Serpo
6th February 2013, 01:35 AM
too big too fail....it looks like they already have.....failed.....
(http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street/31390709_1_pension-funds-deri)http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street
/31390709_1_pension-funds-deriHow 9 Banks Are Exposed To $200 Trillion Worth Of Derivatives [Infographic]
Ben Duronio|April 24, 2012|
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(Demonocracy (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html))
Demonocracy created a great infographic (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html) detailing the exposure of the nine banks with the largest exposure to derivatives. Combined, these nine banks are exposed to $228.72 trillion in derivatives, a shockingly high number.
That number, as Demonocracy states, is worth approximately three times the entire world economy.
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Demonocracy (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html)
http://businessinsider.com/image/4f96ad57ecad044448000065/demo1.jpg (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html)
This picture explains the graphics used for the rest of the infographic. A truck is worth one billion, a big tower is worth one trillion, and so forth.
http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4f96ae6aecad046f4600005f/demo2.jpg (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html)
Demonocracy
BNY has a derivative exposure of $1.375 Trillion dollars.
Considered a too big to fail (TBTF) bank. It is currently facing (among others) lawsuits fraud and contract breach suits by a Los Angeles pension fund (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-30/bank-of-new-york-mellon-must-face-fraud-contract-breach-suit.html) and New York pension funds (http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/05/news/companies/bank_new_york_mellon_fraud/index.htm), where BNY Mellon allegedly overcharged the funds on many millions of dollars and concealed it.
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State Street has a derivative exposure of $1.390 Trillion dollars.
Too big to fail (TBTF) bank. It has been charged by California Attorney General (http://www.zerohedge.com/article/state-street-sued-unconscionable-fraud-against-calpers) (among other) lawsuits for massive fraud on California's CalPERS and CalSTRS pension funds - similar to BNY (above).
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Demonocracy
Morgan Stanley has a derivative exposure of $1.722 Trillion dollars.
Its a too big to fail (TBTF) bank. It recently settled a lawsuit (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-morganstanley-pay-lawsuit-idUSBRE82L0UF20120322) for over-paying its employees while accepting the tax (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street/31390709_1_pension-funds-derivative-exposure-bailout#) payer funded bailout. Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley had a license plate that said "2BG2FAIL (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/10/robert-kindlers-2bg2fail_n_386168.html)" on his Porsche Cayenne Turbo. All this while $250 million of bailout money ended up in the hands of Waterfall TALF Opportunity, (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-real-housewives-of-wall-street-look-whos-cashing-in-on-the-bailout-20110411) run by the Morgan Stanley's owners' wives-- Marry a banker for a $250M tax-payer cash injection.
The bank also got a SECRET $2.041 Trillion bailout from the Federal Reserve (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/have-you-heard-about-the-16-trillion-dollar-bailout-the-federal-reserve-handed-to-the-too-big-to-fail-banks) during the crisis, beyond the tax payer bailout.
(http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street/31390709_1_pension-funds-deri)http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street
/31390709_1_pension-funds-deriHow 9 Banks Are Exposed To $200 Trillion Worth Of Derivatives [Infographic]
Ben Duronio|April 24, 2012|
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(Demonocracy (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html))
Demonocracy created a great infographic (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html) detailing the exposure of the nine banks with the largest exposure to derivatives. Combined, these nine banks are exposed to $228.72 trillion in derivatives, a shockingly high number.
That number, as Demonocracy states, is worth approximately three times the entire world economy.
http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4f96c8adecad04717100003b/chart.png
Demonocracy (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html)
http://businessinsider.com/image/4f96ad57ecad044448000065/demo1.jpg (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html)
This picture explains the graphics used for the rest of the infographic. A truck is worth one billion, a big tower is worth one trillion, and so forth.
http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4f96ae6aecad046f4600005f/demo2.jpg (http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/derivatives/bank_exposure.html)
Demonocracy
BNY has a derivative exposure of $1.375 Trillion dollars.
Considered a too big to fail (TBTF) bank. It is currently facing (among others) lawsuits fraud and contract breach suits by a Los Angeles pension fund (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-30/bank-of-new-york-mellon-must-face-fraud-contract-breach-suit.html) and New York pension funds (http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/05/news/companies/bank_new_york_mellon_fraud/index.htm), where BNY Mellon allegedly overcharged the funds on many millions of dollars and concealed it.
Continue Below (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street/31390709_1_pension-funds-derivative-exposure-bailout#)
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Demonocracy
State Street has a derivative exposure of $1.390 Trillion dollars.
Too big to fail (TBTF) bank. It has been charged by California Attorney General (http://www.zerohedge.com/article/state-street-sued-unconscionable-fraud-against-calpers) (among other) lawsuits for massive fraud on California's CalPERS and CalSTRS pension funds - similar to BNY (above).
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Demonocracy
Morgan Stanley has a derivative exposure of $1.722 Trillion dollars.
Its a too big to fail (TBTF) bank. It recently settled a lawsuit (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-morganstanley-pay-lawsuit-idUSBRE82L0UF20120322) for over-paying its employees while accepting the tax (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-24/wall_street/31390709_1_pension-funds-derivative-exposure-bailout#) payer funded bailout. Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley had a license plate that said "2BG2FAIL (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/10/robert-kindlers-2bg2fail_n_386168.html)" on his Porsche Cayenne Turbo. All this while $250 million of bailout money ended up in the hands of Waterfall TALF Opportunity, (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-real-housewives-of-wall-street-look-whos-cashing-in-on-the-bailout-20110411) run by the Morgan Stanley's owners' wives-- Marry a banker for a $250M tax-payer cash injection.
The bank also got a SECRET $2.041 Trillion bailout from the Federal Reserve (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/have-you-heard-about-the-16-trillion-dollar-bailout-the-federal-reserve-handed-to-the-too-big-to-fail-banks) during the crisis, beyond the tax payer bailout.