A new study from a University of Pennsylvania researcher says that the largest “too big to fail” banks would not be profitable if it weren’t government assistance. Large banks reap $102 billion benefit from US government Based on previously reported estimates of the value in a government risk guarantee, the large banks receive “the combined financial advantages and subsidies for the six biggest U.S. banks since the start of 2009 was at least $102 billion.” Report author Nizan Geslevich Packin from the Penn’s Institute for Law and Economics connects the dots, pointing out that follow up studies estimate that “the…
Large Banks Unprofitable Without Government Backing: Penn Study
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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