author Archives: Danielle Park

The clear and present danger of the derivatives market

“The unregulated multi-trillion dollar derivatives market exceeds global GDP [by an estimated 10x +] and poses a clear danger to the global economy, Chris Whalen, Senior Managing Director at Tangent Capital Partners, and Barry Ritholtz, CEO at Fusion IQ, tell … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren to sit on Senate Banking Committee

“Nearly two years after Wall Street waged a successful campaign to keep consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren from running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the incoming senator will be tapped to serve on the Banking Committee, according to four sources familiar … Continue reading

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Short sellers are financial detectives

Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates Ltd., talks about the value of short selling to financial markets, the economies of the U.S. and China, Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis and his investment strategy. Here is a direct link.

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