Since the last time we wrote about Fannie and Freddie, quite a bit has happened. Last time we wrote about how Fannie and Freddie might help the mortgage crisis, this time we are writing about how they are causing a crisis of their own. First off we must understand the position that Fannie and Freddie [...]

There seems to be a general agreement among Democratic politicians that no matter what solution we come up with to issues in the economy, Wall Street will be heavily regulated for some time. The approach is to do as much as possible to prevent an enormous crash, because even doing too much is better than [...]

All of us CNBC watchers were lucky enough to see clips from an in depth interview with Barack Obama on his detailed economic plan. The entire interview can be found here (part 1) and here (part 2), but here are some key notes from the speech. His plan for restoring the economy: – Modernize financial [...]

Joe Garofoli at the SFGate Politics Blog brings up an interesting point in his post about Chelsea Clinton. It’s a great post, but if you don’t have time to read it what he says is this: that Chelsea shouldn’t as guarded from the press as she is, because she is publicly campaigning for Hillary. We [...]

Obama supports the Dodd Plan, Hillary supports a much more liberal plan (including a 30 billion dollar emergency fund), and McCain’s plan has been in the headlines recently. McCain has been all over the news with his recent comments on the housing crisis, but what do they really mean for the economy? His plan does [...]

Clinton’s “ready on day one” line is crucial to her ideas for reform with the housing crisis and the larger, rippling crisis into credit. Her reasons to believe there is a legitimate concern in the market now that could spread globally are valid and very well supported. She appears prepared with a comprehensive and concrete [...]

Barack Obama supports the Chris Dodd plan detailed here for resolving the housing crisis. The Hillary Clinton campaign puts his suggested reforms far right, moreso than Bush, on the political spectrum. But although a conservative solution may be safest for the market, the Clinton camp goes on to suggest that Obama doea not grasp the [...]

Candidate Mashup (debate) to be sponsored by Slate.com along with Yahoo and the Huffington Post. All 8 candidates will sit for a 15 min. interview with Charlie Rose. Three questions will be asked. You can send yours in text, audio or video to: questionthecandidates@slate.com. Be there or be square. Save your questions for Republican candidates [...]

With all the recent talk about the sub prime mortgage crisis, and The Fed’s response, it provides the presidential candidates an interesting situation, in which to highlight their economic policy and try to downplay their opponents’. This can be very helpful for investors, as a prediction of how the market will do in general. At [...]

At the start of campaign 2008 the idea that monetary policy would be part of the debate was quite a long shot. Despite Ron Paul’s talk about the dollar, inflation and the need for the gold standard, this topic was not likely to be embraced by debate questioners or other candidates. We like to look [...]