http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog A LOOK BEHIND THE WIZARD’S CURTAIN Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:26:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/how-to-protect-yourself-and-your-assets/ http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/how-to-protect-yourself-and-your-assets/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:16:46 +0000 Bruce http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/?p=303 http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/how-to-protect-yourself-and-your-assets/feed/ 3 I was sitting in a restaurant in Toluca Lake, California munching on a field of greens salad with gorganzola cheese, candied pecans and a rasberry vinigrette dressing. My Kobe burger had just been served when my cell phone did its thing. I tried not to glance at the phone because the Kobe burger beckoned. But [...] http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/banking/ http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/banking/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:16:41 +0000 Bruce http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/?p=329 http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/banking/feed/ 3 BANKING An AP wire story issued last month said, “Regulators on Friday shut down two big California banks as well as banks in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois, bring to 140 the number of U.S. banks brought down this year by the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.” You don’t have to be a [...] http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/money-market-accounts/ http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/money-market-accounts/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:16:06 +0000 Bruce http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/?p=331 http://www.crisisbydesign.com/blog/financial-advice/money-market-accounts/feed/ 1 MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS Last year, a group of international bankers called The Group of Thirty, met and issued some recommendations about money market accounts. On the surface, The Group of Thirty is just an “informal” group of very senior finance people who make recommendations about global banking and finance. But a close look finds it [...]