Weekend wrap-up: 2/6 to 2/10/12

Here’s what you may have missed on the Finance Addict this week. Also check out our GIF of the Week after the jump!

1. Risky repos rear their head and threaten us all. Looks like there’s a storm brewing in the U.S. repo markets.
2. Why Dodd-Frank has already failed. Here’s why Dodd-Frank is irredeemably flawed and won’t do enough to protect our economy from troubled financial institutions.
3. The Super Bowl & general ad spend: bullish indicator? Super Bowl commercials, and ad spending in general, are great economic indicators since ad budgets are usually the first to go in a downturn.
4. The saga of Maiden Lane II. Nothing better captures the bailout dilemma than the saga of Maiden Lane II.
5. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to really leave the stage? Can we realistically abolish Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s central role in the housing market? What are the implications?
6. Of fallen angels and demons restored. Alan Greenspan is a fallen angel. Who else do you think will go from hero to zero, and vice versa, when we look back again?

GIF of the week

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