Financial Markets (ECON 252) First, Professor Shiller discusses today’s changing financial system and recent market stabilization reform introduced by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The financial system is inherently unstable and would benefit from more surveillance, particularly for consumer protection issues, given the recent subprime mortgage crisis. Although this particular reform might not be successful, more regulators and policymakers are talking about changing the stabilization …

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Dr Kathy Walsh from the School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business has produced a video that introduces undergraduate students to the world of investment banking. For more information go to www.business.unsw.edu.au

Pay attention lefty idiots! online.barrons.com OBAMA THE ORACLE? “The president last week took a break from the arduous task of carrying the world on his slender shoulders to offer a prophecy that could only warm the cockles of Wall Street’s heart (and we’re taking it strictly on faith that it has one). He ventured that this was a good time to buy stocks. Some old Street hand obviously tutored him on the art of stock-market forecasting because he immediately qualified the recommendation by …

InTheMoneyStocks.com breaks out the key technical analysis techniques they have become famous for. They analyze the charts on the market to showcase their technical trend line analysis, price, pattern and time values. By utilizing these methods and not using the common technical tools which almost never work anymore, they are able to call every major and minor market move avoiding Wall Street hype. InTheMoneyStocks.com looks at major support and resistance levels on the charts telling their …