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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. From 1990-2004, US home ownership rose 7.45% to 69.2% It expanded by 262% from 1990-2004 and by over 369% through 2008. from 1965-1990.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. This regulation reduced trading profits and created a need to cut costs, spurring investment banks to spin off unprofitable divisions or eliminate them entirely.

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Guest Post: 3rd Quarter Economic Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Treasuries, Agencies, mortgage backed securities, corporate, municipals- all were battered because the markets believed that the Federal Reserve was about to cut the amount of, or “taper,” its $85 billion of monthly purchases of long term bonds. Dorothy has been with First Federal of Bucks County since November, 2004. Stay tuned.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

First of all, if they continue to buy securities, they are removing many of the high quality securities from the marketplace, possibly causing a disruption or shortage in the markets. trillion of securities amassed during QE1 and QE2. Dorothy has been with First Federal of Bucks County since November, 2004.

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Guest Post: 2nd Qtr Economic Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Mutual funds and ETFs specializing in mortgage backed securities saw their worst quarter in terms of losses and outflows since 1992. In the past decade, we have seen several Treasury routs that resulted in huge selling in the markets, most notably in 2003-2004, 2005-2006, and 2009.

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Guest Post: Second Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Stock markets took out their frustrations on JPM stock, knocking it down close to $30 billion in market capitalization, before it began to recover; year-to-date, JPM stock is up 7.5%. The end result will likely be more overzealous financial regulation. Dorothy has been with First Federal of Bucks County since November, 2004.

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