Bank Archive

  • The Central Bank Gold “Shell Game” Continues

    The Central Bank Gold “Shell Game” Continues

    We recently reported the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has been accepting gold like a “pawn shop” for central banks, but the BIS has since changed its tune. It emailed The Wall Street Journal to say the 346 tonnes of gold it has added to...

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  • Russia’s Central Bank Could Boost the Australian and Canadian Dollars

    Russia’s Central Bank Could Boost the Australian and Canadian Dollars

    The world’s third-largest foreign exchange reserve is about to become even more diversified. First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev of the Russian central bank said it is looking to move into other currencies in the near term. The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be Australian and Canadian...

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  • Forecasting Bank Earnings

    Forecasting Bank Earnings

    Foreclosure activity is crucial to the outlook for bank earnings. Mortgage losses will continue to be a growing problem for bank stocks in 2010. Since the suspension of mark-to-market accounting, banks have gained much more control over timing their credit losses, but they cannot get away...

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  • How to Dance Like a Zombie Bank

    How to Dance Like a Zombie Bank

    In case you thought we’d already forgotten about the zombie banks here’s a new treat that just crossed our path. Somehow it’s nearly content-less, and yet shows the simple strategy adopted by governments in the event of uncertainty in the financial system: throw money at...

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  • Euro Drops 2 Cents on Bank of Spain Takeover

    Euro Drops 2 Cents on Bank of Spain Takeover

    As I was packing up to go home yesterday afternoon, the euro (EUR) had moved beyond 1.24, and I said, “I wonder what’s got the euro so perky this afternoon”… Well, that “perky” feeling the euro had at that time was wiped out and more...

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