Tag Archive 'European banks'

European Banks: Too Optimistic?

Given the carnage in the banking sector overseas it seems pretty hard to justify the idea that people are too optimistic about any financial sector or group overall, but maybe markets still are? Let us forget the specific problems we have been discussing about European financials including them being even more leveraged than here in [...]

European Fallout

Yves Smith has picked up on a pet peeve of mine. In the midst of our crisis we have heard all kinds of cat calls about the failure of the “American Model” of financial capitalism, especially from Europeans. I find this fascinating given the far more leveraged and under supervised practices of their banks.
Well Yves, [...]