How Safe Are Oregon’s Banks And Thrifts?
In Bernanke Hallucinating Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. points out as a result of massive liquidation of debt in the U.S., we face three major consequences. First, Bernanke’s nearly powerless, second, we face a Double dip, and third, there will be More bank failures!
You can click this link to review his list of the Weakest Banks and Thrifts in the U.S.
This list includes only institutions with a Weiss Rating of D+ (weak) or lower — institutions we believe to be vulnerable to future financial difficulties or even failure. To be sure, many vulnerable institutions will NOT ultimately fail. However, we believe that their risk of failure is high.
Here is a list of Oregon’s financial institutions and their assets that get a low rating:
- Albina Community Bank Portland OR 189,260 E-
- Bank Of America Oregon NA Portland OR 14,736,199 D+
- Bank Of The Cascades Bend OR 2,083,883 E-
- Capital Pacific Bank Portland OR 185,316 D-
- Columbia Community Bank Hillsboro OR 390,788 D
- High Desert Bank Bend OR 39,758 D-
- Home Valley Bank Cave Junction OR 257,952 F
- Libertybank Eugene OR 768,222 F
- MBank Gresham OR 241,476 E-
- Northwest Bank Lake Oswego OR 122,171 D-
- Oregon Pacific Banking Co Florence OR 164,240 D
- Pacific West Bank West Linn OR 73,697 E
- Peoples Bank Of Commerce Medford OR 109,131 D+
- Premierwest Bank Medford OR 1,502,539 D-
- Siuslaw Bank Florence OR 283,394 D
- Summit Bank Eugene OR 124,202 D-
- Us Bank Trust Co NA Portland OR 13,165 D
- West Coast Bank Lake Oswego OR 2,666,887 D-
Weiss Ratings scale: A = excellent, B = good, C = fair, D = weak, E = very weak, F = failed, plus sign = upper third of grade range, minus sign = lower third.
Data source: FDIC’s Call Reports and OTS’ Thrift Financial Reports via SNL Financial LC, reflecting bank and thrift data filed March 31, 2010.
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