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    • Sat Nov 8th 09:05 AM
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      Aircastle Looks Good, Though Markets Demur
      The numbers look good, and management seems to be on top of the situation. Nonetheless, I suspect that additional bankruptcies like Sterling's will present challenges in the future.
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    • Fri Nov 7th 09:59 AM
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      The Honeymoon Is Over: Gauging the Market with an Obama Presidency
      "And the only way to effectively pare down a burgeoning deficit is to have a thriving economy with sustained job growth and rising asset valuations." The Bush administration certainly did a good job of paring the deficit.
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    • Thu Nov 6th 14:41 PM
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      The Shallowest Generation
      Though there are always many exceptions to sweeping generalizations about generations, I'll make a couple of comments about the "greatest generation." It deserves immense credit for weathering the depression and winning World War II. Nonetheless, it sent baby boomers off to fight in Vietnam without making sure that they received the welcome and rewards they deserved when they returned. Its members are making out like bandits when it comes to Social Security and (particularly) Medicare. The current Social Security surplus exists because baby boomers are paying for much of the "greatest generation's" benefits and for their own.
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    • Thu Oct 30th 08:59 AM
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      Reacting to City Bank's First-Ever Loss
      It's sobering to see such a high level of non-performing assets at a bank in an area where the real estate market apparently never became overheated. The Texas ratio for CTBK is now over 80%.
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    • Thu Oct 30th 08:52 AM
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      Atlas Pipeline: As Dividend Continues, Why Is Stock Falling?
      I suspect yesterday's decline was largely the result of the Citi downgrade, which was accompanied by ominous comments. "Citi Investment Research analyst John K. Tysseland cut his rating on the Moon Township, Pa.-based company to "Sell" from "Buy."

      "Simply stated, as the price of crude continues to weaken the risks to Atlas Pipeline unitholders continue to mount," Tysseland said in a note to clients.

      Atlas may have to cut its distribution if crude prices stay at current levels, and if they average below $60 a barrel for an extended period of time the company could violate its debt covenants, he said."
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    • Mon Oct 27th 18:22 PM
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      14 Beaten-Up Financials That Now Offer Real Value
      I wouldn't buy FRGB or any other bank located in southern California right now.
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    • Thu Oct 16th 10:34 AM
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      This Recession Will Be Anything but Deep
      I agree with jlounsbury59 that we could have either deflation due to the continued unwinding of debt or inflation as a result of all the newly-printed money governments are shoving out into the system.
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    • Wed Oct 8th 13:41 PM
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      Inflation Could Cure Our Economic Ills
      I agree with GMiki that the government's bailout and its purchasing or guaranteeing all kinds of debt is an effort to reinflate the burst bubble.
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    • Thu Oct 2nd 12:10 PM
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      The Semi-Swedish Solution to Recapitalizing
      I like this approach much better than the "let's help the financial system by pretending the banks' toxic assets are worth much more than they really are."
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    • Mon Sep 29th 08:53 AM
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      Bailout Should Have No Strings Attached
      I don't like the whole idea of the government purchasing toxic assets. It's not clear to me why the bailout couldn't use the FDIC or a new Resolution Trust Corporation.
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    • Wed Sep 24th 11:39 AM
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      Curing the Credit Crisis: A Better Alternative Plan
      I absolutely agree that a plan based on the FDIC (or a new Resolution Trust Corp.) is superior to the approach advocated by Paulson and Bernanke. Raising the limit on deposit insurance in the future is reasonable, but I believe that current deposits that are above $100K should take at least a small haircut when the government makes good on the insurance.
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    • Mon Sep 22nd 08:56 AM
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      Congress Should Pass an ARISE Act for Systemically Important Firms
      Though I like this proposal, I believe that it's also important to have capital requirements and other regulations that keep financial firms away from the brink of failure. I also think we need to keep in mind William Poole's comment in an SA piece a few months ago: "On the too big to fail issue, I don't think it is the size of firms alone that is the problem. For example, suppose that we take a firm too big to fail and break into two smaller firms of one half the original size. If the factors that would have caused the one large firm to fail would have also caused the two smaller firms to fail, then we really haven't accomplished much, the size of the banking disaster will be the same."
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    • Sun Sep 21st 08:40 AM
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      Hank Paulson, Buy-Sider
      $700 billion - Senator Dirkson would probably consider that real money.
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    • Sat Sep 20th 08:28 AM
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      Forget About a V-Shaped Recovery. Maybe a W. Or L. And What About $?
      In your view, what distinguishes sterilized liquidity injections from printing money?
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    • Mon Sep 15th 09:16 AM
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      "Moral Hazard" Meets "Too Big to Fail"
      Amen to "the real threat to America is economic." We have to find a way to reduce our trade deficit and to compete in a world in which our labor costs are considerably higher than those in many other countries.
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