Regulators Who Don’t Regulate

           

                                           

I often mention our poor federal regulators, about their actions and how they do everything but regulate what they set out to do.

                       

I have taken particular aim at the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act with its over 250 provisions, and its countless, unforeseen negative effects.

                       

Such as forcing the banks “too big to fail” to keep adding to capital. This makes them less profitable, when they must be able to attract necessary capital for a thriving economy.

                       

Moreover, it’s foolish to constantly augment capital cushions that can be wiped out overnight whenever you mark-to-market the bank’s assets in poor markets. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)