Comments on: Stress Test: Not Very Stressful

By: The results are in banks are doing fine-NOT! « Alexandra Hamilton’s Blog

Fri, 08 May 2009 13:29:36 +0000

[...] rely on the banks data and just rubber stamp the results the banks required. As pointed out by Barry Ritholz the Consensus estimates, professional forecasters and blue chip surveys have all been awful — [...]

By: The results are in banks are doing fine « Alexandra Hamilton’s Blog

The results are in banks are doing fine « Alexandra Hamilton’s Blog — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:27:30 +0000

By: Stress Test: 25-to-1 Leverage as a Bank Target? | The Big Picture

Stress Test: 25-to-1 Leverage as a Bank Target? | The Big Picture — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:11:21 +0000

[...] we noted back on April 24th, the Stress Tests were not very stressful; That pesepctive was a decidely outlier viewpoint back then. Now, it has become more mainstream, as [...]

By: Trade prep: too bad you fail edition « Mr. Unexpectedly

Trade prep: too bad you fail edition « Mr. Unexpectedly — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:47:47 +0000

[...] result. What is confusing is that a bank needing any capital against and arbitrary and perhaps understressy set of baseline assumptions could be described as doing anything other than failing its stress [...]

By: At Least 6 Banks Need More $$$ | The Big Picture

At Least 6 Banks Need More $$$ | The Big Picture — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:16:32 +0000

[...] Stress Test: Not Very Stressful (April 24th, 2009) [...]

By: “Der Boden ist noch weit entfernt” • Börsennotizbuch

“Der Boden ist noch weit entfernt” • Börsennotizbuch — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:39:08 +0000

[...] Die Banken-Stress-Tests sind nicht sehr “stressig”, zeigt Barry Ritholtz. [...]

By: Mannwich

Mannwich — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:28:42 +0000

@ahab: The Coliseum is already here. Have you ever been to Ultimate Fighting? What about the spectacle that many of our other sports/athletic events have turned into?

By: karen

karen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:10:32 +0000

I was at a dinner party last night jotting down the name of this blog for my seatmate; but after catching up on last night’s discussion, I am hoping my writing will prove to be illegible and he doesn’t find his way here : )

By: Mark E Hoffer

Mark E Hoffer — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:25:22 +0000

ahab,

yes, it’s truly unreal..I saw that Monterey-scene, awhile back, as well.

words begin to seem feeble in the attempt to describe it..

‘Caines should really ask themselves: “What, really, have we built in this Country over the last 30 years?”

then, see: http://www.trilateral.org/about.htm and their fellow travelers at the CFR.

and 2x-check that 2 2s do get 4..

By: call me ahab

call me ahab — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:47:55 +0000

MEH- you have hit it on the head- I was visiting Northern California a few years back and decided to go to Monterey- the town of Steinbeck/Cannery Row- what a disappointment- the whole area had been turned into a big 3 level shopping mall- with a fishing village motif- with the obligatory Cannery Row/Steinbeck t-shirts- it was such a letdown-

and that is what we have become of a nation lookin for a place to eat and shop and be entertained- bring back the Coliseum I say