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What's not so clear is whether repaying TARP will turn out to be beneficial for investors. Analysts say getting out of TARP could be costly. Indeed, some worry that banks are putting their desire to rid themselves of government intervention ahead of their firms' bottom lines.
It seems clear that bank executives will benefit from the return of government funds. TARP-funded banks have to adhere to compensation rules that limit what the firms can pay their top executives. What's more, banks that received government assistance have put off buying private jets or remodeling offices...
"TARP funds are a relatively inexpensive way to fund your operations these days," says Ray Soifer, a former top Wall Street analyst and a longtime bank consultant. "The problem I see is that banks are rushing to save every penny and nickel in order to pay back TARP instead of...
Already, the effort to repay TARP is boosting the cost of borrowing for some banks. That's because banks have to regularly issue bonds in order to have money to make loans and underwrite securities. This became much harder to do during the credit crunch, so the government began allowing...
The federal government will end up owning bits and pieces of businesses including banks, car companies and insurance firms as it puts money into industries weakened by the recession. The Achilles Heel of this investing strategy is that there is no central authority watching the "portfolio" and no publicly articulated...