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The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Con Games Don't Build Trust In its bailout fervor, has the government lost sight of logic and abandoned the crucial concept of letting businesses reap what they sow? |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
We Just Got Mugged Again. And Again. We're all getting mugged by the TARP program, again and again -- and it all gets a little scarier with every passing day. Get the ice packs ready for your aching head and your bleeding wallet -- and those of your descendants. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Dirty Little Secrets of the Financial Crisis If, or when, the American consumer realizes how unsustainable their debt-fueled lifestyle has been, the economy will contract, and hard. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Bernanke's Bid to Rule Zimbabwe If the Fed chairman and Treasury secretary have their way, we're gonna need $1 billion Zimbabwean notes. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Are Bernanke and Paulson Bankrupting America? No matter how pristine their intentions, the end results of their interventions are turning into ever more economic pain and suffering for ordinary Americans. |
U.S. Banker December 2008 |
Hank's Group Think The Troubled Asset Relief Program was supposed to purchase toxic securities from banks to stabilize their finances. But in short order, given the difficulty valuing those assets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and company switched gears and chose to take equity stakes in big banks. |
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 February 24, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Bernanke Calls a Bottom Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke reveals the results of his peek into his economic crystal ball, declaring that our economy could be on the road to recovery in 2010. |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Curious Numbers for Credit Cards Conflicting numbers about the unemployment rate isn't happy news for credit card companies. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Bailout: The Sucker Punch Regardless of outcome, we need to ask some serious questions. |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 James Pressley |
The Meltdown According to Hank Paulson How the former Treasury Secretary, exhausted and careworn, labored to save the financial system -- and made plenty of mistakes. |
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 Morgan Housel |
$700 Billion Bailout? Not So Fast Only $290 billion of the original $350 billion have been used so far, and Hank Paulson has said he's unlikely to use the remaining $410 billion, at least for the time being. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Bernanke's Best One-Liners of 2010 Central banking isn't all grim and sober. Here are some one-liners for 2010 from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Peter Coy |
Smile. The Economy Isn't in a Second Depression Don't get too angry over bailouts. That sort of rage could prevent a sustainable recovery. |
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. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 Roben Farzad |
Bernanke, Flying by the Seat of His Pants In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic, by David Wessel, is an engrossing look at the central bank's swift reaction to the crisis, and how it is wielding its power. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2011 |
A Brief History of Commerce Bancshares' Returns Commerce was one of only a few large banks that made it through the 2008 financial crisis without accepting TARP bailout funds. CEO David Kemper said turning down TARP "was one of the best decisions of my adult life." |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Wednesday's ETF to Watch: iShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund Investors are likely to focus in on today's crucial Federal Reserve meeting; keep your eye on this ETF. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bailouts Gone Astray Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has extended the $700 billion bank bailout known as TARP for another ten months because, "the recovery of our financial system remains incomplete." |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Bring Down the Hammer on a Builders' Bailout The automakers haven't succeeded -- yet -- but the builders want your help. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Paulson's Offer No Bank Could Refuse Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sat the leaders of several of the biggest and most powerful banks in America together in a room and literally made them an offer they couldn't refuse. When life imitates "The Godfather," we'd all better watch out. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Fool Blog: Too [Blank] to Fail, Part II For entertainment purposes only, and not meant to comment on whether these particular businesses are particularly failure-ready, there's a lot to mock in these crazy times. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Bail Forward-thinking solutions to the current fiscal crisis. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2010 Morgan Housel |
5 Articles You've Got to Read Random brilliance from around the Net: Get ready for a double-dip recession... Interview with David Wessel... How Visa, Using Card Fees, Dominates a Market... In Praise of Mammoth Deficits... Paulson Tells Buffett Banks to Repay 'Every Penny'... |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Bernanke's the Man (of the Year)? Would you name the Fed Chief 2009's Person of the Year? |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Getting Burned by Bernanke His proposal to expand the Fed's power might incinerate the economy. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The U.S. Consumer: Confidently Worried With consumer confidence in the pits and a liquidity trap smothering its recovery, deflation is threat No. 1 in 2009. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Morgan Housel |
An Ominous Sign for Recovery? Many people are wondering what yesterday's miserable consumer confidence report says about the future. As consumer confidence tanks, the thinking goes, so do our chances of an economic recovery. |
Reason February 2009 Jacob Sullum |
The Reversals of Market Wisdom The TARP turnaround is not the only bewildering reversal of economic wisdom we've seen in recent months. Here are some of the more memorable ones. |
Financial Advisor February 2010 Michelle Knight |
Exit Strategies The road out of the recession is fraught with risks that include spiraling budget deficits and out-of-control inflation. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Paulson to Fannie and Freddie Investors: Drop Dead The Treasury secretary's plans to nationalize Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will wipe out investors. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Is the Fed or Market More Panicked? An emergency interest rate cut ahead of the regular meeting shows just how jittery economic planners are. |
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 27, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Confidence Is Back After bottoming out in February, consumer confidence is now the highest it has been since the financial tsunami began last September. |
Wall Street & Technology November 18, 2008 Greg MacSweeney |
Don't Leave Home Without ... Bank Status? The Federal Reserve's ill-conceived decision to provide bank's with anonymity makes the entire process less transparent and only further contributes to the industry's poor reputation and lack of investor confidence. |
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 December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Is the Fed Smart, Dumb, or Both? One day, the market thinks the Federal Reserve chairman is the dumbest guy on Earth. The next morning, he's the master of the universe. The reality is somewhere in between -- but try telling that to traders who get whipsawed repeatedly. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Tom Samuels |
Is the Recovery Real? Professional investors' opinions about the future of stocks and the economy have rarely been as divergent as right now. The gap between bulls and bears has widened to a chasm. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Do These 3 Things Before the Recovery Comes Economic growth will bring changes. Make sure you're ready. |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Where Did All the Bailout Money Go? Now that several banks have repaid taxpayers about $70 billion of the $700 billion bank bailout know as TARP, a common question is: "Great, now where's the other $630 billion?" The answer isn't as clear-cut as many may assume. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Calls a Bottom -- Again Haven't we played this game before? |
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. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 Maria Bartiromo |
Hank Paulson, U.S. Treasury Secretary Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson talks about structured investment vehicles and the economy. |
CFO March 1, 2009 Edward Teach |
Lost and Foundering? Why we (probably) won't repeat Japan's infamous "lost decade." |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
A Golden Voice Cries Out: "Recession!" Goldman Sachs joins the chorus of bears expecting a recession in 2008. |