Christopher Whalen

Christopher Whalen and the Bet on Small Banks

Robert Teitelman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Nassim Taleb, Meredith Whitney, Dealbook, Christopher Whalen, Whalen, Banking, Small Banks, Banks, Business News

Traditional banking is a difficult, commoditized service business, shorn of products that make fat profits. That's the reality that no one ever speaks of when they cry out to revive Glass-Steagall or when they wax poetic about the joys of small-town banking.

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Disclosure Of Secret Fed Lending Raises Eyebrows

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Economic Crisis, Business News, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Fed-Emergency-Lending-Program, Ben Bernanke, Christopher Whalen, New York Federal Reserve Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Business News

In the midst of the global financial crisis in 2008, the Federal Reserve lent Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Scotland at least $30 bil...

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Bailed-Out AIG Now Says It Was Victim Of Wall Street's Worst Behaviors

HuffingtonPost.com | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Insurance Company, Triaxx, Cdos, AIG Lawsuit, Bank of America, Cds, New York Times, Aig, ICP Asset Management, American International Group, Icp, Christopher Whalen, Business News

Two and a half years after first being bailed out by the federal government, insurance giant AIG has officially begun to place blame on companies it a...

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WATCH Analyst: California Will Default On Its Debt

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, California, Bailout, Default, Federal Government, Budget, Economic Crisis, Pensions, Business News, Henry Blodget, Christopher Whalen, Video, Business News

California will default on its debt, bank analyst Christopher Whalen said. And if it accepts a Federal bailout, he added, other states will follow. ...

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Mortgage Crisis Is 'Cancer,' 'Slow Wasting Process,' Analyst Says

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lehman Brothers, Securities, Economic Crisis, Bank of New York, Business News, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Institutional Risk Analytics, Great Depression, Christopher Whalen, Investors, Video, Business News

The foreclosure crisis is slowly killing the nation's economy, and the government has no idea what to do, analyst Christopher Whalen said on Bloomberg...

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Foreclosure Crisis Stalls Home Sales, Threatens Larger Economy

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Janet Tavakoli, Home Prices, Business News, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Florida, Real Estate, Christopher Whalen, Business News

Correction appended While some homeowners may be glad to challenge a foreclosure, the rapidly expanding crisis of alleged foreclosure fraud has sta...

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In Crazy New Landscape For Banks, Taxpayers Are The Big Losers

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Fdic, Bank Failures, Institutional Risk Analytics, Christopher Whalen, Bailout, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Banks, Financial Crisis, Chris Whalen, Institutional-Risk-Analytics, Sheila Bair, Transparency, Video, Business News

This story has been updated Fifty banks collapsed during the third quarter of 2009, while more than one in 15 are on the verge of failure -- the high...

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Citigroup Stock Sale DELAYED By Treasury Department

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Treasury Department, Citigroup, TARP Repayments, Citigroup Secondary Offering, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Citibank, $C, Citi Stock, IRA Advisory, Tarp, Christopher Whalen, Financial Crisis, Business News

The Treasury Department is backing off its plans to help Citigroup free itself from partial government ownership after the markets priced Citi's share...

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Christopher Whalen: "The Real Economy Is Dying," Q4 Will Be A "Bloodbath" (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Banks, Institutional Risk Analytics, Recession, Citigroup, Christopher Whalen, Video, Business News

Christopher Whalen, the no-nonsense managing director of Institutional Risk Analytics, who recently referred to Citigroup "the queen of the zombie dan...

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Bank of America TARP Repayment Premature, Analyst Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Bank of America Bailout, Christopher Whalen, Business News

A leading bank analyst says the regulators who allowed Bank of America to repay its $45 billion in government bailout funds made a big mistake because...

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Bernanke Made A 'Pig's Breakfast' Of the Financial Crisis: Christopher Whalen (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Did Ben Bernanke deserve to be named Time's "Person of the Year"? "Absolutely not," Christopher Whalen, managing director of Institutional Risk Anal...

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Citigroup Is "Queen Of The Zombie Dance Party": Institutional Risk Analyst

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Citi, Queen of the Zombie Party, Institutional Risk Analyst, Christopher Whalen, Citigroup, Business News

Yet another Wall Street analyst has hammered Citigroup, despite a recent surge in the bank's stock price. Shares in Citigroup have shot up more than 6...

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