Series: Ask A Banker

Ask A Banker: What's It Like?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:52:00 +0000

Hi, it's another installment of Ask A Banker. We've gotten lots of good questions, and also lots of bad questions, on Twitter and email, but answered only a fraction of them, in part because in some columns I just answered questions that I or Planet Money made up. Sorry. So let's make up for lost time by giving short answers to a bunch of real questions from real people, or at least real email accounts.

Ask A Banker: Why Do People Keep Trying To Give Me Money?

Matt Levine — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:43:00 +0000
Hi! Ask A Banker, Dealbreaker, twitter, email, blah blah blah.
Today's question is from Chris:
Q. Why are so many people willing to lend huge amounts of money (current mortgages) at such low interest rates?

Ask A Banker: Shadow Banking Is Like Banking, Only Shadier

Matt Levine — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:33:00 +0000
Hi! It's Ask a Banker! Once again, I'm a former banker, current Dealbreaker editor and occasional answerer of questions here. Send more questions to planetmoney@npr.org with "ask a banker" in the subject line, or ask on Twitter (@planetmoney). This week's question comes from Ellen in Minneapolis and I think you'll like it:
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Ask A Banker: Stock Tips!

Matt Levine — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:11:00 +0000
Hi! It's Ask a Banker! I'm a former banker, current Dealbreaker editor and occasional answerer of questions real and imagined here. This week we'll continue a mini-streak of answering actual questions submitted by actual people. Help us keep it up by sending questions to planetmoney@npr.org with "ask a banker" in the subject line, or ask on Twitter (@planetmoney).

Ask a Banker: Why Did Bankers Destroy The World? Also, Are You Hiring?

Matt Levine — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:11:00 +0000
Hi! It's Ask a Banker! A little secret that we have here is that not every "question" that people "ask" a "banker" is actually a question that someone has asked in the comments or tweets or what have you to these posts.* Also I'm not exactly a banker, currently, though I was once. So what I'm saying is, the whole premise is a bit off.