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The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Seth Jayson	Bush's Bailout Bait-and-Switch The good news: The plan doesn't interfere too much with the free markets. The bad news: The plan doesn't interfere too much with the free markets.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Paulson Calls a Bottom in the Mortgage Market It's worth listening to a hedge fund manager who has a clue.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2007 Seth Jayson	Desperate Realtors Applaud Bailout The National Association of Realtors likes the idea of a subprime bailout. Big surprise.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Housing Collapse Squishes Bear The risky mortgages that drove the housing mania were also prime ways for Wall Street to cash in on the greedy and naive. And now that the air is escaping and credit is being crunched, we're seeing the results.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 James Pressley	The Meltdown According to Hank Paulson How the former Treasury Secretary, exhausted and careworn, labored to save the financial system -- and made plenty of mistakes.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group.
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The Motley Fool October 13, 2008 Morgan Housel	Dissecting McCain's Bailout Plan A little "straight talk" on the candidate's mortgage proposal.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Seth Jayson	Still More Housing Bull The National Association of Realtors issues another suspiciously misleading press release. It is in the NAR's interest to convince people to buy; therefore, investors, please read their words carefully.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Seth Jayson	Bush's Housing Bailout: Bad Idea President Bush will speak to the nation today, asking Congress to try to help distressed American debtors. However, you can't fix a deflating asset bubble by reinflating it, and the President's idea to expand FHA insurance will not remedy the subprime situation.
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The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Richard Gibbons	Profit From the Housing Bust Smart investors recognize opportunity when everyone else is panicking. If you are prepared to consider a very risky short strategy, then homebuilders and lenders might seem like obvious targets.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Morgan Housel	Market Meltdown: What Happens From Here It's official: Chicken Little has been vindicated.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax	I Think We Just Got Mugged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's recent comments about his shifting strategy for tackling the financial crisis have made many people wonder whether they're being robbed blind.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Seth Jayson	No Such Thing as Perfect Storms Unlike the words recently spoken by Washington Mutual's CEO, the current housing crisis is not a "perfect storm" situation that blew in from the ocean by chance. The mortgage crunch is the inevitable result of cheap money, opaque financial instruments, and widespread greed.
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The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Senate Passes Taxpayer Subprime Bailout The Senate, nearly unanimously, passed a bill that would allow the Federal Housing Administration to insure bigger mortgages with lower down payments.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2009 Morgan Housel	Homeowners Hit the Lottery Of all the government measures to right the economy, is President Obama's plan to aid homeowners the most irresponsible to date?
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BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	Hank Paulson, U.S. Treasury Secretary Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson talks about structured investment vehicles and the economy.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Seth Jayson	Mr. Market: Manic or Moron? Investors, make sure potential rewards adequately compensate you for your risks.
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The Motley Fool February 15, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it?
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The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history.
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