Olivier Garret

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• Special Edition: Our Highest-Rated Speech of All Time

  Published 18 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Never in my life have I seen a round of applause like this one. and at an event normally composed of conservative, introspective investors to…

• Are We Missing Something?

  Published 22 December 2009 | viewed 4,556 times

  Ben Bernanke is a dubious choice to be named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine. While Time's Managing Editor Richard Stengel credits him with…

• A "New GM"?

  Published 01 July 2009 | viewed 2,763 times

  A friend of mine mentioned to me that he was surprised that "bankrupt GM" was spending some serious advertising dollars to try to lure customers…

• Bigger Than Watergate?

  Published 06 May 2009 | viewed 6,022 times

  Reportedly, Bill O'Reilly referred to a recent story out of our nation's capital as "bigger than Watergate." Whether the story is bigger than Watergate or…

• Are Banks Going Bankrupt? "NO!", say Banks

  Published 29 April 2009 | viewed 4,948 times

  On April 21, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the "vast majority" of U.S. banks have more capital than needed. "Currently, the vast majority of banks…

• Widening Deficits

  Published 03 April 2009 | viewed 3,423 times

  On March 20, 2009, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest forecast in an effort to take into account the impact of the…

• The Credit Crunch, Close Up and Personal

  Published 12 December 2008 | viewed 4,334 times

  Within the last year, the true extent of the real estate debacle and ensuing credit crisis in the United States has become blatantly obvious. But…

• The Real Cost of the 2008 Recession

  Published 10 December 2008 | viewed 6,003 times

  It took the statisticians of the National Bureau of Economic Research almost a year to confirm what the rest of us already knew, that the…

• Should the Big Three Be Allowed to Fail?

  Published 05 December 2008 | viewed 3,721 times

  Should the Big Three Be Allowed to Fail? - Olivier Garret The fact that after over 30 years of consistent mismanagement and decline, there is…

• Lost Principles

  Published 26 November 2008 | viewed 4,491 times

  As the economic crisis continues to unfold, recently a sense of uncertainty has begun to pervade the market. Even dyed-in-the-wool risk takers admit that they…

• Commercial Real Estate - the Next Shoe to Drop

  Published 24 November 2008 | viewed 4,784 times

  The residential real estate sector is in shambles and, some economists say, will not recover until the end of 2010, at the earliest. Now it…

• U.S. in Crisis Mode -- What's Next?

  Published 17 October 2008 | viewed 3,935 times

  In the last few weeks, it has become clear that the current financial meltdown is not our usual, run-of-the-mill crisis. It's supersized, inexorably linked to…

• The AIG Bailout - What's Next?

  Published 18 September 2008 | viewed 4,339 times

  Sunday, Sept. 14: Secretary Paulson finally makes a brave decision; enough is enough, let Lehman go bust. After all, the federal government shouldn't be rescuing…