Nobody can pick a winner. That is the age-old wisdom of Hollywood, which is odd coming from a bunch of folks who also insist that they are the only people who can successfully do the one thing they claim […] Continue Reading…
You can’t spend more than two weeks dealing with movies without hearing numerous references to the infamous William Goldman quote concerning Hollywood: “Nobody knows anything.”
Goldman was referring to the level of ignorance that he found in the Hollywood system. […] Continue Reading…
Roger Ebert says we should hate 3-D. He says so in a subtle essay slyly entitled Why I Hate 3-D. Ebert blames the process for everything from medical aliments to a disruption in the spatial/dimensional field of the universe […] Continue Reading…
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism over the effectiveness of a Senate proposal to establish a clearinghouse for rating complex securities.
Read the full article by Karen Brettell, “Franken bill unlikely to make ratings more reliable,” Reuters, May 14, […] Continue Reading…
Rating Agencies have borne much of the blame for the credit crisis, but now they’re fighting back with accusations that they were misled by the banks whose securities they rated. R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes provides his insights on […] Continue Reading…
You are a young, first-time filmmaker. By hook or by crook, you actually managed to finish your movie. It’s in the can and ready to roll. And suddenly, you sound like Robert Redford at the end of The Candidate […] Continue Reading…
R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge is interviewed in an article on how to address the monopoly rating agencies currently enjoy, to the detriment of the debt market and the economy as a whole.
Read the full article by Vanessa Drucker, […] Continue Reading…
Summer movies don’t really exist any more. After all, the summer schedule actually started last November with the release of Avatar. So it’s really summer all year round, with enough tent pole movies to supply the world’s largest circus. […] Continue Reading…
A controversial recent encounter with Jim Cramer on CNBC has had many people asking, “Who is Sylvain Raynes?” Quantnetwork gets to the heart of the matter in an amusing in-depth interview with R&R Consulting’s co-founder.
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R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is among the experts interviewed by CNN’s Alan Chernoff for a feature on the role of rating agencies in the credit crisis.
Watch “The other economic culprit,” on CNN, April 30, 2010.