tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post292812476100584980..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: Stress Tests my AssUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-12467879750071743252009-05-08T14:29:00.000-07:002009-05-08T14:29:00.000-07:00USwest. Ditto. But the real bugger is going to b...USwest. Ditto. But the real bugger is going to be when the insurance companies are audited. <br /><br />I don't think that there are 2 of the big 20 insurance companies who could meet a stress test of "Do you have the cash/near cash to pay average claims for 2 months?"<br /><br />There is debate about whether arson home and business fires go up as the cash runs out or when the cash runs out. <br /><br />Can checking cash assets be a sure indication of arson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-57570689485930550402009-05-07T15:23:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:23:00.000-07:00I'm with USWest - this is the banks doing the whol...I'm with USWest - this is the banks doing the whole "ignore the man behind the curtain" bit.Pombatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-81409466261466726052009-05-07T14:41:00.000-07:002009-05-07T14:41:00.000-07:00I dunno. The feeling that the sky was falling app...I dunno. The feeling that the sky was falling appears to have abated for most people. The rising stock market reflects -rather than drives- this view. I think the Obama team cleverly sounded claxons and alarums in order to make sure that we would be calmer when it all turned out to be not quite so bad.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-65763616363377092172009-05-07T10:33:00.000-07:002009-05-07T10:33:00.000-07:00Actually, I think the banks are in a lot more trou...Actually, I think the banks are in a lot more trouble than they or the government are willing to admit.USwestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-40408880187617655032009-05-07T10:14:00.000-07:002009-05-07T10:14:00.000-07:00We are all learning what we expected, I think, tha...We are all learning what we expected, I think, that banks are in trouble, but not as much trouble as they could be. And the efforts of consumers to pay off debt when they can are probably being overmatched by the needs of the unemployed and underemployed who take out credit cards for rent and baby's milk.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.com