The toxic assets are actually no on the balance sheets. They come to light when they have to sell something to cover something else. Do you see why now that the FEDS cannot control these deals. Book Value is being affected. The solution to all of these deals is raising the Net Capital requirments for all BROKER DEALERS/ BANKS. Glass steagel should be repealled.
Banks have no business trading stocks. BAC got shafted and the ML guys walked away with a smile...