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The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Has a Run on Goldman and Morgan Begun? NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini may have been right. We could very well be witnessing the death throes of the modern U.S. investment bank.   |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
B of A Marries Merrill, Leaves Lehman We went into the weekend thinking Bank of America might rescue Lehman Brothers. In a twist that demonstrates how fluid the current environment is, now Lehman is out, with B of A announcing it will acquire Merrill Lynch in an all-stock deal. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2008
Paul Shread |
Stocks Plummet on Historic Wall Street Shakeup In a single day, half of Wall Street's major independent brokers disappeared - along with a whole lot of stock market capitalization. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Lehman Brothers Holds Tough Despite a wretched week, Lehman battles back liquidity rumors. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Wall Street's $70 Billion Facade In the wake of Lehman Brothers' failure this weekend, 10 major banks, including the remaining investment banks, are creating a $70 billion fund that any one of the participants can borrow from in a crunch. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Comes Back for Seconds After biting off more than it could chew with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America is heading back to the bailout line for a second helping. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Why Lehman's Bankruptcy Matters How will Lehman's bankruptcy affect more than just a handful of bankers and traders who work in the world's financial capitals? More importantly, how will it affect you? |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Clock's Ticking for AIG, WaMu Without any firm news coming out of these two companies, investors are bound to assume nothing but the worst. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Dazzles, Sort Of A good quarter, sure, but I'm interested on where the bank can go from here. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Gone So Soon, John Thain? Merrill Lynch's John Thain has bowed out just weeks after selling his firm to Bank of America. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Blog: Last Week's Top 10 Financial Shocks A whole pile of stunning news combined last week to become the biggest financial story of the past 50 years. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Brian Richards |
Roundtable: Why You Should Care That Lehman Went Bust Lehman Brothers will soon be no more. Merrill Lynch is being acquired by Bank of America. And AIG is desperately trying to shore up its capital. These events are, without exaggeration, the biggest Wall Street headlines in a decade. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Chokkavelu & Richards |
The Biggest Financial Story of the Past 50 Years This weekend's news is bigger than the dot-com bust and bigger than Black Monday in 1987. Let's process this weekend's wild Wall Street news. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Lehman Brothers' Bankruptcy: The Greatest Hits An in-depth look at the largest bankruptcy in history. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Financial Meltdown: Day 2 Investors' worst fears came true, as insurance giant AIG had its debt downgraded, sending it frighteningly closer to the brink of bankruptcy. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
What's Next for WaMu? There's no indication Washington Mutual is about to fail or file for bankruptcy anytime soon. What is clear is that turmoil in the markets puts every leveraged bank in the spotlight, and WaMu is now one of the top names attracting attention during these sea-changing events. |
Wall Street & Technology
October 28, 2008
Greg MacSweeney |
Deconstructing "Too Big to Fail" With increased regulation an almost foregone conclusion, the financial services industry will have to work to regain trust and credibility. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Bailout: Myths, Half-Truths, and Inconsistencies Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
George Soros Loves Lehman Brothers (!) George Soros recently disclosed a sizable stake in Lehman Brothers, nearly 10 million shares. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest? |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Is Obama Crying Wolf With This Stimulus Package? Something needs to be done. But perhaps focusing on time rather than quality is a dire mistake. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2010
Chris Hill |
Maria Bartiromo on The Weekend That Changed Wall Street A Motley Fool Money interview with the host of CNBC's Closing Bell and author of The Weekend That Changed Wall Street: An Eyewitness Account. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
How to Avoid the Next Lehman Brothers Don't go crazy with leverage. Two provisions in the financial-reform bill are critical to avoiding the next Lehman Brothers. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
The Next Unsustainable Asset Bubble As long as the first response to any financial stress is a quick infusion of cheap money, the formation of the next bubble is a virtual certainty. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Feelin' All Right at Lehman All in all, stakeholders in Lehman Brothers should be pretty pleased with the way the firm has held up during the market turmoil. Lehman may be quietly doing a lot of things right. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Fall of AIG Why did the Fed ultimately decide to bail out AIG? |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Lehman Brothers and the Age of Stupidity Next Tuesday, Sept. 15, marks one year since Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. One year later, we ask: What's changed? |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
This Wall Street CEO Earned His Pay It's easy to boo Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain for his colossal payday, but if there's one Wall Street executive who actually deserves what he's asking for, it's him. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2010
Housel & Moscovitz |
Now's Your Chance to End Too Big to Fail The best way we can make a difference is for all of us to contact our senators now, and tell them that we need them to support the SAFE Banking Act to put hard caps on bank size and end the need for taxpayer bailouts. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Who Got the Better Deal: B of A or Merrill Shareholders? Merrill Lynch and Bank of America shareholders both approved the latter's acquisition of the former. However, the veneer of formal votes and the hearty handshakes of chief executives mask a critical question: Who got the better deal? |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2008
Andrew Sullivan |
Why Lehman's Failure Is the Best Outcome As painful as it is, as painful as it will be, the fact that both the government and the financial industry let Lehman fail is ultimately a sign of confidence in our financial markets. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
William D. Cohan |
The End of Wall Street? The sad truth is that Wall Street is much the same as it was before; it's Main Street that may never be the same again. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley's Traders Score Big Morgan Stanley became the latest of the major investment banks to report better-than-expected earnings this week, sweetening some of the market's viciously sour mood. |
InternetNews
September 12, 2008
Paul Shread |
Get Ready for Another Financial Rescue Weekend When traders come back to their desks on Monday, Lehman could be the latest Wall Street institution to disappear. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2009
Morgan Housel |
You Lie, Goldman Sachs Taxpayers' bailout of AIG may have saved Goldman's life. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Bob Diamond of Barclays The CEO of Barclays talks about the need for stimulus-free job growth -- and recalls the circumstances that drove Lehman into his arms. |
InternetNews
March 18, 2008
Paul Shread |
Fed, Brokers Send Stocks Skyrocketing Better than expected results from brokerages and a big rate cut from the Federal Reserve sent stocks into overdrive Tuesday, while Yahoo led tech sector gains. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2008 |
The 10 Biggest Stories of 2008 What Bear Stearns' fallout means for investors... The people responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... Why you should care that Lehman went bust... Black Sunday on Wall Street... AIG's failure is so much bigger than Enron's... etc. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Merrill Apes Goldman ... Again Merrill Lynch will create a senior executive role responsible for all European businesses in a move that mimics Goldman Sachs' hierarchy. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2006
Michael Mancini |
Lehman: Size Doesn't Matter In what is shaping up to be a record year for most securities firms, Lehman Brothers today announced its fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results to less fanfare than its investment-banking brethren had earned. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Goldman's Partnership Is Bankrupt Partners sold $700 million worth of shares -- should you own them? |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Ashok Vir Bhatia |
After the Supernova Crisis management lessons from the IMF's assessment of the U.S. financial system. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2008
Morgan Housel |
You're a Sneaky One, Lehman Brothers On the same day when market rumors surfaced that it would raise more capital, Lehman did practically the exact opposite: It bought back its own shares. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
The Deposit Sugar Daddy The surprising take over of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Is Lehman Brothers Next To Go? After Bear Stearns' collapse, Lehman's future could be on the chopping block. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Christmas Comes Early at Lehman Lehman Brothers decides to award its employees with a down payment on their 2008 bonus, paid in Lehman shares. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Don't Do It, Goldman Some investors pine for a return to investment banking. Big mistake. |
