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  • Falling Credit: Unless Lending Can Increase, Crisis Will Continue [View article]
    I.e., it is undisputed that the bankers "compete", to pay for what they already own. The source of all time/savings deposits within... More »
    Comment by flow5
    Nov 14 18:12 pm |
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  • Falling Credit: Unless Lending Can Increase, Crisis Will Continue [View article]
    Very relevant. Every time a member CB makes a loan to, or buys securities from, the non-bank public, they create new money & credit... More »
    Comment by flow5
    Nov 14 14:34 pm |
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  • One Question for Sheila Bair [View article]
    Then why did she decide to save Wachovia bondholders? Where was the consistency? Even more ridiculous, FDIC is now backing over $300... More »
    Comment by PPY
    Nov 14 05:16 am |
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  • One Question for Sheila Bair [View article]
    Do you consider GMAC a crap? If you do, then bondholders who just lent another $2.9 billion to this "crap" last week via TLGP will "not... More »
    Comment by PPY
    Nov 14 05:09 am |
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  • The Fed Cracks Down on Overdrafts [View article]
    Good point on the default choice and the opt in/opt out confusion for the consumer. One would think that the principles in books like... More »
    Comment by Tom Jacobs
    Nov 13 21:39 pm |
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  • One Question for Sheila Bair [View article]
    I'm with Shelia. First wipe out the equity and then the unsecured debt. Regular rules. We'd be well through this mess if we collapsed... More »
    Comment by bindlepete
    Nov 13 16:09 pm |
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  • Falling Credit: Unless Lending Can Increase, Crisis Will Continue [View article]
    I'm 100% in agreement with you, sir. But Pelosi would have to give up her vineyard in Caliland if the banks decide to fold. I've heard... More »
    Comment by ryanclarke
    Nov 13 15:21 pm |
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  • Memo to Senator Dodd: Financial Reform Need Not Be Complicated [View article]
    One must deal with the situation as it is, not as they wish it was. The global governmental/financial hydra-headed monster is so tangled... More »
    Comment by Snitzer
    Nov 13 14:37 pm |
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  • The Fed Cracks Down on Overdrafts [View article]
    I'm not so sure this is the best way to tackle this. If you don't get a 'courtesy clear' and pay the O/D fee, you end up having a... More »
    Comment by Silentz
    Nov 13 13:29 pm |
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  • One Question for Sheila Bair [View article]
    Sheila bair did right. There is not suppose to be free lunches. If you lend to a crap company be prepared for getting nothing. The... More »
    Comment by Moon Kil Woong
    Nov 13 11:52 am |
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  • Falling Credit: Unless Lending Can Increase, Crisis Will Continue [View article]
    Rome [America] is burning [deflating] and Nero [the Fed] is fiddling away merrily.... Welcome to the Restaurant at the End of the... More »
    Comment by TotallyScrewed
    Nov 13 09:58 am |
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  • One Question for Sheila Bair [View article]
    Felix, the WaMu move was criminal, pure and simple and shows our regulators have no understanding (or worse, concern) for the fallout or... More »
    Comment by BoneYard
    Nov 13 09:49 am |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • The Fed Cracks Down on Overdrafts [View article]
    Here come the bank failures that the "little guy" will have to pay for anyway then...even if he never had an overdraft.
    Comment by User 502527
    Nov 13 09:38 am |
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  • Will Small Banks Replicate Big Banks? [View article]
    Sorry but I don't agree. Having only a small amount of large banks that are tightly regulated beats having a bunch of loosely regulated... More »
    Comment by Maxe Paul
    Nov 13 09:16 am |
    Rating: 0 -2
  • Memo to Senator Dodd: Financial Reform Need Not Be Complicated [View article]
    One may not understand politics but everyone understands when a bank defaults. We need to reform Congress as well as the banks.
    Comment by BlueOkie
    Nov 13 09:02 am |
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