stress tests

UPDATE: These are the actual results: Ten of the 19 largest U.S. financial institutions will be required to raise a combined $75 billion in capital, as the U.S. government for the first time divided healthy banks from those which may…

If you haven’t noticed, the Treasury department seems to be leaking the results of the stress tests to reporters at the Wall Street Journal.  Richard Bove, a well-known bank analyst was on Bloomberg Radio this morning talking to Tom…

Warren Buffet speaks with CNBC in the lead up to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.  He talks a bit about stress tests and Citigroup.  When asked about Wells Fargo, he says he administers his own stress tests and that Wells passes "with…

This comes via Bloomberg: At least six of the 19 largest U.S. banks require additional capital, according to preliminary results of government stress tests, people briefed on the matter said. While some of the lenders may need extra…

This is a thought experiment, so bear with me. I have written repeatedly how I felt that the U.S. Government's plans to save the banking system were not adequate in the face of a severe capital shortfall in banking. On one level, I…

The leaks about who failed the stress tests are already starting.  Who got a big fat 'F'?  Apparently, Citi and BofA for starters.  But is that any surprise? Regulators have told Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. that the banks may…

In this much-talked about Charlie Rose roundtable with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz joined by Bill Ackman of Pershing Square, Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times and Kate Kelly of the Wall Street Journal, these experts discuss the…

Irrespective of whether one thinks the stress tests used to test the U.S. banking system is a sham (10% unemployment is not a worst-case scenario), the fact of the matter is these tests MUST show some differentiation in order to be…

The Bloomberg video below makes it seem that Whitney believes the stress tests are a sham. She says the tests are a theoretical exercise whereby banks ask: "what will our earnings power be in two years after we sell off these 'toxic'…