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$60 Billion for Greece Moves Currency Markets: Editor’s Choice for the Week of April 12, 2010
Earnings season begins this week at home, but the big early news for the week will likely be the massive loan package pledged by European Union finance ministers and the IMF  to shore up the debt market for the sick man of Europe, Greece.  Congress returns in full force this week, plus we get the new numbers on the health of housing and the pace of inflation.

Europe, IMF Pledge Support for Greece (4/12/2010)
The 16 nations that make up the Eurozone announced April 11 that they would provide some $40 billion (30 billion euros) in loans over the next three years to Greece, at a below-market 5% fixed interest rate, in a bid to shore up the credit markets for Greek debt ahead of Greece. s planned April 12 issuance of new three- and six-month paper. The current three-year Greek bond has a yield of 6.98%.

Study Examines Federal Spending on Climate Change Programs (4/12/2010)
The federal government has committed several billion dollars in annual spending, mostly by the Department of Energy and NASA, on projects to expand the understanding of climate change or to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. A recently released study by the Congressional Budget Office examines current spending on the efforts and presents an analysis of recent trends.

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Clark at Large: The New Heroes on Fiduciary (4/12/2010)
Bob Clark says that from his vantage point, it looks as if the snowballing public acceptance of a fiduciary duty for all financial advisors is the result of the same small-group-making-a-large-impact phenomenon that Ron Roge & Co. personified two decades ago in making fees the compensation of the conscientious. While there have been many groups advocating the cause of a fiduciary duty, it seems to me the greatest impact by far has been made by the Committee for The Fiduciary Standard.

Former Fannie Mae Executives Explain Failures to Congress (4/9/2010)
Two former top executives at Fannie Mae appearing before a congressional panel on Friday, April 9, blamed the giant lender’s failure on the clash of its dual mission and an unprecedented collapse in the housing market.

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