The financial debate during the past few days was dominated by President Obama’s sweeping revamp of financial market supervision, and this issue also occupies a number of slots in today’s Video-o-rama.

But it was not all about regulation, as pundits were also trying to figure out whether there were in fact economic “green shoots” and what the implications for financial markets might be. Commentators include Michael Lewis, John Rogers, Robert Kleinschmidt, Jack Welch, Barry Ritholtz, Nouriel Roubini, Stephen Roach, Mario Gabelli and George Friedman.

The compilation kicks off with author Michael Lewis discussing his article “The End of Wall Street”, and concludes with a fascinating analysis of the Iranian situation by George Friedman of Stratfor, geopolitical analysts.

You Tube: Michael Lewis - the end of Wall Street? “Author Michael Lewis discusses how his experience working at Salomon Brothers and writing Liar’s Poker influenced his article, ‘The End of Wall

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Here´s a note about a compelling stock story from legendary newsletter writer Richard Russell.

This from Russell:

I usually don’t spend a lot of time touting one stock. But there is one stock that fascinates me. It’s the Chinese stock, BYD. BYD is run by CEO Wang Chuanfu who, according to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, is a combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch. The company is only 14 years old and is already bringing in $4 billion in sales.

BYD is now the world’s leading manufacturer of batteries (they supply the batteries for Apple). BYD is now moving into the manufacturing of plug-in cars. I think in view of the company’s history and capabilities, that BYD will be successful and a coming huge factor in the auto business.

Warren Buffett and Richard Russell are buying BYD, maybe you should too…

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President Obama takes office at a critical time for the US economy, says Andrew Snyder. The bear is raging in the stock markets, but Andrew says there are some diamonds in the rough. He picks the best three stocks for Obama’s first 100 days in office.

This from Today’s Financial News:

It is do-or-die time in corporate America. If companies do not get their finances in line and make a turnaround during the first quarter of 2009, their days as a going concern are over.

Indeed, the bankruptcy courts will be busy as we countdown President Obama’s first 100 days in office, but that does not mean we will not see long lines of investors cashing in their market-creaming gains. This is a time of great flux in the American markets, which requires savvy, well-researched investing techniques.

Make the right choices and the next 100 days will be like no other. Make the wrong

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The Bernie Madoff scandal has investors newly terrified of money manager fraud. But fraud is actually not all that hard to avoid - the real lesson goes deeper than that. “Madoff with ya money.”

Of all the articles covering the scandal, that title from the Financial Times sums it up best. The opening of the piece is pretty good too:

Nothing stupefies like money. Even the savviest investors tend to look the other way when extraordinary returns are being made. This unfortunate human trait is the fuel behind speculative bubbles and the magic behind all financial scams.

No one, it seems, has exploited this as blatantly in recent times as Wall Street bigwig Bernard Madoff, a former Nasdaq chairman arrested this week for allegedly running the biggest dollar Ponzi scheme of all time.

The scale of the fraud is staggering. Tens of billions have been lost - perhaps as much as $50 billion over

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A must read article on Minyanville.com puts the smack down on General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares, and another one from Bloomberg.com isn't going to help shareholders come tomorrow or the foreseeable future.  GE shares get ready to battle the media. Let's face it, when fear is driven into the hearts of investors, no matter how it gets there, word of mouth, CNBC, your baby's momma -- it's fear none the less. When that happens, investors bail, and the selling could jump start now that the media is tearing GE a new one. General Electric (NYSE:GE) appears to be a "cheap stock" when you consider traditional investing measures: P/E now under 10, at 7.67. Shares are of GE are now $16 down 58% in the last year. It's a company we have all grown up with, same ...

Good CEOs versus Bad CEOsStockerblog.com had the pleasure of recently interviewing Ken Fisher, head of the $30 billion Fisher Asset Management, a very long time Forbes columnist, and author of the books Super Stocks, The Wall Street Waltz, 100 Minds That Made the Market, and The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't. He is also coming out with a new book in the Fall, The Ten Roads to Riches: The Way the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!), published by Wiley.If you missed Part 1 of the interview, you can see it here, and if you missed Part 2, you can ...