Are you kidding? Banks are extremely unregulated, and their "strategic investments" are why the US recently suffered the greatest economic collapse since the great depression.

 

Some strategies fail, economics isn't an exact science after all.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_regulation.

 

  United States financial regulation authorities

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• Federal Reserve System ("Fed")
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
• National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
• Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

 

Some strategies fail, economics isn't an exact science after all.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_regulation.

 

  United States financial regulation authorities

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• Federal Reserve System ("Fed")
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
• National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
• Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

 

You've obviously never stepped foot outside of your house if you think these authorities actually do anything.

You've obviously never stepped foot outside of your house if you think these authorities actually do anything.