Opinions

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  Greg MacSweeney
  Sub-Prime Loans and CDOs Have Helped Create the Perfect Storm
  Sub-prime loans, predatory lending, collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and a legitimate real-estate market collapse have shaken the foundation of the U.S. economy.
• Who Said Technology Isn’t Important?
  Check scams, logic bombs, data theft, online outages, compensation for botched trades and computer glitches -- and that was only the first six of seven stories gracing a popular financial technology Web site earlier this month.
• Tony Soprano and My Social Security Number
  We live in a world of trust. We want to believe that everyone is good, and Ozzie and Harriet live next door. Unfortunately this world does not exist -- especially online.
• Innovation Dilemma
  When you think of the securities and investments industry, of what do you think?
• Redefining Risk
  It wasn't long ago that risk management implied VaR (value at risk) and ERM (enterprise risk management).

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”
• Wall Street Firms Focus On Vendor Risk (video)

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2. IT Challenges Loom for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
3. Examiner Sees Accounting Gimmicks in Lehman Demise
4. Author Michael Lewis Equates Wall Street Bonuses with 'Theft'
5. Post-Crisis, Banks Paying Close Attention to Vendor Risk When Choosing Tech Partners
6. Buffett Kept Distance from Lehman
7. BOX Moves to Equinix NY4 Data Center in Secaucus, New Jersey
8. High-Frequency Traders Confident as CFTC Ramps Up Scrutiny
9. CBOE Files for $300 Million IPO
10. Edward Jones Selects Broadridge for Company-Wide Performance Reporting