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Some congressional leaders were clearly uncomfortable with the lack of disclosure of the dangers posed by bank lending to hedge funds. Says House banking chairman Jim Leach, who plans to hold hearings in the next week or two: "The question that remains for the economy is what other risk exists in the hedge-fund and derivatives industries." The answer, of course, is of vital interest to U.S. taxpayers as well as to investors. Talk of "moral hazard" will thus remain a hot issue from Washington to Wall Street and Main Street...
...this round, Hodges is catching up to Beasley in the polls, riding a freaky wave of money and support. A former state legislator and a corporate lawyer, Hodges touts tax revenues from gambling as the best way to fund South Carolina's crumbling education system, and grateful video-poker barons have rewarded him with heavy campaign contributions. Beasley has made himself an enemy of the state's gambling interests by calling for a ban on video poker and opposing a referendum on introducing a state lottery...
This represents a great leveling of the investment playing field. More than a decade ago, when I set up my hedge fund, my principal worry was whether I could get public information in time to process it at the speed of the big boys who controlled billions of dollars. I even positioned my fund near my old employer, Goldman Sachs, so I could quickly get to its research library. I paid the $1,500 a month necessary to get the latest financial feeds. I had to negotiate hard with brokers for lower commissions...
Cramer runs a hedge fund and is founder and columnist for thestreet.com an investing website. Nothing in this column should be construed as advice to buy or sell stocks...
...latest and biggest in a parade of big names to campaign in Oregon's First District: Hillary Clinton, whose tribulations have helped make her the hottest ticket on this season's fund-raising circuit. More than 200 Oregonians paid $250 each to Wu's underfinanced campaign to hear the First Lady declare over lunch, "We need to change the Congress!" The biggest favor Clinton did for Wu was to remind Democrats there is an election coming up and offer them a rationale for voting in a year when turnout promises to set a record low. Even in Oregon, where mail...