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um no I don't think mkt realizes banks are having a huge winfall from AIG trade unwinds. And as per normal banks will deny it was AIG as they surprise to the upside.

classic! might as well buy banks for first qtr earnings now! they are gonna be HUGE!! LOL quit with the whining and BANK baby!:D

thanks for posting. Did you notice the record high netting benefit @ 88%? Also although Q4 2008 was ugly, it was similar to Q4 2007. And after Q4 2007 trading revenues bounced right back.

Bank fix-it plans may collide By RACHEL BECK, AP Business Writer – Sat Mar 28, 12:00 am ET NEW YORK – Two plans to attack the credit crisis are careening into each other. The Obama administration is trying to re-ignite lending by enticing private lenders to buy the toxic assets...

Mark-To-Market Changes May Trump Toxic Asset Plan By Jody Shenn March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and insurers are unlikely to sell many mortgage securities as a result of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s plan to bolster bids for the bonds to revive lending, in part because of...

Are you sure? "Companies would be able to apply the revised rule to their first-quarter financial statements, FASB Chairman Robert Herz said today during a meeting at the U.S. accounting rulemaker’s Norwalk, Connecticut, headquarters. The board is set to vote on the proposal April 2...

What Matters More To The Market? Mark-to-Market rule change, or Toxic Asset Plan. Pls Vote:cool:

oh really?

Barclays sees Citi, JPM among big winners of govt moves 17:09 March 26 (Reuters) - Barclays Capital on Thursday named banks that may benefit the most and those who may gain the least from the slew of recent government actions to prop up the financial markets. According to Barclays...

Did you factor in the coming mark-to-maturity values that will keep these loans afloat for eternity?:D

Barclays stress test shows no need for new funds, report says By MarketWatch Last update: 8:23 p.m. EDT March 26, 2009 Barclays PLC's loan book is in the final stages of an extreme stress test by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, the Financial Times reported on its Web site...

few up days off the bottom in ABX AAA's this week.

Regional Banks or Money Center Banks. Which is the better trade over the next four weeks?

garbage.

Geithner to hold briefing Monday on toxic assets plan By Siobhan Hughes Last update: 8:37 p.m. EDT March 22, 2009 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will on Monday provide details about the government's latest plan to help rid banks of toxic assets clogging...

"Regulator says it did a 'stress test' of credit-union assets" Hmm didnt they say they would put capital in to the financials? What a joke. More uncertainty . What bank won't meet the stress test next?? goodnight XLF

02. Regulator: Credit unions that serve consumers remain strong 7:20 PM ET, Mar 20, 2009 03. Regulator says corporate credit unions don't serve consumers 7:19 PM ET, Mar 20, 2009 04. 'Unacceptably high' risk flagged in two credit unions 7:18 PM ET, Mar 20, 2009 05. Regulator says it did a...

I think its closer to 40 Trillion if you add everything in.:D John Templeton said it was 30 Trillion and that was 2003. "Sir John also had a few words about debt -- a four-letter word that folks seem not to care about: "Emphasize in your magazine how big the debt is. . . . The total debt...

get a life troll.

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