Ouch. Warren B. is not amused.
Unfortunately, many of them are techically insolvent and a one day bank run would easily pull the stock price down over 50%.Quote from newwurldmn:
At some point they will be a buy. They are real businesses and they do produce profit. Not all of them will go bankrupt.
Quote from iceman1:
i am going to get out of this crap shit market; for 6 years I stayed away. Sorry I got involved again. The USA is now a total joke. Bunch of losers running the government while greedy, ignorant and incompetent pigs run banks
Just bought some fucking GS at 90. G-damn it !! LOL
I have puts so some of it is hedged. But I have had it with the ass wipes at S&P waiting until after the market is closed to downgrade this crap. Wonder who they leaked inside info to this time, g-damn corrupt pricks. You can't even hold a position overnight anymore, and I am not a fricking day trader so this is not the market to take positions home.
Total waste of time and money playing in these crap markets.

Quote from Mvector:
Unfortunately, many of them are techically insolvent and a one day bank run would easily pull the stock price down over 50%.
Many banks are dead without fed discount window or govt backing from bailout programs. I don't see any good reason to buy bank stocks.
Quote from newwurldmn:
But they do have the discount window and they always will. And its been shown that they have some kind of implicit guarantee from the govt (though maybe not for the shareholders).
The are insolvent because the rules make them so. They can change the rules if necessary. They have done so before.
Not saying $5 is a buy but there will be a price where it's worth a shot.