TARP

This past weekend, Barron's online covered topics including the annual ranking of the world's most respected companies, the Treasury's auctioning of the remaining TARP shares, small cap company RealD and mid cap firm Corrections Corporation of America. Cover Story "The World's Most Respected...

Rumors are circulating that the Treasury department is pushing for a TARP-style bailout of the European banking sector. Charlie Gasparino of Fox Business News is responsible for this latest rumor, but there are lots of problems to a European TARP or bank recapitalization. Here is why... First of...

Can Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) ever catch a break? Apparently not, because now a class-action lawsuit has been filed citing that the firm did not disclose material information relating to the magnitude of the losses at Merrill Lynch, just days before Bank of America shareholders were set to vote...

US retail mortgages may be one of the scariest assets at this point in time. Apart from Italian or Greek bonds, owning securities back by retail mortgages is harrowing for investors across the globe. Although the brunt of the damage occurred a few years ago, the stigma and uncertainty related to...

Here's a quick look at eight dividend-paying regional bank stocks that are up year to date and trading near their 52-week highs. 1st Source (NASDAQ: SRCE): This Indiana-company reported strong second-quarter results back in July, which it attributed in part to attracting new customers. Its...

At this point, presumably every worker in the developed world is at least somewhat familiar with the realities of the recent financial crisis. With economic growth sluggish, and unemployment remaining persistently high, the economic effects of the bursting of the housing bubble have yet to subside...

Has AIG (NYSE: AIG) gone from “too big to fail” to “too cheap to overlook”? Maybe. Conventional wisdom says that the smart money is found in leading the herd from pasture to pasture. However, it is unlikely you, a lone investor, have the financial means to move the entire market overnight, the way...

It's not often that a company can turn a negative into a positive, but that is exactly what Chrysler did this week. Wednesday, the world-class carmaker announced it had paid back the U.S. and Canadian governments the balance of their loans a full six years ahead of schedule. The loans, which had...

According to a tweet from Special Inspector General of the Trouble Asset Relief Program, Neil M. Barofsky is resigning from his position. Barofsky was confirmed by the Senate on December 8, 2008, and was sworn into office on December 15, 2008. As SigTARP, Barofsky oversaw the investments made...

The White House sharply cut the cost of TARP, saying the controversial bailout of banks will now only cost $50 billion, as AIG (NYSE: AIG) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) are in the process of completely severing ties with the government and returning back entirely to the private markets. Treasury...

Commercial Real Estate Week in Review-June 13-19 -Interested in a long term investment? It may be the time to get into REITs. -Sunway REIT on track for $522MM IPO. -Kimco Realty (NYSE: KIM) and Big Shopping Centers (NYSE: BIG) enter into a joint venture to purchase $422MM retail...