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Elizabeth Warren

Will Trump Fill Up Target Center in Downtown Minneapolis Tonight? I’ll Tell ‘Ya Tomorrow . . .

[Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] Against the instant (and unanimous) protestations from my immediate family, I will be at President (for now) Trump’s “MAGA” rally at Target...
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“The Election is Over. Long Live the Election.”

Day-After Stock Market Drop My sentiments on yesterday’s doings:  “the King election is dead over, long live the election.” Yours, too? Besides the so-called “Fiscal Cliff” — now squarely in everyone’s sights — perhaps the markets are signalling displeasure with Elizabeth Warren gaining a high-profile perch from which to pursue mega-banks (that would be a U.S. Senate...
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On RealClearMarkets.com

“Batting 8th Today . . .” To a blogger, making RealClearMarkets.com is a bit like a novelist being mentioned on Oprah’s book list: it delivers an instant, nationwide “pop” in your traffic (actually, international — RealClearMarkets.com reaches readers in dozens of countries, not to mention senior policy makers in Washington, Wall Street-types, etc.). So, it’s...
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The Wall Street Journal Whiffs on Warren

Protecting Consumers From Banks It turns out that Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren will head the new Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, after all. The Bureau, which Warren proposed creating, is charged with ensuring that “consumers are protected from unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices and from discrimination.” Seeing as how millions of consumers are routinely...
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He’s No Ferdinand Pecora: Phil Who?!?

Nine Better Choices to Investigate Wall Street Do you know who’s on the “Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission” (“FCIC”), the 10 member Congressional committee that’s now investigating the (ongoing) financial crisis? Neither do I — and neither, I submit, do the vast majority of Americans. In fact, I’d be shocked if 5 in 100 knew that...
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