Peter Zeihan: Why Do the Democrats Keep Losing Ground?
The future of the Democratic Party in the US isn’t looking too bright. When strategy and targeting don’t change for over half a century, I…
Thought Leader: Peter Zeihan
Stop Treating Small Banks as If They Caused the Crisis: Bair
By Alan Kline (original source American Banker)
“Round up the usual suspects.” That famous line from “Casablanca” neatly sums up the regulatory attitude toward the banking industry in the aftermath of the financial crisis. In their understandable eagerness to show a toughened regulatory posture to a disillusioned public, regulators cast a wide supervisory net. In the process, they failed to sufficiently differentiate regional and community banks — bread-and-butter lenders that for the most part remained healthy and profitable before, during and after the crisis — from the main actors in the subprime debacle: the originators of toxic mortgages and the big firms that structured all those exotic securities and derivatives products on top of them.
Click here to read more
Relevant and recent posts
Peter Goodman: His Start-Up May Not Survive Trump’s Tariffs
A sourdough baker turned entrepreneur in North Carolina has delayed his new product as he contemplates the prospect that higher costs will doom his company.…
Thought Leader: Peter Goodman
Patrick McGee: Is Tim Cook the Right or Risky Choice for Apple?
Deepwater’s Gene Munster and author of ‘Apple in China’ Patrick McGee, join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss whether Apple needs a new CEO and what needs…
Thought Leader: Patrick McGee
