economy
Is Financial Reform (and 404(b) Relief) Dying in the Senate?
By David Feldman at 5 February, 2010, 2:45 pm
I try not to make this a political blog and tend not to cover major legislative activities, except of course in this instance where it has a direct impact on smaller public companies. Back in December the House of Representatives approved a sweeping financial services reform bill that would add more regulatory oversight to banks [...]
Read More >>Obama: Eliminate Capital Gains Taxes on Investing in Small Business
By David Feldman at 28 January, 2010, 7:42 am
Whatever your politics, if you’re involved in working with small and middle market businesses, you have to be heartened by Pres. Obama’s suggestion in his State of the Union address last night to eliminate all capital gains taxes on investing in small businesses. I have been in and around the venture capital community for my entire [...]
Read More >>One Economist’s View: Gift Cards for All
By David Feldman at 12 January, 2010, 2:00 pm
I attended a talk by economist Dr. Irwin Kellner this morning at an Association for Corporate Growth event. I have known Irwin for 20 years and have listened to many of his talks at various events over the years. He is super knowledgeable, clear and entertaining as well.
His bottom line: unless the Administration does something major, we [...]
Home for the Holidays…
By David Feldman at 19 December, 2009, 10:03 am
As a blizzard heads to visit us here in New York today, I want to wish all my faithful blogees a happy and safe holiday season and all the best of success in the New Year. We are around for the holidays in no small part because of some major transactions that seem determined to [...]
Read More >>Notes from SEC Small Business Conference
By David Feldman at 20 November, 2009, 8:20 am
Yesterday I went to Washington to attend the SEC’s annual small business conference, which they are mandated to hold by statute. SEC Chair Mary Schapiro opened it up recognizing the importance of smaller companies to help take the company out of recession and reminding us of the three key goals of the SEC: protecting investors, [...]
Read More >>California Dreamin’
By David Feldman at 12 October, 2009, 9:14 am
Reprinted from our sister blog at www.reboundpost.com:
For those of us old enough to remember (I am almost not quite), one of the greatest rock songs ever, “California’ Dreamin,” was written by the Mamas and the Papas in 1963 and released in 1965 (well I was in kindergarten). The classic has been covered a million times by the [...]
Check out our Sister Blog at www.crisispost.com!
By David Feldman at 27 July, 2009, 6:39 am
For a number of months now your humble blogger has offered commentary outside of the reverse merger world at www.crisispost.com, which I started back in March; I hope you will take a look! Crisis Post seeks to be your key resource for information and commentary about the economy, Wall Street, the President and his policies, Bernie [...]
Read More >>More China Stuff
By David Feldman at 2 July, 2009, 1:04 am
Reprinted from our sister blog at www.crisispost.com.
As I am leaving China to return home to celebrate July 4th with my family, I thought I would share some interesting tidbits from just today’s China Daily, which gives good insight into what issues are important to Chinese business and society.
1. The government has worked to encourage [...]
Finance Industry Regulatory Reform: Not So Much
By David Feldman at 9 June, 2009, 5:59 am
The Wall St. Journal reported something quite major today: that the Obama administration is severely cutting back on its ambitious plan to completely remake the regulatory environment for the financial markets. They had originally said their goal was to combine and consolidate existing agencies to remove inefficiencies and overlapping jurisdictions. Now, well, they just want [...]
Read More >>Mood in Europe? Green Shoots Still Awaiting Sunlight
By David Feldman at 8 June, 2009, 5:54 am
I spent a good part of last week in London meeting with various folks in finance. A hardy bunch for sure. I sense that their reaction to the market meltdown this past fall was a bit more reserved than we “sky is falling” Americans who slash and burn our budgets at the first sign of [...]
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