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BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 Matthew Goldstein |
Why Merrill Got Burned So Badly Its leadership role in underwriting risky CDOs brought in millions in fees but put Merrill Lynch in the subprime bull's-eye. |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 David Henry |
A Chain Reaction in Shaky Debt? As exotic CDOs topple, the impact could ripple through debt markets and wallop more funds and banks. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Goldstein et al. |
Mutually Assured Mayhem Wall Street is on edge, scrambling to buck up Bear Stearns and avert a domino-effect debacle. |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Matthew Goldstein |
Wall Street's Next Worry The credit crisis is spreading from Wall Street to a less well known corner of the financial world, that of the bond insurers. An obscure company called ACA Capital might spark the explosion. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Emil Lee |
Can the Super SIV Save the Day? Bankers from Citigroup, JPMorgan, and Bank of America have reportedly agreed upon the terms and structure of a to-be-raised gigantic fund to help alleviate the funding problems currently plaguing structured investment vehicles. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 David Henry |
Dangerous Waters for a Bailout Why the big banks' plan to help rescue the credit markets is not a sure thing. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Goldstein & Henry |
On the Subprime Endangered List Which CEO will be catching subprime heat next now that Citigroup's Chuck Prince is out? Bear Stearns' Jimmy Cayne may be vulnerable. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 David Henry |
This Investment Could Turn Ugly The Street wants to get small investors into exotic pools called CDOs. It's a risky game. |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Goldstein & Henry |
Bear Bets Wrong Two Bear Stearns hedge funds soared by specializing in exotic securities and unorthodox practices. Then they imploded and helped set off a global credit market meltdown. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Bernard J. Haddigan |
A Structured Finance Hangover At the height of the commercial real estate market's historic up cycle in 1999, collateralized debt obligations emerged on the scene. |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 David Henry |
Anatomy Of A Ratings Downgrade How S&P and Moody's miscalculated risk on two top-rated pools of mortgage-backed bonds. |
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Greg MacSweeney |
The Fallout From CDOs Will Last Through 2008 Banks' inability to price and measure risk on complex financial products is alarming and needs to be improved to avoid another market meltdown. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein |
Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Jeff Joseph |
The Far Reach of Subprime Woes Leveraged loans to companies are likely to be adversely affected by hedge fund losses from collateralized debt obligations. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein |
The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 Jennifer Popovec |
How to Get in on High-Yield Real Estate Debt The CRE CDO game is just beginning to open up to individual investors. But beware. CRE CDOs, relatively new high-yield debt vehicles, are only for the truly adventurous. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn |
Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
Coming Home to Roost Lurking problems in CMOs, CDOs, and junk dominate this year's Morningstar Investment Conference. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007 |
From CDO to Credit Crunch The Bear Stearns hedge funds became central players in the mortgage mess. Read on to see how. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Emil Lee |
3 Ways to Fix Citigroup Citibank's shares are currently at a five-year low. What should the company do to unleash its underlying potential? |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Sham Gad |
E*Trade Bailout Signals Trouble Ahead E*Trade sidestepped bankruptcy when hedge fund Citadel Investment Group purchased some $3 billion of E*Trade's debt. Yet a closer look at the deal reveals some useful insights into the likely future of the mortgage-backed-securities market. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Subprime Truths and Consequences The continuing credit crunch spotlights the perils of leverage. How should your financial advisory clients respond? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Roben Farzad |
Let The Blame Begin Everyone played some role in the subprime mess - the Street, lenders, ratings agencies, hedge funds, even homeowners. Where does responsibility lie? |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Is Barclays the Big Bank to Own? Barclays' first-half earnings provide some vindication of the strength of the "universal bank" model, in which investment and commercial banking are housed under one roof. |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
S&P Being Taken to the Woodshed The ratings agency will have to answer the SEC's questions about CDO ratings fiasco. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Prince Chokes on Wall Street's Dog Food An emergency weekend board meeting puts a new chairman and acting CEO in place at Citigroup. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
Why CDOs Are Hot With much of the world's investment capital seeking placement in commercial real estate, lenders are eager to help property owners liquidate portions of their equity and refinance through CDOs. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan |
Ghosts of Lessons Past Memories are short indeed, lasting little more than a decade if Citi's experience is any guide. The capital markets need tougher oversight from Washington, to save the markets from themselves -- and to save us from the market excesses that always seem to reoccur. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Emil Lee |
Not Pretty in the Citi Citi needs to regroup. The company should be fine, but a combined effort to restore order in the financial markets is likely the next step. Investors, take note. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2006 Gary Mozer |
Greater Access Collateralized debt obligations offer small commercial investors financing options. |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
A Major Stumble at Merrill Lynch In quarterly results Merrill Lynch announces its writedown will be $7.9 billion, almost twice as much as announced just last month. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Kathleen M. McBride |
Litigation A-Go-Go Lawsuits, investigations, and probes. |
CFO March 1, 2003 Randy Myers |
Anxiety's Price New regulations call into question the value of off-balance-sheet financing, if only because of their impact on bankers' fees. |
Wall Street & Technology September 23, 2007 Penny Crosman |
Can Financial Models Prevent CDO Problems? Computerized financial models help fund managers at Barclays, Mitsubishi and Point Clear make better decisions. |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Merrill Lynch's Lapse Merrill Lynch announces that its third-quarter numbers will be very, very disappointing. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Emil Lee |
Securitization Simplified Securitization is complicated, but understanding the mechanics will help you evaluate many financial companies. Here is a brief primer on collateralized debt obligations. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Roben Farzad et al. |
Not So Smart In an era of easy money, financial institutions forgot that the party can't last forever. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Mother Merrill Blows Her Top Merrill Lynch decides to dump more than $30 billion in mortgage-related assets in a move to rid itself of as many sickly holdings as possible. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 20, 2009 Julia Hanna |
Risky Business with Structured Finance Even modest imprecision in estimating underlying risks is magnified disproportionately when securities are pooled and tranched. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Another Bank Chokes on Dog Food Wachovia announces $1.1 billion in losses during October from its subprime collateralized debt obligations. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Morgan Housel |
What If Citigroup Had Bought Wachovia? Around this time last year, Citigroup struck a deal to buy Wachovia, a bank that surely would have failed without being bought. What would have happened if they did? |
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 David Henry |
How The Bad News Could Get Worse If delinquencies lead to downgrades of mortgage-backed securities, ripples could become waves. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Emil Lee |
Banking Lessons Learned Are the new banking chiefs at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and Bear Sterns destined to repeat history's mistakes? |
Registered Rep. December 11, 2008 |
SEC Finalizes $30 Billion ARS Settlement With Citi And UBS The $30 billion settlement is the largest in SEC history and restores liquidity to ARS investors at par value of their holdings. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Why the CDO Market Is Doomed Merrill's recent yard sale points to a market that's even uglier than many realize. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 John Engen |
Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here? |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Is There a $10 Billion Hole in Citi's Balance Sheet? Will the accountants come home to roost? |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Strike Three for Citigroup Good news! Citigroup's results are much better than previous quarters. Not-so-good news: They're still utterly dreadful. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Citigroup: The Master of Low Expectations Everything except an asteroid hitting Earth appears to be baked into the stock price this quarter. |