[Mamzelle]

re: I have seen speculation that the runup in stock prices has been fueled primarily by the investment banks with money from the TARP.)))

Read same thing. But I hope the banks made some money, at least, and can use it to pay back some of the TARP!

[saganite]

If there is no value in the market then those bankers are “making money” off the backs of naive investors.