http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:34:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-222909 I am starting to worry that deflation, not inflation is the problem - Steve Cook on Disciplined Investing - InvestorsInsight.com | Financial Intelligence, Advice & Research / Investment Strategies & Planning for Individual Investors. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:51:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/#comment-222909 [...] What banks are doing with their deposits (short):    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/Politics  Domestic  International War Against Radical IslamThe [...] [...] What banks are doing with their deposits (short):    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/Politics  Domestic  International War Against Radical IslamThe [...]

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-222839 Simon Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:00:13 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/#comment-222839 Check out the Nikkei Index. It appears to be rolling over. Those guys know all about false hopes and green shoots. Check out the Nikkei Index. It appears to be rolling over. Those guys know all about false hopes and green shoots.

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/comment-page-1/#comment-222799 leftback Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:01 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/what-are-banks-doing/#comment-222799 Banks are buying Treasuries in order to repair their balance sheets and they are also trading shares of banks and REITs in order to be able to sell them later at a profit and pay themselves a massive bonus. All this as US small businesses fail and unemployment continues to rise, even as commercial real estate firms are insulated from their bad business decisions by the lords of crony capitalism. Banks are buying Treasuries in order to repair their balance sheets and they are also trading shares of banks and REITs in order to be able to sell them later at a profit and pay themselves a massive bonus. All this as US small businesses fail and unemployment continues to rise, even as commercial real estate firms are insulated from their bad business decisions by the lords of crony capitalism.

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