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...that were deemed in the test to not have enough capital were given until June 8 to present Treasury with a plan for how they will raise the required funds. Besides reviewing the plans, government officials have said they plan to weigh in on whether they think the banks' leadership is adequate as well. One of the main factors the government will reportedly be looking at is whether the banks have a sufficiently deep bench of financially savvy board members. And that has a number of banks scrambling to make changes...
...lower-quality banks that have been beaten up the worst, the ones people have more fundamental questions about, whether they will be broken up or will fail. Everything is rallying at the moment, but we would much rather be in the former group, the long-term plays in leadership banks. I'm talking about such companies as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Visa, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo...
...financials may have a couple more months of relative strength as portfolios readjust, but when might banks and brokers reemerge as stock-market leaders? Before financials can emerge in a leadership position we will need to see some semblance of very stern regulation in the financial field, which will signal to investors that financial companies are clean - at that point they may even be overregulated. Also, between 2001 and 2007 financials added a bunch of capacity, and that needs to recede, through consolidation or simply going out of business. That's still a few years...
...exchange for a tough U.S. line on Iran, will Netanyahu oblige the Obama Administration on the Palestinian issue? Netanyahu will no doubt try the tactic used by previous Israeli Premiers, which is to stall, using the plausible excuse that Palestinians lack a coherent leadership. Netanyahu must also be wondering how hard Obama and a pro-Israel Congress will be willing to push its key regional ally. No doubt he will test Obama's determination. (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East...
...What's next for the Tigers? The government has raised the possibility of the remnants of the LTTE regrouping into a diffuse guerrilla operation. But without its top leadership, a personality-driven movement like the LTTE is unlikely to last long. It could also continue in some form in the Tamil diaspora, though its reason for being - the creation of a Tamil homeland, or eelam - is essentially destroyed. The leadership of what remains of the Tigers - mainly its international network - is likely to be assumed by Selvarasa Pathmanathan, who now heads the global operations but who was better known...