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Once a quarter, the FDIC does something which seems to have little purpose. It releases its list of "problem" banks. These are institutions which face a high risk of failure because of their balance sheets and business prospects. The agency keeps a particularly watchful eye on them because it could be called on at any moment to take them over. The list for the final quarter of 2008 had 252 banks on it. This figure was up nearly 50% from the previous quarter, but given that some of the nation's largest banks seem to be on the brink...
...When discussing the new list, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said she expected her agency to pay out $22 billion in insurance this year. On the back of an envelope that number would seem to indicate that the banking industry will not have such a bad year. The FDIC may not even have to go to the Treasury for the extra capital that might be needed as problem banks fail. No matter what the agency says about its list, the actual figure for problem banks is much too low. The FDIC can claim that it historically accurate measurements, but most financial...
...Even though I disagree with what direction they seem to be moving in, I want to applaud them for the discussion,” Shafrin said...
...movie’s more cringe-inducing lines involves Joon’s discussion of what he hopes heaven will be like: “I hope it still rains there.” This is not the only mention of Christian themes by the characters, who seem to grow more religious as the film progresses. When Yong-soo discovers that his wife has died—a message inexplicably relayed to him by an unnamed woman he has hired to investigate the whereabouts of his family—he asks, “Does Jesus Christ live only...
...system, daring foreign hedge funds and institutional investors saw this obscure market - much like emerging investment funds in wine and fine art - as an opportunity to diversify, or seek "exotic beta," in finance parlance. Though real returns may occasionally hit the high double digits, says Shumba, investing here can seem like playing Russian roulette: the exchange is highly fickle and illiquid, with a total market capitalization that has fluctuated tenfold in the past year and a trading volume less than one-hundredth the size of the Johannesburg exchange (itself a modest operation by global standards). And then there...