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Going Bankrupt: 100 Bailed Out Banks

The WSJ reports today that nearly 100 U.S. banks that got TARP funds from the federal government in Q4 2008 are in danger of going bankrupt.

So far, 7 bailout recipients have failed, resulting in more than $2.7 billion in lost TARP funds. The balance of the remaining potential failures relatively small banks — the median size was $439 million in assets, and the median TARP infusion was $10 million apiece:

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/12/going-bankrupt-100-bailed-out-banks/
 
robo said:
Going Bankrupt: 100 Bailed Out Banks

The WSJ reports today that nearly 100 U.S. banks that got TARP funds from the federal government in Q4 2008 are in danger of going bankrupt.

So far, 7 bailout recipients have failed, resulting in more than $2.7 billion in lost TARP funds. The balance of the remaining potential failures relatively small banks — the median size was $439 million in assets, and the median TARP infusion was $10 million apiece:

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/12/going-bankrupt-100-bailed-out-banks/
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Overall Market

The near term call on the market is tough but looking out a few weeks my bent is still on the bearish side. We are seeing record breaking sentiment levels which typically lead to corrections. However, we are also in a very seasonally strong part of the year. To make things tougher the strong seasonality usually works best in good years such as the one we just had.

http://capitalobserver.blogspot.com/
 
WallStreetWindow’s Power Investor – Limited Time Offer
Posted on January 4, 2011 by Babak

You already know that there are many stock market services out there. Most of them are very slick and gimmicky with pretensions of getting rich quick through the market. Having seen at first hand the challenges that the market deals out on a daily basis and also how very few actually even know what they are talking about, I know just how hard it is very difficult to find reputable sources.

http://tradersnarrative.wordpress.com/
 
A true contrarian look at investing and at life in general.

Updated @ 8:35 a.m. EST, Wednesday, January 5, 2011.


While everyone is asking how much higher risk assets will climb in 2011 and which ones they should buy, while ignoring the potential downside, this is a classic setup for a profoundly bearish year for equities, corporate bonds, commodities, and real estate. --Steven Jon Kaplan


WITH LITTLE FANFARE, MORE AND MORE ASSETS HAVE BEGUN BEAR MARKETS

(January 5, 2011): The trading pattern during the past two months has been characterized by the increased eagerness for amateurs to purchase risk assets near their respective peaks, with top corporate insiders recording their highest-ever ratios of selling to buying in history for many subsectors during the fourth quarter of 2010. This is a classic case of distribution, and will lead to profoundly bearish consequences through 2012.



http://truecontrarian.com/
 
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

SP500 to drop below 1000 by the third quarter...

Unlike the mass majority of analysts and fund managers these days, who believe in pre-presidential election cycle and who think the corporate earnings are improving , I think SP500 is headed to sub-1000 levels in coming months and this one will likely be the first leg of the greatest bear market you have ever seen and heard of. In other words, I think SP500 is currently in approximation of THE TOP that will mark the end for this entire bull cycle off the March 2009 lows.

http://www.xtrenders.com/2011/01/sp500-to-drop-below-1000-by-third.html
 
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Investors Intelligence Bears
The Investors Intelligence bears have fallen below 20% to 19.1%. I have found over the years that the bears being below 20% is the most important aspect of the indicator when looking for a top. The level of bulls is less important. We have been hovering very slightly above 20% for weeks and there is nothing magical about the round number 20% but this raises my conviction level ever so slightly that there is trouble ahead. I am contemplating getting a little more aggressive if we rally through the end of the day.

http://www.capitalobserver.com/2011/01/investors-intelligence-bears.html
 
Nobel Winner Pissarides: Spain’s Collapse Would be End of the Euro
Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011 03:02 PM Article Font Size

The European Union doesn’t have the resources to rescue Spain if it “collapses,” an event that could lead to the end of the euro, Nobel Prize-winning economist Christopher Pissarides said.

A collapse would be “a very serious problem,” Pissarides, who teaches at the London School of Economics, said at a forum in Beijing today. Such an event “might even see the end of the euro as a common currency,” he said.

http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/N...lapseWouldbeEndoftheEuro/2011/01/12/id/382652
 
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