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Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard.
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Morning reading
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 24, 2009
Last year, then Chairman of the SEC, Christopher Cox, banned naked short selling of shares for a period. Discussion of nakedness in the markets s...
Zandi: the Great Recession ... is coming to an end
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 23, 2009
With the Dow up 188 points and finishing in the 9000s, Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson did a quick-and-dirty straw poll of economists....
Subprime myths
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 23, 2009
Yuliya Demyanyk has published an intriguing piece on the Cleveland Fed website. Ten Myths about Subprime Mortgages, it's called.
Demyanyk is a s...
What do lawmakers really know?
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 23, 2009
Manuel Quinones of Capital News Connection quizzed some Tennessee representatives about the financial crisis - well, about derivatives, anyway -...
Bustin' out
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 23, 2009
The Dow pumped up about 9000 this morning, thanks to a bunch of good earnings numbers. Ford, AT&T and EBay all look better than expected. Thr...
Morning Reading
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 23, 2009
Earnings are likely to move the markets today, and they're swamping the headlines this morning, but there is some more color out there.
Reuters ...
Dark pools: An explainer
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Paddy Hirsch
Jul 6, 2009
Dark pools are exchanges where people trade stocks anonymously. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how they work, and why the SEC is considering regulating them.
Marketplace
Meet Cap 'n Trade
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Paddy Hirsch
May 22, 2009
Cap and Trade is the linchpin of the government's effort to curb carbon emissions. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how the cap and trade model works.
Marketplace
Capital structure
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Paddy Hirsch
May 6, 2009
In stories about the auto companies and the banks, we've been hearing about debt-to-equity swaps and exchanging preferred shares for common stock. To understand how those work, you need to understand a company's capital structure. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.
Marketplace
Pass the torque wrench, Steve
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Paddy Hirsch
May 4, 2009
So, Chrysler expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection in July. This according to the company's bankruptcy filing. Nine weeks. Forgive me if I...