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The Motley Fool
April 24, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ambac Obliterated: Is This the End? Reacting to sour news, shares of Ambac plummet to their lowest levels ever since the company went public in 1991.   |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ambac Financial Will Burn Your Portfolio Ambac's days of lucrative profits could be a thing of the past, and that's the best-case scenario. Even under that rosy outcome, there's still little reason to hold Ambac. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bond Insurers Smile, for Now It hasn't been a great year for the bond-insurance business so far. Even with Tuesday's massive gains, both Ambac Financial and MBIA remain down 70% and 33% for 2008, respectively. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Is This the Last Straw for Ambac? Bond insurers may be running out of options. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
The Ratings Game The companies that rate bonds look at several factors in rating fixed-income securities. Learn how these ratings work, and don't buy without knowing the facts. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Technically, Ambac Financial Is a Buy Assuming you pay attention to lines on a graph. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
RIP, Ambac A long time coming, Ambac finally bites the dust. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Farewell to Ambac Financial The long fall of Ambac Financial seems to finally be coming to an end. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Ambac Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Ambac Financial were up more than 10% in intraday trading as investors digested the plan of rehabilitation from the Wisconsin insurance commissioner. |
U.S. Banker
April 2008 |
The Many Cozy Relationships Of Bond Insurers Some do not view the multi-billion-dollar bank bailout for insurers as a path to recovery but as further enabling of damaging, co-dependent behavior among banks, rating agencies and bond insurers. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
This Could Be the End of Bond Insurance Just when it started to look a little better, bond insurers face a fatal blow. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Marla Brill |
Managing The Municipal Malaise With bond insurer ratings on the brink and hedge funds fresh off a selling spree, the normally staid municipal bond market has taken on a more volatile profile over the last few months. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Popped Again: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial shares are up 10% today, continuing a rally we saw yesterday. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
Mortgaging the Future The impact of the subprime on the insurance industry could be huge. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Buffett Offers Bond Insurers a Hand ... Maybe Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announces that it will offer the three largest bond insurers, Ambac, MBIA, and FGIC, the opportunity to essentially turn over the tax-free municipal portion of their bond insurance portfolio to Berkshire. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bad Buyback, Bad! Today companies often choose to reward shareholders with a simple and popular method investors love: share buybacks. When is it good? When is it bad? |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Place Your Bets on Ambac Financial! Is Ambac getting ready to waive the white flag? |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Moody's Blues Debt-ratings agency Moody's watches its earnings and reputation erode, as the once-lucrative business of rating batches of collateralized debt obligations has begun to sour. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2010
Brian D. Pacampara |
Ambac Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement? |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Aaron Pressman |
Why These Bonds Will Stay Afloat Federal aid and rainy-day funds should ease fears about Gulf Coast munis. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Why Financial Stocks Can't Find a Bottom Deplorable balance sheets aren't the only problem. Other big factors hurting financial stocks is that there's a massive slug of both risk and uncertainty. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial shares fell 13% in trading Monday, as uncertainty about the mortgage insurer's future creeps back into the market. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial Group shares popped 16% in intraday trading today as the market speculates that mortgage insurers will be able to "put-back" private mortgage insurance on big banks. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
MBIA Disappoints; Stock Rises Investors speculate that the worst could be over for this bond insurer. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2008
Morgan Housel |
How Lehman Played Musical Chairs With Its Loans Lehman Brothers sheds light on new Fed lending facilities. Will it work? |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Still Struggling at Moody's Has Moody's have suffered a wound that won't heal for years to come? |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
This Week's Biggest Movers This weekly column looks at the reason behind the largest stock-price movers of the week. Take a look at: Freddie Mac... Fannie Mae... MBIA... Ambac... Talbots... |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Rich Smith |
Buffett Predicts the Next Crisis It's coming soon to a town near you. Investors think munis are going down. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Bonding With Buffett Warren Buffett plans to start a bonding agency for local and state governments. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Buy, Sell, or Hold Ambac Financial? Sell. Now. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
2011 Could Have Been Worse for MBIA As a key player in the mortgage-bond insurance industry, MBIA suffered greatly during the housing crash. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Where to Find the Best Yields Now High yields lurk in a surprising place. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Monoline Hits Bottom Line at UBS The Swiss bank won't be the last to announce a monoline writedown. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild Ride In the past three days, bond-insurance giants have been on a seesaw that has spun the heads of even the most iron-stomached investors. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2008
Morgan Housel |
MBIA's Foggy Future MBIA, one of the world's largest bond-insurance companies, announces a fourth-quarter loss, but despite a murky outlook, management stays confident. |
