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Monthly Archives: November 2008
My View on the Bailout de Jour
I appeared on Business News Network November 24, 2008 to talk about how the U.S. tax payer got shafted by the deal to save Citigroup. While there is no doubt that federal intervention was necessary, the terms of the deal … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged Add new tag, Bailout, Campbell Harvey, Citigroup, Financial Crisis '08
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The Shroud of Citigroup
Image courtesy of flickr/Bill Barfield It wasn’t that long ago that Citigroup was considered a “good” bank. Remember October 1, 2008? Citigroup announced it was acquiring Wachovia with the help of the FDIC. You had to be strong to do … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged Campbell Harvey, Citigroup, FDIC, Financial Crisis '08, TARP, Treasury, Wachovia
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We Need Another Flip-Flop (Seriously!)
Take Goldman Sachs. Around the time of the TARP equity injection announcement, it was trading for about $120 per share. It is currently below $60. That’s not as serious as some others. Citi’s current market cap is about $25.7 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged Campbell Harvey, Citibank, Financial Crisis '08, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, TARP
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A Waste of TARP
Bank of America is making a $7 billion dollar cash investment into China Construction Bank. Bank of America received $15 billion directly from TARP and will get another $10 billion (when they close the Merrill Lynch acquisition at year end). … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of America, Campbell Harvey, China Construction Bank, Financial Crisis '08, TARP
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What’s Good for General Motors is Good for the Country
How ironic. Congress is entertaining a $25 billion bailout of the autos. The President and Secretary of the Treasury are OK with this as long as it doesn’t come out of the $700 billion TARP money. To the average person, … Continue reading
Children in the Candy Store
The bad news keeps piling in: $150 billion commitment to a non-bank, AIG GE Capital (which is not a bank) gets FDIC Insurance backup for $139 billion American Express and CIT Group are now banks – I guess everyone is … Continue reading
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Tagged AIG, American Express, Campbell Harvey, CIT Group, Financial Crisis '08, Ford, GE, GM, TARP, Wachovia, Wells Fargo
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The Hurdles the New President Faces
President-elect Obama wants to avoid the Herbert Hoover scenario. In this scenario, many economic initiatives are tried but fail to bring the U.S. out of recession. The high expectations are not met. The result: a single term. Of course, there … Continue reading