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Going Out in Style at Yankee Stadium

Hmmm. Considering I hate the Yankees, I can't say it was all that enjoyable reading your fantasy...lol I've never seen anyone write three whole pages about their sports dreams like this, but again, hey, you're entitled...;-) I'm not only a Yankees fan ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Bleacher Report,  7 Mar 2009
Related Topics: New York Yankees,  George Steinbrenner,  In Style

Too Big to Bail: Lehman Brothers Is the Model for Fixing the Zombie Banks

We've been hearing a lot from readers lately, as you might imagine. Many of them thank us for speaking frankly about the issues regarding the growing but soluble solvency problems facing the largest US banks. We appreciate the comments. Click here to ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  19 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Washington Mutual, Inc.,  NYSE,  Lehman Brothers,  U.S. Republican Party

Prime Solution in Action: WestAmerica Bank

We spend overmuch much time on dead zombie banks. Let's switch gears now and talk about how strong, well-managed banks are helping the FDIC and state regulators create what we've called the Prime Solution, putting troubled assets and deposits in strong ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  10 Feb 2009
Related Topics: FDIC,  Financial Institutions, Inc.

Arizona Cardinals Are Last Year's New York Giants

As the sun can be a metaphor for a team's season, the rising and setting of the last two NFL Champions seasons, the Arizona Cardinals have the scorching heat New York had—Super Bowl Champions... As the sun can be a metaphor for a team's season, the ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Bleacher Report,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Giants,  Arizona Cardinals,  NFL,  Kurt Warner,  Larry Fitzgerald

Bailout: It's About Capital, Not Liquidity

During the presidential debates last Friday, Senator John McCain [R-AZ] said that we are "at the end of the beginning" of the economic recession that is affecting the US and the entire world. We completely agree. So let us try to describe in ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  28 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  American Enterprise Institute,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  U.S. Republican Party

What is to be Done? An Interview with Bert Ely

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."-- George Orwell, Animal Farm Watching and listening to the Big Media comment Monday on the press ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Lehman Brothers,  Goldman Sachs,  American International Group,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  U.S. Congress

FDIC Won't Run Out of Money, But WaMu May Be Toast

Earlier this week, we sent out a note to our readers regarding the AP story published on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 entitled "Federal bank insurance fund dwindling." Reported by Marcy Gordon of AP's DC bureau, the story quotes IRA's Christopher ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  19 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Washington Mutual, Inc.,  NYSE,  Kathleen Carroll,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

A Few Banks We Like: NTRS, USB, WFSL, SCHW, BOH

Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, Georgia, with $1.1 billion in total assets and $974.0 million in total deposits as of June 30, 2008, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was named ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  2 Sep 2008

Why Downey Financial is Not IndyMac

The IRA is on the road part of this week in Oslo for our talk on Monday, "Do OTC Credit Derivatives Increase or Reduce Risk?"  But we wanted to comment on Downey Financial (NASDAQ:DSL) before we head to EWR.  We've been getting lots of "oh no" calls ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  17 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Washington Mutual, Inc.,  NYSE

Is Countrywide Financial Headed for Bankruptcy?

Well the first days are the hardest days, Don't you worry any more, 'Cause when life looks like easy Street, there is danger at your door... We returned from the Maine woods Monday night. The fishing was tremendous as was the group led by David Kotok ...

From CHRISTOPHER WHALEN, Seeking Alpha,  7 Aug 2008
Related Topics: NYSE,  Bloomberg News,  Grateful Dead,  Bank of America

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