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Fat Cat Bankers, Obama and 'Corporate Communism'

Did I miss something or was your headline misprinted and meant for another article. The "socialism" Obama is pursuing has little to do with banks rather wealth re-distribution on a purely social street level basis.

Stimulus dollars went to bailing out free spending states like California to "maintain" employment levels in heavily unionized public and private institutions. No jobs were "created" just staffing status quo in the heart of Democratic party voting precincts.

Is Wells Fargo Regretting Its Wachovia Acquisition?

I'm surprised there are so many comments for such a "non-story". Is there any described basis having any merit?

The question is . . . . why does Berkshire Hathaway still own it? Can’t be they don’t have enough analysts to figure this out, eh?

Cramer's Stop Trading! One of the Best-Run Banks in the World (8/20/09)

Remember when Cramer was touting Sears Holdings? I'm not sure if his program even falls under the "entertainment" catagory any more.

More on Capital Ratios of U.S. Banks

From all this commentary, can we assume those who were critical of this article were investors in these banks?

It's of little importance how the risks are measured and/or reported as current law requires. Perception is 90%.

Geithner's Plan Is a Waste of Time

The real waste in reading this article was the total lack of an alternative plan or, as a minimum, a brief outline of differing tactics.

While we all recognize the ease of fault finding, absent constructive comments of this issue, serious readers go elsewhere.

Cramer's Stop Trading! The Dow's Dead Weights (2/19/09)

At this point, investing in companies without hard (or gas/liquid) assets likely in the ground is pure folly. Energy related gas (primarily) and oil looks like the clear preference verses raw materials.

Only other alternative is electric utilities. While rising interest rates fueled by inflation may drive yields up and concurrently stock prices down, risks in this space will be limited. Better, the risk can be calculated.