Articles, speeches and interviews by Christopher Whalen

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Interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen: "JPMorgan Profit Beats, Revenue Falls Short" CNBC "Squawk Box" January 15, 2010
Interview with Aaron Task: Person of the Year, My Foot! Bernanke Made "Pig's Breakfast" of Bailout Yahoo Tech|Ticker December 16, 2009
Is It Possible to Re-Privatize the U.S. Financial System? Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University December 2009
Interview with Larry Kudlow & Melissa Francis -- Bull Market or BS? CNBC "Fast Money" December 9, 2009
It is Always Darkest Before the Dawn The Bank Credit Analyst October 2009
AEI Discussion on Government Response to the Financial Crisis (Comments start at 49:10) CSPAN October 9, 2009
The financial reality that Obama will not acknowledge Times of London September 15, 2009
Statement by Christopher Whalen on The Risks of Financial Modeling: VaR and the Economic Meltdown House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight September 10, 2009
Gretchen Morgenson -- Fair Game: What the Stress Tests Didn’t Predict The New York Times August 22, 2009
Interview With Steve Liesman at Leen's Lodge: Fixing the Financial System CNBC August 7, 2009
Letter to Senator Christopher Dodd, Q&A Regarding Over-the-Counter Derivatives Senate Banking Committee July 13, 2009
Statement on "Over-the-Counter Derivatives: Modernizing Oversight to Increase Transparency and Reduce Risks" Senate Banking Committee June 22, 2009
Rebuilding the U.S. Banking System: Back to Basics in Financial Markets and Institutions Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University June 2009
Interview: Larry Summers ist mitschuldig an der Finanzkrise Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung June 22, 2009
Video Presentation: "Small Enough to Fail: Community Banks in the Bailout" Economic Policy Institute June 10, 2009
Jamie Dimon: A Great Operator But an Obstacle to Reform, Whalen Says Yahoo Tech|Ticker June 9, 2009
Interview with Tom Keene and Ken Pruitt Bloomberg Radio May 18, 2009
Statement on "Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation, Part II" Senate Banking Committee (comments start @ 0:50 on webcast) March 24, 2009
Interview with BBC World Today (audio file) British Broadcasting Corporation March 18, 2009
Comments to AEI Conference: What is To Be Done With Credit Default Swaps? American Enterprise Institute February 23, 2009
Commentary: What Is Really Killing the Big Banks? The Globalist February 13, 2009
Comments to AEI/PRMIA Conference: Bust, Bankruptcy, Bailouts: What Should We Do Now? American Enterprise Institute January 28, 2009
Interview: Controversy over Geithner CNN Money January 19, 2009
Interview: Financials: Risk & Reward CNBC December 24, 2008
Comment: The System Can Recover Only When Those that Caused the Crisis are Allowed to Fail The Times of London December 13, 2008
Interview: Throwing Down the Gauntlet (to Tim Geithner) Business Spectator November 20, 2008
GSE Nation: How Bailouts and Nationalization Change the US Banking Model The Risk Management Association November 20, 2008
Interview: Crisis Won't Be Over Until We Tear Up Credit Default Swaps, Says Risk Analyst Yahoo Tech|Ticker November 18, 2008
The Rubin Greenspan Legacy: Now Paulson's Ongoing Nightmare The International Economy Fall 2008
Reassessing Ratings: What Went Wrong, and How Can We Fix the Problem? GARP Risk Review October/November 2008
The Deflating Mortgage and Housing Bubble, Part IV: Where Is the Bottom? American Enterprise Institute October 30, 2008
Interview with Steve Liesman: Saving America's Banking System, Pt. 1 CNBC October 10, 2008
Interview with Steve Liesman: Saving America's Banking System, Pt. 2 CNBC October 10, 2008
Interview: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley at risk Business Spectator October 1, 2008
Interview: Picking Apart the Plan CNBC September 26, 2008
Interview: Fannie, Freddie & Financials CNBC September 10, 2008
Financial Innovation Meets Main Street: Jefferson County and Municipal Finance in the Wake of the Bubble American Enterprise Institute September 10, 2008
Federal Receiver for Broker-Dealers Is a Bad Idea American Banker July 11, 2008
Yield to Commission: Is an OTC Market Model to Blame for Growing Systemic Risk? The Journal of Structured Finance Summer 2008
Interview: Analyst foresaw economic crisis The Miami Herald May 19, 2008
Le débat du jour: Banques américaines : le pire de la crise est-il passé? La Tribune April 23, 2008
Comments to the Icelandic Financial Services Association: Credit Derivatives and Other Acts of Satan The Icelandic Financial Services Association April 15, 2008
Viewpoint: Expanding Fed's Power is Wrong Plan American Banker April 4, 2008
The Deflating Mortgage and Housing Bubble, Part III: What Next? American Enterprise Institute March 12, 2008
Banks wallow in the muddy waters of 'fair value' rules Financial Times March 6, 2008
Speech at Indiana State University: The Subprime Crisis - Cause, Effect and Consequences Networks Financial Institute March 1, 2008
Origins of the Subprime Collapse GARP Risk Review January/February 2008
Speech at the FRB Philadelphia:The Global Risk of Subprime The Global Interdependence Center January 30, 2008
Interview: Whalen, Analyst, Sees `Bad News' From Banks Through 2008 Bloomberg Television November 29, 2007
Interview -- Washington Babylon: Six Questions for Chris Whalen on our speculation-based economy and the 2008 elections Harpers Magazine November 29, 2007
Chinese Banking:The Risk Manager as Revolutionary GARP Risk Review September/October 2007
The Subprime Fiasco: Derivatives and Ratings Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions October 2007
CDO Mess Reveals a Problem in Basel II American Banker August 24, 2007
Venezuela's Oil Trap: Economically speaking, other than oil nothing else is happening. The International Economy Summer 2007
Remarks at AEI: Mortgage Credit and Subprime Lending: Implications of a Deflating Bubble American Enterprise Institute March 28, 2007
Speech at the FRB Philadelphia: Venezuela Under Chavez: Socialist Construction and National Chaos Global Interdependence Center February 21, 2007
A Memo to XBRL US Hitachi Data Interactive February 6, 2007
Regulatory Hazards: Basel II, Shared National Credits and Market Risk GARP Risk Review December 2006
Data Quality Issue Lost In Basel Debate American Banker November 10, 2006
Wall Street's Derivatives Casino The International Economy Fall 2006
Basel II Will Not Unify Global Rules on Capital American Banker October 6, 2006
SEC Roundtable -- Interactive Data and Smaller Public Companies
Archived Webcast
Securities and Exchange Commission September 29, 2006
Venezuela: Rising Anti-U.S. Populism The International Economy Summer 2006
SEC Roundtable -- Interactive Data: Making the Pipeline a Reality
Archived Webcast
Securities and Exchange Commission June 12, 2006
The Derivatives Problem: A New Form for Risk Barron's June 5, 2006
Using Public Data Benchmarking for Basel II GARP Risk Review June 2006
Washington's Potential Mexico Problem The International Economy Spring 2006
SEC: The Cox Revolution The International Economy Winter 2006
China: The Next Great Pyramid Game The International Economy Winter 2005
Speech at the FRB Philadelphia:Globalization and Basel II Global Interdependence Center October 5, 2005
Trailing in the wake of US banks over new capital standard Global Risk Regulator September 2005
No Margin of Safety: New bank-capital requirements are based on ruinous risk models Barron's March 7, 2005
Bath salts analogy does not hold water The Financial Times January 25, 2005
Managing Risk: A skeptic's view of Basel II The International Economy Fall 2004
New House Rules: How the Feds are seeking to make the world safe for derivatives The International Economy Summer 2004
Investigative Report -- What Will Happen to Mexico After Vicente Fox? Insight on the News July 20, 2004
Investigative Report -- Is Alan Greenspan a Money Launderer? Insight on the News July 1, 2004
Investigative Report -- Litigation Hell Insight on the News May 19, 2004
Bankrupt China Becomes Economic Threat Insight on the News May 12, 2004
Political Notebook -- Fed Wizard's Policies Not Economic Magic Insight on the News April 26, 2004
Hollywood's and Wall Street's Backing of Kerry Insight on the News April 15, 2004
Special Report -- The Plane Truth About Airline Woes Insight on the News March 19, 2004
Economic Boom in U.S. Bankruptcies Insight on the News February 27, 2004
Gunfight at the Basel II Corral The International Economy Winter 2004
Victory at Hand for GOP Tort Reform? Insight on the News February 3, 2004
Opening the Books Barron's January 19, 2004
Who Is Protecting Hugo Chavez? Insight on the News November 13, 2003
Daimler's Chrysler Problem The Globalist October 9, 2003
Revisiting Sarbanes-Oxley The International Economy Fall 2003
Let Freedom Ring Barron's July 7, 2003
Fish and Chips — American Style The Globalist May 23, 2003
Costing Out Pax Americana The Globalist May 19, 2003
Just Say No: End the tyranny of the earnings estimate Barron's February 24, 2003
The Nation: High Technology -- Chip Production Moving to China Insight on the News December 31, 2002
Latin America: What the Movies Tell Us The Globalist December 9, 2002
Trade Wars: Micron vs. Asia The Register November 22, 2002
A Striking Cost The Globalist October 11, 2002
Consumers Turn to Trial Lawyers Insight on the News August 12, 2002
Mexico's Fox — or Chicken? The Globalist July 8, 2002
Latin Dominoes Falling Down? The Globalist July 2, 2002
Chavez Revolution May Be In Retreat Insight on the News April 15, 2002
The Real Thing Barron's April 18, 2002
Banking on Derivatives Barron's February 18, 2002
Argentina's Failure Could Be Contagious Barron's December 31, 2001
A Ford in Ford's Uncertain Future Insight on the News December 17, 2001
Deep Funk in Finance Land The International Economy December 1, 2001
Mexican Meltdown The International Economy October 1, 2001
An Explorer May Lead Ford to Ruin Insight on the News August 20, 2001
Slippery Slope: Will Argentina devalue? Barron's July 9, 2001
Southern Discomfort Barron's May 21, 2001
Sneak Attack: A stealth campaign by U.S. regulators to turn private bankers into policemen The International Economy May 1, 2001
Mexico Drug War Has a U.S. Front Insight on the News April 2, 2001
The Long Goodbye Barron's March 19, 2001
Know Your Customer Barron's Janury 15, 2001
The Passing of John Liscio Barron's December 25, 2000
The Nothing New New Economy The International Economy July 1, 2000
Argentina on the Ropes The International Economy April 1, 1998
Britain's Alternative The International Economy January 1, 1998
Who is Cuauhtemoc Cardenas? The International Economy December 1, 1997
Divided Economy: Mexico Financial Times January 14, 1997
Hard Money & Cyber Cash: Bankers vs. Bureaucrats in the Changing Payments System & Money Markets Committee for Monetary Research and Education January 1, 1997
The G-3 Money Launderers The International Economy June 1, 1996
PRI dinosaurs endanger Zedillo Journal of Commerce May 30, 1996
Wait Till Next Year, Amigo Washington Post January 21, 1996
Casinos and World Currencies Journal of Commerce September 26, 1995
The IMF: Liquidate Now! The International Economy September 1, 1995
Defending the American Peso Journal of Commerce June 22, 1995
The Venezuelan Blame Game The International Economy May 1, 1995
Mexico's Peso Crisis May Worsen -- But That's Only Half the Story Christian Science Monitor April 25, 1995
The Latin Two-Step: Will Argentina be next? The International Economy April 1, 1995
Mexico: What's Next? Council on Foreign Relations March 6, 1995
South of the Bailout: The $20 Billion Rescue Plan Won't Help the Mexican People Washington Post February 5, 1995
Going South The Nation January 23, 1995
Puntos Para Salvar a Mexico El Norte December 29, 1994
The Real Free-Trade Debate Hasn't Taken Place Yet Christian Science Monitor December 13, 1994
Mexico: el narcosistema Dinero December 1, 1994
Republicans, the Dollar and Jobs Journal of Commerce November 18, 1994
Fed's Slow Moves on Inflation Journal of Commerce September 29, 1994
Mexico's Devaluation Bogeyman Journal of Commerce August 22, 1994
Imagen falsa de Mexico El Norte April 23, 1994
False Images of Mexico Washington Post April 19, 1994
Proping Up Failing Companies Journal of Commerce March 25, 1994
Motives for metals group rescue Financial Times February 24, 1994
Cooling Heated Financial Markets Journal of Commerce February 23, 1994
Time to Reform the Fed Christian Science Monitor January 20, 1994
Fed's Secretive Decisions Need `Sunshine' The Christian Science Monitor October 28, 1993
In Somalia, the Saudi Connection Washington Post October 17, 1993
NAFTA Is No Bonanza for Mexican Workers Christian Science Monitor October 5, 1993
Losing a Mantle of Leadership Journal of Commerce October 1, 1993
The Saudi Well Runs Dry Washington Post August 29, 1993
Japan's Battle of the Buck Christian Science Monitor August 25, 1993
UNA FRAGIL ESTABILIDAD World Policy Institute May 28, 1993
Clinton and the Carter Ghost Journal of Commerce May 20, 1993
Free Trade Pact Is Shaky Christian Science Monitor April 6, 1993
Europe's Tangled Currencies Journal of Commerce February 2, 1993
Gone Fishing: E. Gerald Corrigan and the Era of Managed Markets The Herbert Gold Society February 1, 1993
The Coming Mexican Devaluation The International Economy January 1, 1993
Bordering on Repression Washington Post December 27, 1992
Speech to UCLA: Free Trade Without Freedom UCLA December 16, 1992
Propping Up Russia's Finances Journal of Commerce September 29, 1992
Floating exchange rates only rational economic choice Financial Times September 15, 1992
Hard Currency Can Cure 'Credit Crunch' American Banker September 4, 1992
Losing the Cold War The Freeman August 1992
Alternative view of Mexico Financial Times June 19, 1992
Social Security's Empty Coffers Journal of Commerce June 16, 1992
Markets in the Post-Cold War Era: Stability and Other Delusions The Mont Pelerin Society May 15, 1992
Mr. Brady's Banking Dilemma Journal of Commerce April 22, 1992
Mexico's Government Creates Another Debt Crisis Wall Street Journal March 12, 1992
Keeping the Fed Free of Politics Journal of Commerce February 14, 1992
President Bush's Invisible Hand Journal of Commerce January 8, 1992
Fragile Stability: Reform & Repression in Mexico under Carlos Salinas World Policy Institute January 1, 1992
Good Guys Are Hard to Find Journal of Commerce October 28, 1991
Old Practice, New Patients Barron's August 26, 1991
Mexico Puts Oil on Trade Table Journal of Commerce July 31, 1991
UNholy Alliance Barron's July 22, 1991
Too Big to Fail? Barron's June 17, 1991
Greenspan and Bush in 1992? Journal of Commerce June 14, 1991
Fed Bailout of FDIC Would Harm Economy American Banker May 21, 1991
Free Traders Ignore Grim Reality in Mexico Wall Street Journal April 30, 1991
Some "Source of Strength" Barron's April 8, 1991
Is Mexico Ready for an FTA Journal of Commerce March 12, 1991
Mess With Social Security Barron's March 4, 1991
On the Casualty List Barron's January 21, 1991
Trade Warriors The Whalen Company January 1, 1991
Mexico: Myths and Reality The Freeman January 1, 1991
Will Mexico Make It? Best of Business Quarterly December 30, 1990
Devaluation and Debt Barron's December 3, 1990
Depleting Asset Barron's October 22, 1990
Welcome to Brazil:Fed Policies Are Debasing the Value of the Dollar Barron's September 17, 1990
U.S. ignores Mexico's dark side Times of the Americas August 22, 1990
Mexico--America's Next Iran? New York Times July 3, 1990
Campaign Reform Now a Hot Issue For Japan, as Well Roll Call June 12, 19
Mr. Greenspan, Listen Up! Barron's June 11, 1990
Will Mexico Make It? Across The Board June 1, 1990
Mexico Needs Privatization, But proposal May Be a Ruse American Banker May 24, 1990
Mexico's 'appealing consistency' Financial Times May 18, 1990
Emperor Brady Has No Clothes Journal of Commerce March 14, 1990
Emperor Brady Has No Clothes Times of the Americas February 21, 1990
Mexico chooses growth -- and inflation Times of the Americas November 29, 1989
Mexico's misfortunes Financial Times October 31, 1989
How Bull Markets Can Fall Under the Weather Wall Street Journal Europe October 16, 1989
Brady Debt Plan: Dead in the Water New York Times October 04, 1989
Mexico's debts Chicago Tribune August 16, 1989
Debt Reduction Isn't What Mexico Really Needs Wall Street Journal August 4, 1989
The Soviet Military Threat from Cuba Human Events July 24, 1982
The Soviet Military Buildup in Cuba Heritage Foundation June 11, 1982