I Agree With People Who Say We

When The Secretary Of Treasury, The Head Of The Central Bank, The Head Of The Fdic (federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), And The Head Of The New York Fed Say, "we Want You To Do This Because We Think It's In The Best Interest Of The United States Of America," You Know, We're Like The Japanese. We're A Little Patriotic That Way. We Said, "yes, Sir!"

We Have A Lot Of People Who Are Republicans, A Lot Of People Who Are Democrats, And It's Not Just Because Of Business Reasons.

There Is A Lot Of Focus On That First Rate Move, And I'm Not Sure How Important That Is.

Banks Don't Want Certain Asset Classes, And That's Created Opportunities For Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Silicon Valley. In This Case I Think He Was Referring To Some Of The European Banks Shedding Assets, And The Big Buyers Are Probably Not Going To Be Big American Banks. Someone Like Blackstone May Have A Very Good Chance To Buy Those Assets, Leverage Them, Borrow Up A Little Bit, And Do Something Good There.

Good Regulation Should Be Conducive To Business And To Customer Protection.