Influx

If you want an trip into the “money culture” that OWS appears to be rallying against, you need to go no further than look to the trade publications that covered that world. The perfect chronicler of the culture was Trader Monthly- who for the best part of the C21st has recorded and...

While there have been a few promising innovators in the field of financial services, like Mint and some peer to peer lenders, nothing has really shaken the industry out of its lethargy and done something to meet the real needs of consumers.BankSimple could be about to change that. Instead of trying...

I was fortunate enough to hear Stefan Sagmeister speak at Lucid NYC's event last week and it was impressive. Stefan told us a story about his attempt to make a film about happiness and the journey he's been on to discover it and its secrets. This journey has taken him to remote parts of Indonesia...

If you want to understand why we are in the mess we are in, you can do worse than read or listen to Gillian Tett. Gillian studied Social Anthropology at Cambridge and then went into journalism with the Financial Times. Most books on finance are pretty dull affairs, but her book Fool's Gold, which...

Nice visual from JP Morgan on current market caps for banks around the world.Via Paul Kedrosky Posted by Ed Cotton

American Public Media 's Marketplace does a nice job of explaining Hedge Funds.A look inside hedge funds from Marketplace on Vimeo.Posted by Ed Cotton

Top Gear presenter, Jeremy Clarkson- a wealth man made rich by celebrity vents his frustration at the banking system and the current crisis. "As I sat there on that horrible Monday, watching the whole financial world on the brink of collapse, I thought back to all the midnight oil I’d...

Cantos has a really good discussion on its site where it explores the implications of the credit crunch on the corporate sector. The participants include: Robin Bew from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Davide Sola from the (ESCP-EAP) European School of Management, and Paul Anning from Osborne...

This is a really nice idea. Smarty Pig is a site that helps people save for specific goals and allows friends and family to contribute to those savings plans. Traditional banks should look at this because the 2.0 companies are snapping at their heels with innovations like this. Thanks to...

Brands in the world of financial investing are a pretty conservative bunch, fond of their logos intelligently crafted from the safe and trustworthy blue and green Pantone hues and communication targeted with laser-like focus on the Baby Boomer crowd. When we see their print and television...