Comments on: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financial Crisis http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/ Investment News Provider Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Plan to Repair U.S. Banking System Unveiled by Former Hedge Fund Manager http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-16547 Plan to Repair U.S. Banking System Unveiled by Former Hedge Fund Manager Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:03:25 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-16547 [...] Money Morning Profiting from the Aftershocks Series: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financ.... [...] [...] Money Morning Profiting from the Aftershocks Series: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financ…. [...]

]]> By: Why the U.S. Government Should be Cut Off Like a Subprime Borrower http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-16540 Why the U.S. Government Should be Cut Off Like a Subprime Borrower Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-16540 [...] Money Morning Profiting From the Aftershocks Series: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financ.... [...] [...] Money Morning Profiting From the Aftershocks Series: The New Banking Bailout Plan Reconstitutes Some of the Same Ingredients That Touched Off the Financ…. [...]

]]> By: The Top 12 U.S. Banks: From Zombies to Hidden Gems http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-16085 The Top 12 U.S. Banks: From Zombies to Hidden Gems Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:51:51 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-16085 [...] I thought it was worth looking at the United States’ 12 largest banks to see where the problems might be and identify which banks might need big infusions of government cash. I perused the financial [...] [...] I thought it was worth looking at the United States’ 12 largest banks to see where the problems might be and identify which banks might need big infusions of government cash. I perused the financial [...]

]]> By: Is President Obama's Banking Bailout Plan Destined to be a Dud? http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-16077 Is President Obama's Banking Bailout Plan Destined to be a Dud? Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:01:01 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-16077 [...] There is nearly universal agreement that the opening salvo of the Obama administration’s campaign to restore health to the financial system, delivered last week by new U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, fell with a loud and ugly thud. The most common criticism is that the announcement was short on detail. [...] [...] There is nearly universal agreement that the opening salvo of the Obama administration’s campaign to restore health to the financial system, delivered last week by new U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, fell with a loud and ugly thud. The most common criticism is that the announcement was short on detail. [...]

]]> By: Obama Administration Kicks the "Car Czar" to the Curb; Treasury's Geithner to Take the Wheel http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-16034 Obama Administration Kicks the "Car Czar" to the Curb; Treasury's Geithner to Take the Wheel Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:36:21 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-16034 [...] News from the bailout front grew more pessimistic during the week as Treasury Secretary Geithner’s initial attempt to win over Congress, investors, economists, and the media proved no more successful than Hank Paulson’s before him.  The stock market had run up significantly in the days leading to his speech, as folks hoped to hear some specifics about how the next round of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) (and other initialed programs like TALF) would work far better than the initial plan.  Instead, disappointed investors ran for cover when his remarks left many questions about the valuations of toxic assets and private/public partnerships unanswered. [...] [...] News from the bailout front grew more pessimistic during the week as Treasury Secretary Geithner’s initial attempt to win over Congress, investors, economists, and the media proved no more successful than Hank Paulson’s before him.  The stock market had run up significantly in the days leading to his speech, as folks hoped to hear some specifics about how the next round of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) (and other initialed programs like TALF) would work far better than the initial plan.  Instead, disappointed investors ran for cover when his remarks left many questions about the valuations of toxic assets and private/public partnerships unanswered. [...]

]]> By: Fred http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-15983 Fred Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:30:28 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-15983 different idea but one that in other situations has been proven over and over again - the individual knows best how to allocate money to best suit his needs - suggest in this case that the government give to each individual citizens of the is country a sum of money equal to the loss in real estate value and retirement plan value and let them spend it any way they see fit. They could pay off their loans refinance, spend ion renewable energy or conservation etc. They will spend it as they see fit - guess what it solves a big problem it creates demand. Right now everyone I know is holding on to every penny they can and not spending further feeding the cycle. Banks if they want some of this money would then have to bid on it by paying an appropriate interest rate or offering an appropriate loan rate. If uncle same wanted to guide some of this investment to specific areas give tax credits sized to accomplish the goal. Just my 2 cents. different idea but one that in other situations has been proven over and over again – the individual knows best how to allocate money to best suit his needs – suggest in this case that the government give to each individual citizens of the is country a sum of money equal to the loss in real estate value and retirement plan value and let them spend it any way they see fit. They could pay off their loans refinance, spend ion renewable energy or conservation etc. They will spend it as they see fit – guess what it solves a big problem it creates demand. Right now everyone I know is holding on to every penny they can and not spending further feeding the cycle. Banks if they want some of this money would then have to bid on it by paying an appropriate interest rate or offering an appropriate loan rate.

If uncle same wanted to guide some of this investment to specific areas give tax credits sized to accomplish the goal.

Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Oliver berliner http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/02/12/banking-bailout-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-15972 Oliver berliner Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:22:18 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=4892#comment-15972 Do you actually think that Gilani's "open letter" to the president actually reached him and that if, by a miracle, it did, do you think he'll pay attention to it or know enough to do so? Don't you realize, as Martin Weiss also should, that these pleas to the president - a sort of "friend of the court" brief - do nothing except make the writer feel better (or impress his readers with his prowess)? I know, I'd done the same thing myself. Do you actually think that Gilani’s “open letter” to the president actually reached him and that if, by a miracle, it did, do you think he’ll pay attention to it or know enough to do so?
Don’t you realize, as Martin Weiss also should, that these pleas to the president – a sort of “friend of the court” brief – do nothing except make the writer feel better (or impress his readers with his prowess)?
I know, I’d done the same thing myself.

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