What Are Banks’ Incentives to Lend?
Now that the TARP/Paulson/Bailout Rescue Plan has officially been put into motion, several companies have announced their application or intentions for part of the $250 billion allocation. It’s implied that the funds will allow the borrowers to shore up their capital ratios & balance sheets, then rightly get back to the business of lending money.
But [...]
NYSE Euronext being added to Portfolio
I have been looking over the exchanges for most of the week, and many of them have held up extraordinarily well. CME has led the group as talks form around setting up CDSs and other OTC contracts on the exchange. Centralized clearing is a must, and the ideal solution will involve multiple exchanges agreeing on [...]
-
-
-
Investopedia Commentary- Where Third Avenue Sees Value (BAM, GGP, SPG, ESV, NBR)
- America's Biggest Companies Look Reasonably Priced (XOM, MSFT, QQQQ, AIG, BAC)
- Sandridge Energy Shifts Towards Oil (SD, OXY)
- Stong Dividends Worth A Look (AINV, STD, FNF, NYB, PBCT, NLY, CIM, EQR, HRP, MFA)
- The Bear Market Bottom - One Year Later (SMRT, FITB, DNDN, LVS)
About
Pragmatic commentary on U.S. & global investing, demographics & secular trends, and the valuation of anything worth valuing. Objective, unbiased research; We believe in minimal design, zero gimmicks, and maximum results.
Subscribe to feed
Search
Secular Trends Holdings
- Secular Trends Portfolio Real-Time Positions
- The Fuel That Fed the Subprime Meltdown (Written in September 2007)
- Performance Studies on the DJIA & Fundamental Value Stocks (11/22/08)
- Las Vegas Sands - Are They Sustainable in 2009? (Published 11/15/08)
Older Posts That Folks Seem to Like
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic License.