Thursday, December 11, 2008

Most of the BANKS in the US are Bankrupt! Where is your money? IN GOLD or SILVER?


Comments: since all banks are connected in some way, I would state that Canadian Banks are BANKRUPT as well. (if anybody thinks differently, or your government states otherwise, is in for a BIG surprise!) Its just a matter of time before the "run" on the banks occur. GOT GOLD/SILVER?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Rogers, one of the world's most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks "totally bankrupt," and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded.

Speaking by teleconference at the Reuters Investment Outlook 2009 Summit, the co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum Fund, said the government's $700 billion rescue package for the sector doesn't address how banks manage their balance sheets, and instead rewards weaker lenders with new capital.

Dozens of banks have won infusions from the Troubled Asset Relief Program created in early October, just after the Sept 15 bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEHMQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz). Some of the funds are being used for acquisitions.

"Without giving specific names, most of the significant American banks, the larger banks, are bankrupt, totally bankrupt," said Rogers, who is now a private investor.

"What is outrageous economically and is outrageous morally is that normally in times like this, people who are competent and who saw it coming and who kept their powder dry go and take over the assets from the incompetent," he said. "What's happening this time is that the government is taking the assets from the competent people and giving them to the incompetent people and saying, now you can compete with the competent people. It is horrible economics."

3 comments:

  1. Well if Canadian banks are insolvent Bankrupt , why dont we take our money out , im with RBC , lets run the banks

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  2. Ive been led to believe Canadian banks in a much better position.less exposure to derivatives and far more regulation which has been responsible for eliminated excess of Us.Banking system.Do you have any recent examples of major Canadian banks insolvency.

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  3. Cant find any conclusive evidence any of the major Canadian banks are insolvent.Seems to me a lot of Doom and Gloom propaganda.

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