Bronte Capital

Dopeyness warning.  Whilst I was familiar with the Icelandic bank balance sheets relative to GDP (Iceland is the second most bank revenue to...

I have a British passport. I am considering sending it back.  Sir Fred Goodwin is not quitting. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/artic...

The press is reporting the sacking of Sir Fred Goodwin before the bank has announced it. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/art...

I wrote out a model portfolio for a hedge fund in January this year.  I also wrote a draft note explaining every position - part of a due di...

One of the first posts I made on this blog was about Royal Bank of Scotland .   In it I described Sir Fred Goodwin as "the worst CEO o...

1).   Sheila Bair rings Jamie Dimon and suggests to him that she might confiscate the assets of Washington Mutual.   She says that Jamie sho...

Sheila Bair - without giving anyone time to do due diligence - forced Wachovia into a merger with Citigroup in which she warranted that the ...

Well - yes.  If Sheila had not acted Wachovia would not have been in play.  She basically forced a deal whereby Wachovia banking operations ...

This is blunt . Government Decision to Safeguard Irish Banking System Government Decision to Safeguard Irish Banking System The Governmen...

Almost everyone ( including Krugman who should know better ) thinks this banking crisis is about inadequate capital caused by losses. Th...