But its strong balance sheet gives it strength to handle the volatility in investing in a commodity-dependent business, and it seems to be on a roll with customers.
They'd balance a spoon-shaped piece of magnetic rock on any flat surface, and since it was magnetic, the handle would swivel to align itself with the Earth's magnetic poles.
Or the Federal Reserve could add to the alphabet soup of lifelines created in the last year to handle the credit crisis, including a variety of auction and loan programs to help banks deal with troubled balance sheets.