Author Archives: Sara Hanks

About Sara Hanks

I'm a securities lawyer by training, with an interest in financial policy issues. I've spent time at the SEC, in MegaLaw, and on Capitol Hill. I now run a start-up company in the emergent crowdfunding space. I can write doggerel on command and I have recreated TARP in cake form.

FB and FD

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Sara Hanks

It’s not often that I disagree with Joe Grundfest, but I am going to take exception to one of the points he makes about the Netflix/Facebook disclosure.  As most people know, Netflix’s CEO made a comment about Netflix subscriptions on … Continue reading →

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WHO WON 2012?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Sara Hanks

You know, there’s just something so appealing about government employees who get on with their job like grownups and do something really freaking cool like landing something the size of a phone booth on a planet millions of miles away … Continue reading →

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ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: LESS CRISIS-Y?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Sara Hanks

See here for the introduction to the ZBI. So I was right not to include the Fiscal Cliff, right?  Was I right when I predicted that we’d head to the precipice and then create half-baked solutions kicking most of the … Continue reading →

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A HOLIDAY STORY: MIRACLE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Sara Hanks

I am an old woman now, and many memories have faded.  But the clearest memories I have are of the events one Christmas that nobody quite agrees about.  All of us who were there know that something happened, but when … Continue reading →

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ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: POST ELECTION EDITION

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Sara Hanks

See here for the introduction to the ZBI. Yeah, we had an election.  Insert gay socialist potsmoker joke here.  Although as soon as we had the election we had a sex scandal involving a peerless general, a sleeveless biographer and … Continue reading →

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HIRE A VET TO SAVE YOU FROM THE HACKERS (AND THE ZOMBIES)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Sara Hanks

I’ll update the ZBI tomorrow.  Earlier this week I was in Seattle, getting worried by this lady, who reckons we are in WWIII as far as information security is concerned.  But the good news (insofar as there is any, which … Continue reading →

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ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: POST-SANDY EDITION

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Sara Hanks

See here for the introduction to the ZBI. Nothing funny about the storm.  I hope my readers haven’t lost too much that they care about, but I’m aware of some friends with major losses.  Hugs. The markets seemed to work … Continue reading →

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25 YEARS ON

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Sara Hanks

Happy “Market Break” anniversary everyone! Lord, I am old. (I am so old that my first introduction to high frequency trading was the debate in the NYSE when traders wanted to lug their 10-pound “cellular telephones” onto what used to … Continue reading →

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ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX: NOBEL PRIZE EDITION

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Sara Hanks

See here for the introduction to the ZBI. So on Friday two of our local DC teams suffered sad losses. The Nationals were one out from winning their Division Series and we know how that ended. Also it turns out, … Continue reading →

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ZOMBIE BEAR INDEX

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Sara Hanks

See here for the introduction to the ZBI.   1.  Bank provisioning.   The cases undermining MERS’ validity continue to pile up.  I’d be interested to see the accounting entries for paying interest in ice cream.  Insert joke about “melting … Continue reading →

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