EconomPics of the Week 9/26

Investment Banking Model is Dead
How Things Have Changed....
The Downfall of the Investment Banking Model
Pay for Performance?

Bailout
Game Theory: Why the Bailout Won’t Work
When $25 Billion is Chump Change... Auto's Bailed Out
Is it Possible the Bailout Might be Profitable?
Bailouts + Packages: Twice the Size of the War on Iraq

U.S. Government
McDonalds More Credit-worthy than the U.S.?
China Central Bank Advisor: "Why are we piling up on IOU’s”...

Credit Markets
Two Year Swap Spreads State "WE WANT A BAIL OUT NO...
Berkshire Goldman Preferreds Yield over 17%
Anything Happen While I Was Gone?

Economic Data
Final GDP Print Down .5%, even with Puny 1.1% GDP ...
Late Leading Indicators (August)
Although Harder to File... Bankruptcies are on the Rise
Durable Goods Shipments... Move on... Nothing to See Here

Equities
Goldman Initiates the $7.5B "Buffett Bounce"
Is it Time to "Exchange" Your GS / MS Investment for CME?

Politics
Bush Approval Rating vs. S&P 500