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The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Thornburg's Mortgage Migraine As the mortgage market keeps bracing for the worst, lender Thornburg Mortgage takes another hit.   |
The Motley Fool
March 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Thornburg's Double Double What lies behind Thornburg Mortgage's two-day super surge? |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2007
Emil Lee |
Thornburg: A Dividend Lover's Dream This REIT provides a hefty dividend at a reasonable price. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Clock's Ticking, Thornburg By any measure, once-thriving mortgage house Thornburg Mortgage is in a heap of trouble now. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Mark-to-Market Accounting: What You Should Know How does it work, and why is Congress pushing to suspend it? |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Outrage of the Week: Freddie's Curious Accounting Bookkeeping was never meant to be this subjective. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2007
Emil Lee |
Jumbo Loans Pay Off for Thornburg This mortgage company had a good quarter. If it can continue to dodge loan losses and higher prepayment rates, it should do well; however, this one's tough to understand. Investors, take note. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2003
Lynn Novelli |
First Rate Times have been very good for Thornburg Mortgage, but what impact will interest rate hikes have? |
Reason
January 2009
Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Tracey Longo |
Walking Clients Through The Mortgage Maze New options add value to financial advisor relationships while saving clients fees. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2002 |
A New Phase for Mortgage REITs Even beyond the numbers, mortgage REITs today are better prepared to deal with adverse environments than in the past. However, given their diverse business models and risk exposures, there are still challenges that remain. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Clouds Gather Over Countrywide The problems continue and that doesn't look good, in Bank of America's eyes. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Who's Buying Now? Sometimes insiders are buying for all the right reasons. Who's at it this week? American Capital Strategies... Capital Trust... Hertz Global Holdings... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2007
David Lee Smith |
You Can't Find a Bottom in the Dark Thornburg Mortgage's gloomy results were joined by all manner of housing and mortgage doom. Investors, you'll know it's time to start stroking those bottoms when they slap you in the face. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
To Mark-to-Market, or Not to Mark-to-Market? As investors and traders keep trying to figure out whether the market has bottomed, or whether Citigroup's health report holds any truth, one question seems to pop up over and over again: Should we jettison mark-to-market accounting? That is the wrong question -- it's really all about leverage. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Freddie-Fannie Saga Continues The good news is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still alive and kicking. The bad news, and there's quite a bit of it, is that their story is far from over. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2007
Dees Stribling |
Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: No More Jumbo Loans From Capital One Capital One pulls the plug on its nonconforming mortgage business. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2009
Elliott Orsillo |
Bank Shareholders Unite! Recent congressional action may have stimulated the market, but at what cost to bank stocks? |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2008
Bill Mann |
How Not to Solve the Credit Crisis One idea that some are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt is for it to suspend mark-to-market accounting. This is not just a bad idea; it is a bad idea that sets a bad precedent. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2007
Rich Greifner |
The Worst Is Yet to Come Think subprime was bad? The Alt-A fallout will make the subprime situation seem like a minor chimney fire. However, there are certain types of investments that should weather the Alt-A storm just fine -- or at least better than most. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Break the Buck and the Buck Breaks You Shares of troubled home-loan company Thornburg Mortgage are being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Fannie Mae's Return Policy Fannie Mae is going to start honing in on mortgages it bought that disintegrated, retracing the steps to look for any fraudulent lending practices by the lender who originated the loan, and -- if there was an issue -- going back to retrieve some of the loss. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw the Book at Book Value In short, there are both opportunities and pitfalls in relying too much on book value. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bear Stearns Hits the Panic Button Investment bank Bear Stearns liquidity woes prove to be true; the bank announces that it will receive short-term financing from the Federal Reserve and rival JPMorgan Chase. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
5 Big Losers in Q1 Let's take a look at a few of the market's biggest stinkers so far in 2008. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Not the Time for Countrywide The news certainly isn't all bad at mortgage giant Countrywide these days. It is a solid company that will likely emerge stronger from the current crisis, but it will take time. |
Financial Advisor
July 2007
Eric L. Reiner |
Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2009
Liz Peek |
A Bold New Plan: Dump FAS 157 What can President Obama's financial team do to right the banking ship? One idea that should be reviewed is the elimination of mark-to-market accounting, required by FAS 157, which would go a long way toward stabilizing the banks. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Somebody Please Tell Bernanke to Relax Interest-rate cuts won't get us out of this mess. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008 |
Catching up with... A conversation with Brian McMahon, longtime president and new CEO at Thornburg Investment Management. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Rising iStar? The hybrid REIT iStar Financial may be almost out of the woods. Investors, if you haven't researched the company previously, you may want to start now. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Johnathan Moreland |
Betting Against the Fed What if the Fed actually gets it right this time around and interest rates dampen inflation and rates begin to fall (or at least stop going up)? That appears to be the sentiment from insiders in the mortgage REIT and energy master limited partnership sectors. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007 |
Mercantile Bank Still Flat: Fool by Numbers The Michigan-based bank released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Ratio Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2008
Morgan Housel |
2 Banks Doubling Down An unprecedented need to raise capital to shore up their balance sheets has been one of the most overlooked side effects that financial companies have had to deal with. Lehman Brothers and State Street are the latest to sells shares to raise cash. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2007
Coy & Der Hovanesian |
The Debt Market: Signs Of Life The jump in stocks may have grabbed the headlines, but a budding recovery in the credit market is the real good news. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
A Tough, but Smart Sell Plenty of clients detest bond mutual funds, but a bond fund can be less volatile than a small portfolio of individual bonds. The typical fund is broadly diversified and includes hundreds of names. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
Kevin McKinley |
Through the Mortgage Maze The conventional financial planning wisdom is to get out of any debt you may have as soon as possible. But that may not apply to everyone. Here are 10 questions that can help you and your client weigh where that dollar should actually go. |
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Bruce W. Fraser |
A Glimmer Of Rewards Prices on high-quality corporate bond issues represent a buying opportunity for advisors. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
M&T Bank's Rude Alt-Awakening If Alt-A loans hurt M&T's earnings, what should we expect from similar lenders? Investors, the answer will be different for each. |
Registered Rep.
October 4, 2013
Stan Luxenberg |
Getting Yield in Short Duration Bonds Should you shift all your bond allocation to shorter issues? Probably not. Over long periods, intermediate bonds have outdone short-term issues by wide margins. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Beware Margin Borrowing High levels of margin may suggest an increase in reckless investing in the market, which might possibly lead to some kind of market meltdown. |
