Perhaps this link (embedded in Barnhardt’s article) will help:
Risk Is Back: America’s Big Banks Are Knee-Deep In Derivatives (FORBES 03/28/2013)
This too:
OCC’s Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities - Fourth Quarter 2013
http://www.occ.gov/topics/capital-markets/financial-markets/trading/derivatives/dq413.pdf
And Barnhardt does in fact mention Heidi Cruz - here on her front page (See Point 6):
And she provides a link to Mrs. Cruz’ LINKED-IN page:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heidi-cruz/4/811/777
That linkedin link just states that Heidi Cruz works for GS.
That Barnhardt footnote just says that Heidi is married to Ted.
The Forbes article doesn’t say anything about what sort of derivatives are held by the banks or who the counter parties are. It also lists notional amounts as if they are the actual amount at risk which they aren’t. It’s useless without that data.
The OCC report shows derivative exposure dropping, a fact helpful to you.
What you are good is at posting links as if they are helpful to your argument when they are saying nothing at all. It’s proven to be a waste of time to chase down your links because they turn out to be shaggy dog stories.
I think you like them because most people aren’t familiar with the world of banks and finance and won’t see that what you are posting is chaff without substance.