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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. |
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Prelude to a Panic September 2008 will live in infamy as the month when the U.S. financial system ground to a halt. But for Goldman Sachs and other institutions, the real panic took place throughout 2007. Here is what happened behind the scenes at Goldman. |
The Motley Fool
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Is Washington Mutual About to Explode? Explode? Nah. Crumble? Absolutely. |
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Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
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April 8, 2010 |
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A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
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The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
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For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies. |
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Life Of The Party William Fleckenstein, hedge fund manager and author, asserts that Alan Greenspan's easy-money policies caused two bubbles, resulting in stock market and real estate crashes. |
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Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool
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A Good Example of How Not to Run a Bank The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing a handful of former Washington Mutual executives for gross negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. |
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The Banks Never Had It So Good! But let's examine three reasons not ready to go bonkers over bank stocks quite yet. |
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Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
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The Motley Fool
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30-Second Overview: JPMorgan Chase A quick look at a banking behemoth that has remained largely unscathed throughout the banking fiasco. |
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The Motley Fool
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Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
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Housing in 2007: Will a Bubble Burst? Now that a new year is upon us, it's a good time to think of the state of housing in America today. Here's the good news for investors -- and the bad. |
The Motley Fool
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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. |
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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. |
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The End of Cheap Money Mortgage rates can't hold out much longer against the steady rate hikes from the Federal Reserve; industry consolidation may follow. |
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How Did Freddie and Fannie Fall? In a word: ignorance. |
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Evans On The Economy -- Not So Happy New Year A forecast for 2006 suggests sluggish growth at best - and it could get worse. |
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Who's More to Blame: The Repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act or Alan Greenspan? March Madness series: The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act deserves the blame, or maybe it's Alan Greenspan's fault, for making borrowing too cheap. |
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March 26, 2003 |
Derivatives Risk in Commercial Banking Derivatives serve an essential role in the U.S. and world economies but also present certain risks to the deposit insurance funds. This article explains what these risks are and describes how they are managed within commercial banking. |
BusinessWeek
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Under The Fed's Hammer How Fed rate hikes have turned into a regressive tax on weak borrowers. |
The Motley Fool
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Showdown: Greenspan vs. Fannie On Tuesday Greenspan followed up on a Federal Reserve report from last month, stating before Congress that government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would threaten the economy if they were allowed to continue to grow apace. |
The Motley Fool
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How the Federal Reserve Lost Its War Every battle is won or lost before it is fought. |
