Markham Lee_

The Superfund's Merits: Sorry Hank, I'm Just Not Buying It

There is a difference between keeping Citi from going out of business vs. saving them from some financial pain. Not to mention the fact that other banks will be using it to "avoid the pain of bad decisions" and Citi will be collecting fees from their usage of the conduit.

If an institution truly needs to be bailed out and it IS in the nation's best interest, there are ways to do it, without creating an environment of risk free capitalism and paying various institutions fees as a reward for their bad decisions, which endangered the nation's economy.

Q3 Earnings Season: Taking the Long View

That sounds interesting, as it would definitely give readers the ability to view changes to those numbers over time. Instead of the usual, only knowing the current and forgetting the past.

-M