By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: New York Community Bancorp’s tumultuous share price descent began on January 31 when the bank filed an 8K form with the SEC indicating a $260 million net income loss in the fourth quarter; a dividend cut from…

BanksterCrime: New Study Says the Fed Is Captured by Congress and White House — Not the Megabanks that Own the Fed Banks and Get Trillions in Bailouts By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: August 15, 2024 ~ A fascinating new academic…

BanksterCrime: As we approach 2024, the United States banking system faces enormous issues, with figures estimating a staggering $517 billion in unrealized losses threatening the solvency of 63 institutions. This issue has thrown the entire system’s health into sharp focus,…

BanksterCrime: These FDIC-Insured Banks Have Lost 69 to 40 Percent of their Market Value Year-to-Date By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: August 13, 2024 ~ Here’s a look at three FDIC-insured banks that have lost 69 percent, 57 percent and 40…

BanksterCrime: Exposure at Hedge Funds Has Skyrocketed to Over $28 Trillion; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Are at Risk By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: According to a report at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research (OFR), the Gross…

Exposure at Hedge Funds Has Skyrocketed to Over $28 Trillion; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Are at Risk BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: According to a report at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research (OFR), the Gross…

BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Remember the Repo Crisis in the fall of 2019 when the Federal Reserve had to jump in with both feet and make billions of dollars in revolving emergency loans each weekday to the megabanks…

BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Charles Koch, Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries It took the New York Times Editorial Board less than 24 hours to assess the political landscape after the disastrous presidential debate last Thursday evening and…