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The Motley Fool December 1, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Confidence ... or Con Game? When you think about it, trying to gain someone's confidence in order to grift them out of their hard-earned dollars really isn't an outlandish metaphor for our current situation. |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2010 John Rosevear |
A New Kind of Credit Crisis What happens to the recovery if interest rates go up? |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
A Rising Trend That Could Hurt Banks Investors have yet to pay much attention to the potential losses on other forms of bank lending, including credit card loans. But they should. |
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 James Mehring |
Some Help Ahead From Interest Income The positive change in net interest will provide consumers with some additional funds to fuel spending just as the housing market, the most recent engine of consumer spending growth, is expected to wind down. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: 2008 Bear The bears feel that our current crop of politicians are no smarter than the ones who worsened the Great Depression, and therefore, our markets may be doomed in 2008. |
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. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
TALF: To Serve Man TALF, the new Federal Reserve Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility program, will lend $200 billion to owners of consumer debt-related securities. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2008 Bruce Jackson |
The Goldilocks Economy and No Bears Low interest rates are the starting point for the eventual reemergence of the "Goldilocks economy." |
Reason July 2009 Randazzo et al. |
Turning Japanese Japan's post-bubble policies produced a "lost decade." So why is President Obama emulating them? |
Reason June 2008 Donald J. Boudreaux |
The Coming Recession Seven observers debate the (sorry) state of the economy. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Where's the Consumer Credit Crunch? Housing may be slowing, but borrowing is moving full speed ahead. Last month, figures for both revolving credit, such as credit card debt, and non-revolving debt, like car and student loans, rose. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 L. William Seidman |
Will the Fed's Medicine Work? Fed activity is unprecedented -- a new activism never seen before in the history of the United States. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Everyone's Jumping Into the Bailout Line What started off as aid to the banks now appears to be accepting all comers. |
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
I Think We Just Got Mugged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's recent comments about his shifting strategy for tackling the financial crisis have made many people wonder whether they're being robbed blind. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Evan Simonoff |
After The Storm As the mushrooming subprime loan crisis enters its tenth month, a growing list of questions begs answers. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
2009: The Year Borrowers Got a Clue There are increasingly encouraging signs that fiscal responsibility may be a trend that lasts beyond the end of the recession. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Merrill Wants Its Bubble Back, Too The investing bigwig longs for the return of astronomical housing prices. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Financial Crisis: The Greatest Hits The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report, two years in the making, is a 623-page tome of everything you could ever want to know about the financial crisis. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Will Rate Cuts Kill the Housing Market? The latest rate cut from the Federal Reserve was again good news for the stock market. Unlike the last several Fed moves, however, this one didn't make mortgage borrowers cheer. Read on to see why. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
Finance & Development December 2010 |
Stimulus Worked Without the quick and massive policy response, the Great Recession might still plague the United States. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Savvy Moves That Should Soothe The Markets The Fed's quick and innovative response may avert the need to cut rates. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Bailout: The Sucker Punch Regardless of outcome, we need to ask some serious questions. |
CFO March 1, 2010 Russ Banham |
The Shape of Things to Come L, V, or W? Perhaps a check mark, or something with a wiggly tail? Top economists debate what the recovery will look like. |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Maria Bartiromo |
The Heat On Countrywide Embattled Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo answers critics who claim the lender helped bring on the housing crisis. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 29, 2008 Martha Lagace |
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay O. Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Morgan Housel |
4 Things Obama Can Do to Help the Economy The new administration is already up to their ears in suggestions, but here are four more changes and ideas that should be considered to bolster the economy for the long term. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Graham & Lomax |
The Death of Excessive Luxury Without access to easy credit, the retail landscape has a whole different look. |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Stand Down, Bernanke and Paulson The question is: How bad will the credit crisis still get, and who -- if anyone -- can put the credit market back on its feet? |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Henry et al. |
Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely. |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Kristin Graham |
A Fearful Outlook on the Economy Is this recession leading to the end of fiscal responsibility? One twenty-something journalist seems to think so. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Christopher Barker |
$10.2 Trillion? A Mere Drop in the Bucket The tally zooms out to include monies under serious consideration for future outlays. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2009 Kristin Graham |
Bring Back Our Free Markets The government needs to let businesses fail so that we are left with businesses that will generate long-term productivity and positive returns for our economy as a whole. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Why Bernanke Is Ignoring You Rate cuts aren't finding their way to cash-strapped consumers. |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson |
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery. |
U.S. Banker May 2010 |
Overspending Threatens Economic Recovery Consumers began to save and the government issued a tax cut. Now spending by both is on the rise again. Unless tough choices are made, this won't end well. |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Dangerous Borrowing Beware of quicksand with credit cards and mortgages. Dangers abound when we borrow. Credit cards, if used suboptimally, can land you a world of trouble, while even mortgages these days are carrying more risks than ever. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Seth Jayson |
More Housing Hanky-Panky Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson views the housing decline and crisis as the most significant current risk to our economy. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 John Reeves |
How to Fix Our Economy Here are three policy prescriptions that have been put forward by Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, and other economists. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Morgan Housel |
How to Destroy the Credit Card Industry Congress is slogging through new regulation that will, among other things, hinder the "abusive and unfair" practice of banks jacking up interest rates on existing credit card balances. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy Weekly economic news: Inflation, job cuts, and Bernanke's final hurrah. What a week. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Credit Is Tightening--And That's Fine Credit tightening is curbing some of the frenzy, and a severe financial crunch is unlikely. |
U.S. Banker October 2002 John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop? |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2009 Der Hovanesian & Palmeri |
Why Banks Still Won't Lend Despite more than $1 trillion in federal largesse, they still may not have the capital cushions to bear the risks of making fresh loans. |
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. |