Taxing the banks?
An idea launched from a surprising corner (nominally) socialist British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But is it any good?
Bailed-Out Banks Setting Stage for Pay Bonanza
Will they ever learn…
It turns out taxpayers didn’t bail-out any bank
The Chinese did..
Stiglitz argues the US is paying for it’s failure to nationalize its banks
We also have argued here numerous times for the same measures, which where always intended to be temporary, modelled after the successful Swedish banking rescue plan of the early 1990s…
Here is one reason why we don’t trust the markets
European banks, downright scary….
US Banks finding yet another way to rip off the taxpayer
Hmm, as if there weren’t already enough ways. Of course, temporary nationalization would have prevented all of that, but we admit we’re getting a bit like a broken record on […]
All plain sailing from here onwards?
Not according to some..
Backdoor nationalization?
The Obama Government seems to be wising up on it’s bank policy. We have always argued that providing capital is way more effective than buying up dud assets…
The shape of US banks
Sensible stuff for US banks and investors..
Are the banks really ok?
We’ve seen some scary stories around (we’ve taken apart one really bizarre version here), and today’s figures from Wells Fargo seem to underscore that we no longer have to fear […]