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The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Smarter Than the S&P 500 Maybe you can beat an index fund, but don't get cocky; remember, hindsight doesn't count. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Waiting for the Crash Picking the exact market bottom to invest may make you feel like a superhero, but in the long run, you don't have to be a superhero to make money investing. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Holding the Bag on Financials It's too early to tell just how big the taxpayer bill for the various bailouts, bank failures, and bankruptcies might be. But one thing is for sure: Mutual fund shareholders have already taken a big hit. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for AIG While it may be hard to believe, more top-performing CAPS members are turning bullish on American International Group these days, exhibiting optimism for the future. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let This Stop You From Becoming a Millionaire Fear could make you miss out on the best years to invest in stocks. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2008 |
Pulling Out the Stops The government has steadily broadened its role to safeguard the economy from the credit crisis. Here are some important milestones. |
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 May 10, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Are These Stocks Heading for a Breakdown? While it's easy to dismiss technical analysis as a bunch of useless hogwash, it works more often than you'd think. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Wall Street Should Thank You One finance professor has figured out how much investors pay in commissions, fees, and other investing costs -- and the number will shock you. |
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 April 8, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Do This and You'll Never Miss Another Rally Some profits are a lot better than none. One solution that many investors use is to buy a little bit of stock at a time over the course of several months, or even years. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Bernanke, Paulson, and Geithner: Champs or Chumps? It's been a year since the financial markets went splat. Have government officials succeeded in combating the collapse? |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Paulson's New Plan: A Cheap Mortgage for Every Home A new rescue plan for the economy would use nationalized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower the 30-year fixed mortgage rate down as far as 4.5%, over a full point lower than the current level. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Russ Krull |
The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments. |
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 August 28, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Is It Time to Buy the Banks? Distressed sectors needn't repel you; when you sense that sentiment is unanimously negative, it's like a signal to buy. |
The Motley Fool August 14, 2007 Shannon Zimmerman |
Bracing for a Double Dip The market's recent tumult appears to have grounded a good many of Wall Street's titans. We may not have touched bottom yet. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Housing: 24 Hours From the Next Leg Down? In 24 hours, the Federal Reserve will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. When it does, there's a good chance the economy will shift in big ways. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Congress Grills Bernanke Over Bear Recent hearings debated the Fed's role in bailing out Bear Stearns. |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Freddie Mac Is No Investment If you own Freddie Mac shares, the problem is that no one knows what their ultimate losses will be. And that's just one source of significant uncertainty surrounding Freddie and its big sister, Fannie Mae. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 |
The Motley Fool Crisis Survival Kit With a calm head and a smart game plan, each of us can get through the current crisis. Read on for advice. |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Do This and Make Money Even In a Lousy Market Dollar-cost averaging back into the market is a low-risk way to get you back on track. |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Richard Gibbons |
It's Still Going to Get Worse Even a recovery in real estate prices wouldn't solve the current crisis, because the writedowns plaguing most banks has shown few signs of abating. |
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 January 14, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
The Riskiest, Most Profitable Bank of All While the Fed won't suffer the same fate as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers or Northern Rock, a run on the dollar (or even just an orderly decline) could turn out to be the direct equivalent of a run on the (central) bank. |
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. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
AIG's Bailout -- Take Two AIG's original $85 billion rescue package has been scrapped as the giant insurer's condition continues to deteriorate. The new package is worth almost twice that amount. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Way to Get Back to Even It'll be awhile before markets hit new highs again. But you don't have to wait. |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bear Stearns: 1 Year Later One year ago today, markets learned that Bear Stearns had gone kaboom, agreeing to be sold to JPMorgan Chase. What have we learned since then? |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Bailout Cost Plummets: Good News? It seems the bailouts taxpayers ponied up to save the financial system are going to cost a lot less than we thought. |
InternetNews September 9, 2008 Paul Shread |
Stock Gains Evaporate The market's enthusiasm over the rescue of Fannie and Freddie lasted all of a day, but TI could give technology investors a boost on Wednesday. |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Chokkavelu & Richards |
Everything You Want to Know About the $700 Billion Plan All your "bailout" coverage in one place with a recap of the events that have crippled our financial and credit markets and forced the government's hand. |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout. |
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 April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Investments That Don't Stand a Chance An active fund that only seeks to match its benchmark is a waste of your money. If that's all a fund can offer, you're much better off going with the index fund. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to Selecting Winning Investments A surprising factor could help determine a fund's success. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Christopher Barker |
$700 Billion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total outlays puts the scale of the crisis in context. |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
It's Not Too Late to Run This Bull Just because stocks are at multiyear highs doesn't mean you should stay on the sidelines. |
InternetNews March 14, 2008 Paul Shread |
Bear Bailout Slams Stocks News that Bear Stearns needed emergency funding sent stocks tumbling once again on Friday. Chip stocks led the tech sector lower. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Chris Jones |
Why the 2010s Will Be a Great Decade With three major indexes having dropped since 1999, history says it's time to buy. However, not every cheap stock is a good value play. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Bernanke Is Sentenced to 4 More Years President Obama announced his nomination of "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed. Bernanke is game -- but is he the right choice? |
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
InternetNews September 8, 2008 Paul Shread |
Investors Sort Winners, Losers in Housing Rescue Stocks soared Monday, but chip and wireless stocks were left behind. |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Is There Any Value in AIG Shares? One exceptional investor thinks so. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Make the Most From Your Funds Investors make big mistakes with their mutual funds. Here's how to avoid them. |
U.S. Banker June 2008 Joseph Rosta |
The Two-Step: As Reform Ebbs, Congress Doles Out More Rope Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are being given new powers by Congress in an effort to reinvigorate the jumbo-loan market. |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
A Scorecard for the Fannie, Freddie Bailout As the dust settles on the first stage of the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it's time to chalk up winners and losers. |