financial reform

While the recent financial reform bill is broadly sweeping, a few winners are likely to emerge. One of the more interesting features in the massive bill involves various derivatives. For the first time, most derivatives including foreign exchange and commodities contracts will need to be traded...

Goldman Sachs (GS) shares rallied over 3.4% to end the day at $139.66. Shares traded up in the after hours market to cross over the $140 level. Bank stocks rallied on news of a financial reform bill. The financial reform bill is not nearly as tough on investment banks as previously anticipated....

The federal government is contemplating hitting the big banks with a bank tax. The government wants to tax banks a whopping $90 billion dollars over the next 10 years. The government is trying to recoup losses from the TARP fund. According to President Barack Obama, "we need to impose a fee on the...

After almost 2 years of discussion, Congress is finally set to introduce a financial reform bill. The financial reform bill is supposed to prevent a taxpayer funded bailout for the big banks (XLF) from ever taking place again. If the bill passes in its current form, it will do very little to reform...

Commercial Real Estate Videos of the Week-June 13-19 Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (NYSE: GE), Jack Welch, speaks about various topics including financial reform, and carried interest. In case you missed it, here’s the video of Rep. Joe Barton R-TX apologizing to BP...

Commercial Real Estate Week in Review-June 6-12 -Obama to Congress: Get reform bills reconciled before G-20. -GE Capital to cut real estate portfolio by 50%. -Cassidy Turley looking to compete with Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) and CB Richard Ellis in commercial real estate. -JP...

Word broke recently of Fannie Mae’s first quarter results.  The verdict? An $13.1 billion loss. As a result, Fannie is asking the federal government for $8.4 billion in assistance, tapping into its currently unlimited line of credit.  The announcement comes less than a week after smaller...

In a weekly address by the Republican Party, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that the financial reform bill pending in the House and Senate would give the government "virtually unlimited power to pick winners and losers – and hardworking American taxpayers would pick up the tab for the reckless...