Jim Willie, který v lednu předpověděl pád Bear Stearns, se počátkem června k UBS vyjádřil následujícím způsobem:
"UBS, the Union Bank of Switzerland, is a prime candidate for imminent failure and declared bankruptcy. Ripple effects could be enormous and cause contagion across the banking industry..."
"...UBS will not be rescued by the US Federal Reserve. Being a Swiss firm, they would tend not to be protected by the Euro Central Bank. Even though holding a huge raft of home loans in the UK, they probably might be bailed out by the Bank of England., but that is doubtful Besides, the BOE is under siege with its own UK banks, which have been offered carte blanche in bailout swaps and extended credit for bailouts. Worse still, the BOE has threatened punishment and felony charges for anyone even divulging information on bank bailouts in a thoroughly bizarre draconian measure that defies normalcy..."
Jan Dvořák
