Banks on Thin Ice: $395 Billion in Unrealized Losses and the Return of “Too Big to Fail”

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured U.S. banks are sitting on $395 billion in unrealized losses—six times the peak of the 2008 financial crisis. Thirteen straight quarters of red ink reveal a dangerous game of musical chairs as Wall Street scrambles for a greater fool to buy toxic paper. While small and mid-sized banks face real risk, the giants hide behind the safety net of “too big to fail,” creating moral hazard and distorting free markets. Once again, taxpayers are left to wonder: when the music stops, who pays the price?