Tarp Returns
Saw this over @ "The Big Picture" this AM and had to pass it along.
"Time magazine looks at the TARP, and does some quick number crunching.
Since the Tarp was jammed through in October, Treasury has invested $165 billion into the nation’s eight largest banks.
Those same financial firms are now worth $418 billion less than they were four months ago. CBO calculates the taxpayer’s preferred shares are worth $20 billion less.
The government’s annualized rate of return on its investment in the nation’s largest banks is -1,096%.
As Time snarkily notes, even Bernie Madoff only lost 100%".
Since the Tarp was jammed through in October, Treasury has invested $165 billion into the nation’s eight largest banks.
Those same financial firms are now worth $418 billion less than they were four months ago. CBO calculates the taxpayer’s preferred shares are worth $20 billion less.
The government’s annualized rate of return on its investment in the nation’s largest banks is -1,096%.
As Time snarkily notes, even Bernie Madoff only lost 100%".
Source "The Big Picture." 1.29.09
posted by CR English at 9:25 AM
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