Sunday, August 16, 2009

2009 Bank Closures now at 74

Two more banks have been closed down by the Federal regulators. This is a sign of continuing financial difficulties and the need for smart savers to implements Safer Money Financial Strategies. Colonial Bank is a medium size bank with about $25 B in assets. This represents the largest bank to be closed this year. The other institution was a small Savings and Loan in PA.
In addition to this bad banking news all of the major indexes ended the week with a loss. The S&P finished the week down by 0.85%, the Dow ended down by 0.82% and the NASDAQ ended the week down by 1.19%

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