In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, IRA Vice Chairman Christopher Whalen returns to a favorite topic, namely the zombie dance queen known as Bank of America. We have been writing about the need to resolve Bank America in bankruptcy for a number of years, most recently in the article "Should the Courts Appoint an Equitable Receiver for Bank of America?," November 28, 2011.
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Christopher Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics spoke to the American Enterprise Institute about the extent of the current foreclosure crisis, how it isn't just about banks, and how the Fed isn't helping anything. 0:05 Banks have... Read Post
Christopher Whalen, the outspoken bank analyst known for his critical industry research, has joined an investment bank, after nearly a decade as a managing director of Institutional Risk Analytics, the firm he co-founded. Read Post
Christopher Whalen’s Institutional Risk Analytics came up with his second quarter 2009 stress test results today, and the results aren’t pretty. Whalen says that the US banking industry is still sinking steadily and neither the Obam... Read Post