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6 Responses to “Financial Lessons From the Meltdown”

1. Pat G. Says:
   November 12th, 2009 at 6:13 pm

   In government we trust.

2. flipspiceland Says:
   November 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

   “The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.” -Henry Ford

   Same thing could be said of slaves.

3. Fritzskelly Says:
   November 12th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

   Sadly, the lesson learned is that moral hazard is only a problem for the taxpayer.

   One year has passed and nothing has been addressed. The only thing that has changed is that the Fed has piled money into the banks so they can speculate on an even grander scale.

   Congress and the White House have been sold to Wall Street.

4. bsneath Says:
   November 12th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

   So, How do you really feel about America?

   America Is An Over-Indebted, Profligate, Spoiled Nation In Decline

   http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/370977/America-Is-An-Over-Indebted-Profligate-Spoiled-Nation-In-Decline;_ylt=AjH9bEyocqhZKQQIq7ZLu4lk7ot4;_ylu=X3oDMTE3NGwzZHN1BHBvcwMyNARzZWMDYXJ0aWNsZUxpc3QEc2xrA2FtZXJpY2Fpc2Fubw–

5. VennData Says:
   November 13th, 2009 at 8:04 am

   Eurozone emerges from recession.

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8358227.stm

6. The hanging gardens of Alumasc : Interactive Investor Blog Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 9:37 am

   [...] Bankers already know the most important lesson from the financial crisis. It’s ‘Don’t invest your bonus money with Bernie Madoff’. [...]