Ask A Banker: What's It Like?
by Matt Levine
The main skills required are attention to detail, cheerful obedience, and the ability to add two-digit numbers in your head. Also, it helps to like finance.
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Ask A Banker: Why Are Mortgage Rates So Low?
by Matt Levine
A reader who just re-financed his mortgage asks: Why are so many people willing to lend huge amounts of money at such low interest rates?
Episode 445: Cyprus Takes Away The Security Blanket
On today's show: Why did the world freak out over the Cyprus bailout?
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Where The Bank Really Keeps Your Money
by Jacob Goldstein
A bailout in Cyprus provides an unsettling, potentially dangerous reminder: The bank doesn't really have your money.
Episode 443: Don't Believe The Hype
Despite all the celebration, the Dow Jones industrial average has not hit record highs recently. If you adjust for inflation, the highs just aren't as high as they seem. On today's show, we rain on the Dow's parade and explain why a lot of very smart people say we should ignore the Dow.
The Dow Isn't Really At A Record High (And It Wouldn't Matter If It Were)
by Jacob Goldstein
After adjusting for inflation, the Dow is still below its earlier peaks. (Also: The Dow is a pretty random measure of the market.)
Ask A Banker: Shadow Banking Is Like Banking, Only Shadier
by Matt Levine
Banking is a highly regulated beast. Shadow banking, not so much.
Episode 437: Can Andrew Sullivan Make It On His Own?
The uberblogger recently left big media. Will readers' contributions be enough to pay his blog's eight-person staff?
Episode 435: Why Buying A Car Is So Awful
Why millions of Americans still haggle with car dealers in person, one brand at a time.
Ask A Banker: Stock Tips!
by Matt Levine
Does anyone make anything that beats a low-cost index fund? There are at least two short answers to this, which are (1) Don't ask me, and (2) No.
Planet Money Meets Radiolab
For a story on high-frequency trading, our own David Kestenbaum teams up with Jad Abumrad.
When Companies Agree To Huge Penalties But Don't Admit Doing Anything Wrong
by Jacob Goldstein
Companies have a powerful incentive to avoid admitting wrongdoing. But some powerful people are pushing back.
Episode 267: A New Mom And The President of Iceland
On today's show, a years-long, international, multi-billion-dollar battle over one of the most boring things in finance: savings accounts.
An International Battle Over One Of The Most Boring Things In Finance
The years-long, multi-billion-dollar battle just ended.
