Friday, December 12, 2008

Jim Rogers Claims Most U.S. Banks "Totally Bankrupt"

From Reuters today:

"Jim Rogers, one of the world's most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks "totally bankrupt," and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded."

Click here for the entire Reuters story.

Rogers has repeatedly said that by infusing capital into failing banks, the Fed reward the bad behavior of bad banks while penalizing the banks that have performed responsibly.