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The Motley Fool May 13, 2011 Cindy Johnson	Beware This New Warning on Housing Delving into what London-based HSBC Holdings had to say about the weakness in the U.S. housing market and bank liabilities.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Morgan Housel	4 Reasons Banks Still Scare Me Bank investors have made buckets of money over the past month. That's great. But when fear switches to elation as quickly as it has, while banks' underlying problems are still alive and well, you have to think things are getting overcooked.
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The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Morgan Housel	Dow 10,000: What's Next? Plenty will point to Dow 10,000 as a surefire sign that markets are dangerously zooming ahead out of control -- a more than 50% gain since March.
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The Motley Fool March 19, 2009	3 Ways You Must Protect Your Credit Now Your credit is under assault. Do what you can to keep it.
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