Archive for January, 2012
REGULATORY IMMUNITY?
What the Supreme Court decision might mean for you The recent ruling by the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of the Standard Chartered is not a shocking surprise to many due to the sheer mass of appeals the Supreme Court is inundated with each year. Our guess is that about ten minutes of […]
WARREN BUFFOONERY AND GOLDMAN
Follow the money Recently the acclaimed “Oracle of Omaha” Warren Buffet continued his calls for Americans to pay more to the federal government by way of taxes. Warren has been telling everyone who will listen that he should pay more in taxes and so should other Americans. The rhetoric by this buffoon is being hailed […]
Lessons learned in 2011
Happy New Year from all of us at the SIPA. Before we start pondering the future for the Securities Industry we thought we would take a look back on 2011 and review the lessons we learned in the past year. Lesson #1: The more things change the more they stay the same. Whether it was […]