The stocks of the four companies cited as being the principal cause, C, BAC, WFC, and JPM, are UP 60%, 53%, 37% and 49%, respectively since this article was written.
As a result, the TARP is now down only 27%, according to the same source* for the article.
Seems to me like the TARP is doing better than many pension funds, 201k’s, IRA’s, etc.
For the record, I am not the one who made the claim that TARP would be money good. Just thought it would be of interest to post the results of my 5 minutes of research on the contents of the article.