Comments on: How'd They Get Too Big To Fail In The First Place? http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:06:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: euandus http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/comment-page-1/#comment-814 euandus Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:17:29 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=4020#comment-814 How about relying not only on regulations, but also considering Paul Volcker's advice from experience: being too big is itself a problem that can and should be remedied? I've just posted on it at http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/bigger-banks-too-big-to-fail/ You might want to read the article I read: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33477077/ns/business-the_new_york_times/ How about relying not only on regulations, but also considering Paul Volcker's advice from experience: being too big is itself a problem that can and should be remedied? I've just posted on it at http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/bigger-banks-too-big-to-fail/

You might want to read the article I read: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33477077/ns/business-the_new_york_times/

]]> By: What Obama’s “Brokers As Fiduciaries” Change Really Means « The Reformed Broker http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/comment-page-1/#comment-813 What Obama’s “Brokers As Fiduciaries” Change Really Means « The Reformed Broker Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:36:04 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=4020#comment-813 [...] I blogged at length about the regulatory unfairness in favor of the wirehouses yesterday (see Too Big To Fail).  Let’s see how the wirehouses cope when they can’t push their own proprietary stuff [...] [...] I blogged at length about the regulatory unfairness in favor of the wirehouses yesterday (see Too Big To Fail).  Let’s see how the wirehouses cope when they can’t push their own proprietary stuff [...]

]]> By: Adam http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Adam Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:37:47 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=4020#comment-811 Fired up! Nice one, JB. "You fine a Bank of America $15 million, you’re basically taking less than what they spend on pencils. No wonder they learned nothing." The wrist-rubs (slap is too harsh a description) these guys get from FINRA and others are laughably small. The size of the fines usually doesn't even seem to match the ill-gained profits. What a great deterrent: "IF you get caught, you MIGHT have to give back your profits from the scam. Don't worry, you won't have to admit any wrongdoing or suffer any criminal charges". Fired up! Nice one, JB.

"You fine a Bank of America $15 million, you’re basically taking less than what they spend on pencils. No wonder they learned nothing."

The wrist-rubs (slap is too harsh a description) these guys get from FINRA and others are laughably small. The size of the fines usually doesn't even seem to match the ill-gained profits.

What a great deterrent: "IF you get caught, you MIGHT have to give back your profits from the scam. Don't worry, you won't have to admit any wrongdoing or suffer any criminal charges".

]]> By: Friday links: golden crosses Abnormal Returns http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Friday links: golden crosses Abnormal Returns Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:06:26 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=4020#comment-809 [...] How did the too-big-to-fail banks get that way in the first place?  (The Reformed Broker) [...] [...] How did the too-big-to-fail banks get that way in the first place?  (The Reformed Broker) [...]

]]> By: COACHEP » Blog Archive » Posts about Barney Frank as of June 19, 2009 http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/comment-page-1/#comment-812 COACHEP » Blog Archive » Posts about Barney Frank as of June 19, 2009 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:13:19 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=4020#comment-812 [...] about Barney Frank as of June 19, 2009 June 19, 2009 Barney Frank No Comments journal.comHow’d They Get Too Big To Fail In The First Place? - thereformedbroker.com 06/19/2009 The Bulge Bracket Firms, Left Unchecked Time for me to speak up, [...] [...] about Barney Frank as of June 19, 2009 June 19, 2009 Barney Frank No Comments journal.comHow’d They Get Too Big To Fail In The First Place? - thereformedbroker.com 06/19/2009 The Bulge Bracket Firms, Left Unchecked Time for me to speak up, [...]

]]> By: Frank Leloia http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/06/19/howd-they-get-too-big-to-fail-in-the-first-place/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Frank Leloia Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:51:48 +0000 http://thereformedbroker.com/?p=4020#comment-810 Bravo! Nations Bank and BankAmerica, no problem, but Staples and Office Depot? Now that one needed to be stopped! What a joke. Bravo! Nations Bank and BankAmerica, no problem, but Staples and Office Depot? Now that one needed to be stopped! What a joke.

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