Comments on: Billions in U.S. Bank Rescue Funds are Fueling Buyouts Worldwide – Instead of Lending at Home

By: Bank Stock Outlook: Will First-Half Gains Give Way to Second-Half Pain?

Bank Stock Outlook: Will First-Half Gains Give Way to Second-Half Pain? — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:08:54 +0000

[...] a huge moral hazard: As a Money Morning investigation demonstrated, banks will take endless risks and merge like madmen in order to be thought “too big to [...]

By: What TARP Banks Are Investment Grade?

What TARP Banks Are Investment Grade? — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:17:40 +0000

[...] weaker neighbors, their dividends should be fully restored as a matter of principle before they go out on any acquisition binges. The last few years have seen far too many self-aggrandizing management schemes that are engineered [...]

By: Watchdog Agency Says TARP Overpaid $78 Billion for Bank Assets

Watchdog Agency Says TARP Overpaid $78 Billion for Bank Assets — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:09:15 +0000

[...] Morning Investigative Report on the Bank Bailouts (Part III): Billions in U.S. Bank Rescue Funds are Fueling Buyouts Worldwide – Instead of Lending at Home. [...]

By: Financial Crisis May be Creating the Best Investment Opportunities of our Lifetime, Money Morning Expert Says

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:37:26 +0000

[...] Taking TARP money and hoarding it, or using it for buyouts – something our ongoing Money Morning coverage has chronicled – just isn’t acceptable. If the banks won’t play ball, the government should force them to … [...]

By: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financial Crisis

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:22:44 +0000

[...] in troubled banks. Worse than being merely ineffective, it enabled banks to pay bonuses and finance buyouts – instead of increasing lending, as the government intended. Worst of all: Banks themselves refused [...]

By: Obama Administration Must Revive "Shadow Financial System" to Revive U.S. Banks

Obama Administration Must Revive "Shadow Financial System" to Revive U.S. Banks — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:46:23 +0000

[...] Money Morning Investigative Report on the Bank Bailouts (Part III): Billions in U.S. Bank Rescue Funds are Fueling Buyouts Worldwide – Instead of Lending at Home. [...]

By: As Stimulus-Package Debate Continues in Congress, New-Look Bank Bailout Plan is Set to Debut This Week

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:37:26 +0000

[...] Money Morning Investigative Report on Bank Bailouts (Part III): Billions in U.S. Bank Rescue Funds are Fueling Buyouts Worldwide – Instead of Lending at Home. [...]

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:22:25 +0000

You know from a corporate stand point and everything it sounds about right, and since they were given a blank check essentially no surprises. They rushed the bill too quickly, and with washington full of lawyers I dont get it. The fact is though that we are paying for corporations to get wealthy and larger, to have CEO execs. get bigger salaries while we still suffer. People on Washington dumb founded and feeling like suckers? Yea F that! put sanctions on these companies that took funds, tax hikes, more stipulation, get the national guard on there doors.

By: Jutia Group - Market Jitters & Political Critters

Jutia Group - Market Jitters & Political Critters — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:04:01 +0000

[...] – went to suffering banks, in a few cases so they could buy lipstick and pretty themselves up before courting other wallowing institutions. Merged companies still declared massive losses and – as a result – bank-lending declined. In fact, [...]

By: Obama’s New Stimulus Plan May Be the Needle That Pops the Treasury-Bond Bubble

Obama’s New Stimulus Plan May Be the Needle That Pops the Treasury-Bond Bubble — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:30:47 +0000