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Tag Archives: Bank of America
The Essential Need for Transparency
We recently learned that the U.K. financial institution, RBS, lost $41 billion. We also learned that Citigroup lost $8 billion. How are we to interpret these numbers? Would you be surprised if it was the reverse, with Citi losing $41b … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Bank of America, Campbell Harvey, Citigroup, Financial Crisis, Mark to Market, RBS, Transparency
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What Do We Do About Banks?
The government has dumped $45 billion of cash and back stopped over $100 billion in troubled assets for each of Citibank and Bank of America. Current market capitalization of Citi is about $17 billion and Bank of America about $27 … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Bank Bailout, Bank of America, Campbell Harvey, Citigroup, Financial Crisis
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Here’s an Idea: Let’s Throw Some Good Money at Good
Once upon a time, there were three good banks: Bank of America, JP Morgan, and Citigroup. When the financial crisis started, these banks stepped up and seemingly did some favors for the government. JP Morgan acquired Bear Stearns (with some … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, AIG, Bailout, Bank of America, Campbell Harvey, Citigroup, Financial Crisis '08, 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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