PastTense

Bank Stocks: What Could Still Go Wrong

While I agree with your listing of problems, there is apparently no limit to the amount the President, Congress, Fed, Treasury are willing to spend to bail them out.

Elephant in the Stress Test Room: Commercial Real Estate Loans

The problem is not just that a lot of banks have a lot of money in commercial real estate loans; the problem is that they also have a huge amount of money in underwater residential mortgages, consumer loans to people who have lost their jobs, business loans to businesses which are losing money...