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- Investors Await Bank Stress Tests
- Crucial regional banks are expected to fail the Fed's "stress tests," reports Priya David. Maggie Rodriguez speaks to Sen. Chris Dodd from the Senate Banking Committee.
- Videos 2009-04-24
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- Stringent Stress Tests
- Ever since the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, risk departments have expended significant resources to make stress tests a tool that can be used in conjunction with value-at-risk VAR. In this paper, the characteristics of good and bad stress tests are characterized, as well as some of the nagging issues...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Stress Tests Are in Fact Causing Stress
- FinancialSpiltMilk submits: I wrote a couple of posts last week questioning whether the government stress tests were really going to test the banks. Word today is that at least a few of the 19 banks being tested will likely need to raise new capital - though they are protesting...
- External links 2009-04-29
- Stress Tests are Geithner's Redemption
- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is the happiest guy in the world today. He's gone from tax cheating incompetent to boy wonder financial genius whose stress tests have restored order to the global financial system. By one measure, the stress tests have met their goal: they have restored...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Stress Tests Stress Currencies
- Kathy Lien submits: The results for the stress tests are coming in and unfortunately Bank of America BAC and Citigroup C are the first to be singled out. At the same time, the world is growing more and more fearful about the Swine flu and I think this...
- External links 2009-04-28
- Elizabeth Warren: TARP Repayment, More Stress Tests and a Fall off the Pedestal
- I like Elizabeth Warren, chair of the congressional oversight panel for TARP. She's smart, tough, passionate and opinionated. I met her years ago on the radio airwaves, when I interviewed her after she and her daughter co-authored "The Two Income Trap". But this morning, Ms. Warren fell...
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Stress Tests: What Really Counts is Cred with the Fed
- Adam Sharp submits: With stress test results out, people are abuzz about the various measures of capital, liquidity ratios, and other ways to evaluate banks. But what really determines the fortunes of a bank? I would argue the most important factor for a big bank is this: How much influence...
- External links 2009-05-10
- Bank Stress Tests: Better Late than Never
- At 2:00pm today, the Federal Reserve posted a "White Paper" detailing the stress tests it conducted for the nation's 19 largest banks. I was sort of hoping for a four or five page outline, but on a sunny Friday, I was forced to pore over a 21 page document, which tells...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- What Assumptions Did the Stress Tests Make About Housing Prices?
- Dear Ali; I'm trying to figure out whether housing prices have bottomed. I heard on the radio that the government assumed that they would fall further in the "stress tests." What were these assumptions based on, and what do you think of them? ...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Federal Reserve Asks for Wall Street Bank Stress Tests
- David Enke submits: As reported at the Financial Times, US banks are being asked by the Federal Reserve to run a comprehensive series of stress tests to ensure they have enough liquidity to withstand various types of financial shock. The Fed regulators are asking for scenario analysis and testing...
- External links 2008-08-10
- Still Puzzling Out the Impact (If Any) of Those Stress Tests
- David Goldman submits: If no-one can figure out what it is, it probably isn’t anything. As the Financial Times observes this morning, no-one can work out the actual impact of the “stress tests.” What it comes down to is that the regulators have given a rubber band of capital...
- External links 2009-04-27
- Signs That Stress Tests Are Working Well
- Government stress tests were originally stressing out the big banks. Against all the odds, they now seem to be doing their job well. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Bank Stress Tests and the Art of Financial Spinning
- Clive Corcoran submits: The leaks yesterday regarding the stress tests and how they impact on Bank of America BAC are a wonderful example of good spinning whether by design or by accident. The first reports were greeted with a bout of selling in the pre-market and lots of earnest bloggers...
- External links 2009-05-06
- As Treasury Mulls TARP Payback, Congressional Panel Asks For More Stress Tests
- As Treasury prepared to allow 10 banks to pay back TARP funds as early as later today, some are arguing that the government stress tests ought to be carried out all over again. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Stress Tests: Stressful Enough - And a Waste of Time
- Tom Brown submits: Can you believe it’s already been six months since the Treasury announced it would put the country’s big banks through a bunch of stress tests? Why, it seems only yesterday, doesn’t it? by Tom Brown
- External links 2009-08-06
- Should We Be Reassured by the New Round of Stress Tests?
- Washington's Blog submits: AFP reports: The Federal Reserve will expand its so-called stress tests of the banking system to ensure they have enough capital during difficult periods, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday. by Washington
- External links 2009-10-25
- As Fourth Quarter Gets Underway, Real-Life Stress Tests Begin
- In the first quarter of the year, all government-supported banks underwent stress tests to determine their financial strength. What remains of the final quarter may represent this year's greatest test to a sustained recovery for many financial firms. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-10-31
- How Will Markets React to Monday's Stress Test Results?
- Sean Hyman submits:By Mike Conlon So by now you’ve heard the unofficial results of the bank stress tests. Only ONE, that’s right, ONE bank out of the nineteen tested is in need of additional capital. SHOCKER!! I mean really, did anyone actually believe that the government would...
- External links 2009-04-28
- Credit Default Swaps are the Real Stress in Bank Tests
- Stress tests to be revealed Thursday will likely show that while subprime, corporate and commercial real estate loans are doing their fair share of tearing apart bank balance sheets, the real gremlin in the banking engine is the credit default swap, or CDS. Credit default swaps are...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Just How Much Clarity Did the Stress Tests Create?
- With the release of the “Stress Test” results last Thursday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that he was “reasonably confident” that the information would “make it easier for banks to raise new equity from private sources” while admitting that “we have a lot of work to do in repairing the...
- External links 2009-05-12
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