Apologies for the delays between posts. Been in the cave on companies lately, among other things. Back in a while to pick up on that CRBC series. In the meantime, here was the most attention grabbing lede I read all week:

“Over the last two years of the housing bubble, Wall Street bankers perpetrated one of the greatest episodes of self-dealing in financial history.”

Great article from ProPublica – “Banks’ Self-Dealing Super-Charged Financial Crisis.” Here it is in its entirety. Also includes these great graphics (click to enlarge).