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Chris Whalen has serious questions about the Fed’s stress tests

Edward Harrison — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:30:14 +0000

I love Chris Whalen's bank industry analysis. I featured his CNBC commentary yesterday. Today is his commentary from last night's Capital Account

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Chris Whalen on the Fed’s stress tests

Edward Harrison — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:30:55 +0000

Chris Whalen is a highly regarded banking analyst who has been quite critical of the goings on with banks and their regulators. However, he is very even-handed in his assessment of the Fed's latest stress tests of the largest 19 banks

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Chart of the Day: European Bank Recapitalization

Global Macro Monitor — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:34:04 +0000

A chart with a country by country breakdown of the over 100 billion euros of additional capital needed by euro zone banks

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Why is a bank that failed the stress tests in Spain getting bought at a 31% premium?

Edward Harrison — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:12:17 +0000

I don’t follow the Spanish banking sector well enough to know what hidden value Banco Pastor has but I find it curious that it is the subject of a takeover bid at a 31% premium by Spain’s fifth largest bank, Banco Popular

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The End of the Fake Recovery

Edward Harrison — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:25:50 +0000

This is going to be a relatively long post. But I think it’s important. I have been meaning to update my thinking about the “Fake Recovery” which I heralded in early 2009 as the economy in the US began to turn. My view is that without policy support this recovery is now on its last legs. Here, I want to review how we got here in the context of the banking system and what that means about the banking crisis right now

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2011 EU wide stress test results: 8 failures, 16 near failures

Edward Harrison — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:11:06 +0000

8 banks out 90 banks fail: Five in Spain, two from Greece and one from Austria (Spain’s CAM, CatalunyaCaixa, Banco Pastor, Unnim & Grupo Caja; Austria’s Volksbanken; Greece’s Eurobank & ATEBank). One additional bank, Helaba, the German Landesbank, has pulled out at the last second after also failing. I know that Banco Pastor has a

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It’s All About Spain

Edward Harrison — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:00:56 +0000

I was on CNBC's Power Lunch yesterday talking about European debt markets in the wake of the Irish stress tests. I certainly think the Irish stress tests were a significant event. But the Euro Crisis is really all about Spain

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Las Ciudades Fantasmas

Edward Harrison — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:00:18 +0000

Thanks to Iza Kaminska for pointing me to the video below of row after row of incomplete homes in Spanish host towns, las ciudades fantasmas. Spain has the same problem of overbuilding that the U.S. had during its bubble days. Now that things have gone pear-shaped in the residential property markets, you see these ghost

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Stressing Out over European Bank Stress Tests

Marc Chandler — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:00:31 +0000

By Marc Chandler The newly created European Banking Authority will be overseeing the stress tests on almost 90 European banks. Recall that the stress tests last year met broad criticism for the lack of rigor. It was anticipated that the EBA would indeed provide for a more robust test this year. However, doubts are already

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European Woes Weigh on Markets

Marc Chandler — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Highlights The US dollar is broadly higher against most major and emerging market currencies today, with the yen and Swiss franc being the notable exceptions. With last week’s US employment data taking the immediate focus off the US and the potential for QEII, the market has been able give full attention to the negative European

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