Dodd Frank

No law passed by Congress is perfect, and the evidence is clear that the Dodd-Frank Act requires some tweaking to make it work better. As a result of Dodd-Frank's mortgage rules, many community banks are getting out of the home loan business altogether  In response to the disagreement amongst courts regarding the scope of Dodd-Frank's … Read more

Yeah, that headline seems a bit odd — Dodd-Frank is about banking, right? Well, apparently buried within Dodd-Frank are conflict minerals rules which I suppose were spurred by the efforts of a few dim-bulb celebrities who  House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) called the Dodd-Frank Act the “absolute epitome of Washington greed,” which … Read more