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Mapping Bank Failures
Conglomerate — ... Here's a neat little time-elapse map of U.S. bank failures since the start of the Financial Crisis.  The map records 97 bank failures since the beginning of the crisis in early 2008.  Notice the concentration of failures in and around Atlanta and Los Angeles, my two most recent mailing addresses.  I don't think I had anything to do with it, though. ...

Coolest Interactive Map of Bank Failures You'll See All Day
CrossingWallStreet.com — From The Wall Street Journal. You can really tell when WaMu went under. (Via: Clusterstock) ...

Morning Reads 8-17-2009
Portfolio Tilt — ... Happening Today: Monday, August 17 (Clusterstock) 2.) 16 Companies that Have Raised Their Dividend by 10% or More for the Last Nine Years (Crossing Wall Street) 3.) Using Diagonal Spreads to Front-Load Directional Risk (Condor Options) 4.) Dan Loeb's Book Recommendations (Manual of Ideas) 5.) Using Imagery in Accelerating Behavior Change (TraderFeed) 6.) Loss Rates for FDIC Higher than During S Crisis (Calculated Risk) 7.) Amazing Map of Bank Failures in the U.S. (WSJ) 8.) For Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Creddit ...

Tracking The Nation's Bank Failures (Very Cool WSJ Interactive Map)
The Daily Bail — The Wall Street Journal has built a very impressive time-lapse map of bank failures by state, since the beginning of 2008.  The data sets are detailed and well presented.  Click the photo to see the map.  No subscription is required so check it out.   Email Map To A Friend Post To Your Facebook Profile Click To Scroll List Of Our Recent Stories  

Weekend Reads 8-22-2009
Portfolio Tilt — Enjoy! 1.) Awesome Interactive Map: Tracking the Nation's Bank Failures (WSJ) 2.) The Biggest Stumbles of the Week: Sam Zell or Eddie Lampert? (Deal Journal) 3.) Corporate Bond Default Hits Record (FT) 4.) Chevron Will Build a Solar Plant to Get More Oil (Business Insider) 5.) Five Financial Stocks Dominating Market Volume (Zero Hedge) 6.) Cerberus Investors Choose to Withdraw (WSJ) 7.) Washed Out: Sears and Eddie Lampert (Barron's) 8.) Toys 'R' Us and Dunkin' Donuts in Line for IPOs? (BloggingStocks) 9.) The ...

Failed banks are popping up all over...
The Mess That Greenspan Made — They've got another neat interactive graphic over at the Wall Street Journal (hat tip Patrick) where you can see the timing, size, and location of all 140 banks that have failed since 2008 along with a handy sortable table with important statistics. For maximum enjoyment, click on the first link above and then hit the Play button. The 140 failed banks still don't compare to the 747 savings & loans that went belly-up in the late-1980s and early-1990s (that's according to Wikipedia, the FDIC puts the total at almost 3,000), but we're still a long ...

Banks That Went Bust
The Big Picture — Track and see more details on bank failures since early 2008. > Click for interactive graphic > Source: When Bad Banks Sink Good Ones ROBIN SIDEL WSJ, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125720151735123867.html ...