On FT Alphaville this week,
- On Monday, thoughts on the latest bailout package from the UK government.
- BoE becomes the bad bank?
- And the FSA’s sly changes to banks’ capital adequacy calculations.
- RBS – the world’s largest corporation – meanwhile, saw its share price plummet: down 68%
- On Tuesday, Jim Rogers said “The UK is finished.”
-…adding to Sterling’s dismal collapse (soon to become a theme of the week)
- More dismal performance from the UK banks precipitated an FT Alphaville nationalisation linkfest.
- Stateside, Obama’s inauguration and a list of the 20 worst US housing markets
- And the Goldman oil bulls returned.
- On Wednesday, a shortage of shorts (though John McFall, MP, thinks he’s found some)
- And some reasons not to fear for a UK downgrade or default.
- Spare a thought for holders of tear 1 capital.
- Thursday and Alistair Darling says he was snubbed by the FSA. We say stop whining.
- The hard life and times of Anton Kreil, million dollar trader.
- Have you seen this man? Nouriel Roubini, doom twitterer, is in London.
- Lord Turner, VaR and the FSA.
- And on Friday, John Thain: commode on legs.
- Responses to Mr Rogers. And David Cameron.
- Albert Edwards on how bad things are in China.
- And the case for sterling.
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