Category Archives: Socially Responsible Investing “SRI”

GMO Opposition September 11, 2012 Psoras to USDA for Public Due Process Comment Period

(also posted here by the USDA as a part of the public due process comment period letters opposing deregulation of herbicides and associated gmo grains – according to each Docket Number http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0103-4687; https://www.regulations.gov/comment/APHIS-2012-0046-0079 ) 11 September 2012 Via website post:  http … Continue reading

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Banks: Is a New Glass-Steagall Good News? My comment to Ben Levisohn of Barrons

Hello Ben, I helped work on Gramm Leach Bliley (beginning when it would have been D’Amato Leach Bliley). I met Rep Jim Leach at the 2000 Republican National Convention while a NY delegate for Senator John McCain. When I met Rep … Continue reading

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Anat Admati on Bill Moyers: Thoughts on “Too Big To Fail”, an inflate/collapse strategy

“Anat Admati on Bill Moyers: Thoughts on “Too Big To Fail”, an inflate/collapse strategy – Big Financials at risk for starring roles in a contemporary drama of Shakespeare ‘s Julius Caesar” A few weeks ago, I caught part of Bill Moyers’s program on … Continue reading

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‘‘Single Point of Entry Strategy’’

This past Thursday, the FDIC closed an extended comment period on its proposed regulation and process regarding ‘resolving’ a Systemically Important Financial Institution, also known as “SIFIs”. These depository institutions are the 20 or so largest in the US and … Continue reading

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Historical Cost/Accrual Accounting vrs “Fair Value” Accounting and how it facilitates Pirating the Time Value of Money

(Posted by Andrea Psoras on September 26, 2010 at 3:09am originally on Bankinnovation.net on 26 Sept 2010 at original link http://www.bankinnovation.net/forum/topics/accrual-accounting-and-using?xg_source=activity (broken link) Historical Cost Basis Accrual accounting versus Fair Value Basis Accounting and using the ‘harmonized’ but in reality, eroded … Continue reading

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Opposition to Basel III comment to banking regulators for due process

Opposition to Basel III comment to banking regulators for due process https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-17010; CFR: 12 CFR 217; 12 CFR 324; 12 CFR 3 Action: Joint notice of proposed rulemaking for the 22 October 2012 Comment; Document Citation: 77 FR 52887; Page: 52887 -52975 … Continue reading

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EU strategy for commercial and cultural asymmetric ‘war’

EU strategy for commercial and cultural asymmetric ‘war’ In the fall of 2010, while attending a conference on ‘transatlantic’ law, I began to contemplate the comments and demeanor of the German experts (lawyers, media, bureaucrats) that Germany was still waging … Continue reading

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Bank Missteps? Review the Board! /Andrea Psoras

Bank Missteps? Review the Board!/Andrea Psoras And other Risks and Vicissitudes Shareholders Face/May 2003 Not to disparage Marilyn Seymann’s observations, board quality only recently has become a matter of concern in the financial sector. “Making Sure Your Board Has Proper … Continue reading

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Equity Research: Community Financial Institutions and Other Financial Services Companies/Andrea Psoras – November 2010

Equity Research: Community Financial Institutions and Other Financial Services Companies/Andrea Psoras – November 2010 SectorCommunity Financial Institutions and Other Financial Services Companies* Sector Profile – Although the financial sector for the last 3 years overall has been encountering a necessary … Continue reading

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