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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:00 PM Original message |
Smaller Banks Thrive Out of the Fray of Crisis (WAPO) |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Also, they can scavenge for droppings left from the big bank failures.... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. butbutbut the sky is falling if we don't bail out the greedy fuckers! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. The enablers of economic terrorism here on DU have me LIVID. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. ! |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is the end of the world as we know it. |
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WestWingEmpty (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am removing all of my money from large institutions as we write. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Credit unions have to meet tighter regulatory standards |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. So - Contrary To Opinion Here - There Is No Crisis - Thought So! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. I haven't dealt with a LARGE bank for over 20 years! They got BIG |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. We finally ended up at a local bank a few years back. Our big bank kept merging... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. My credit union is doing fine. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wells Fargo is also doing very well. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Wells, PNC, and U.S. Bancorp are doing quite well. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. not in my area.... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Wells Fargo in your area is not doing well? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. well i guess they are ok ..it`s the home owners that are losing... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. k&r |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. thanx. n/t |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Could anyone have ever seriously believed |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. and Greenspan enabled the Iraq war by selling the housing bubble |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. The BFEE LOVES other peoples' money! They have stolen their way into wealth from the start. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. I said this the other day. Our local banks are booming |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. local is the future |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Exactly! That's the world I want to see. It's the only thing that makes sense. (nt) |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Local and sustainable is definitely the future. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. local also bypasses much of the corruption |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. This makes me think of a question I asked the other day. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. If you act now, I'll throw in the pocket fisherman for just $19.99.... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. my local bank has one foreclosure |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. ?? pffft :-) --- link edit |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. I've banked at nothing but credit unions for 20 years now. My parents have ALWAYS only used a |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. Wow, I keep trying to learn more about this mess but for some reason I always stick to GD:P |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is true. Smaller banks were not caught up in this madness. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. Small banks move in to fill the gap on Wall Street (IHT/Reuters) |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
35. I wonder how the redistribution of assets over $100K FDIC is affecting smaller banks? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. if someone has 300k sitting in Citibank, that person is a fool. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Of COURSE they would be fools..now. So they would have to redistribute it to at least 2 other banks |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. I prefer small local banks, but have had bad luck. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Riggs bank was the one laundering money for Pinochet |
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OakCliffDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. Good business practices can succeed |
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