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A Sensible and Refreshing Move from the Fed

Here is an analogy ...your teenager has maxed out their credit cards and is to a point they can no longer make payments. You step in as a co-signer and get the limits on the cards doubled.

Is this the right decision? This is what the Fed did for the banks yesterday.

What they should have done is "tough love." Step on their damn necks and tell them to take their proper write-downs (that are hidden on their SIVs or are still inflated due to "mark to myth").

Until there is trust and responsibility, more liquidity will not solve the problem.

Pick Up Undervalued Financials - Barron's Interview

There has not been a recent deal that didn't dilute stock price. Either there were additional incentives or the stock was just sold below market price. When big players start picking financials at market price with no side deals I might believe its a bottom. They are just trying to stay solvent at the moment.

The other thing to watch is the ARM resets. The worst 6 months just started ...after more foreclosures we will see how bad their mark to model calculations really are. Until then you are bottom fishing in the dark (...don't grab a shark!).

Three words if you believe this article ..."Sold to YOU!"