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The Motley Fool
April 2, 2009
Smith & Barker |
Who's More to Blame: Congress or the Repealers of the Glass-Steagall Act? Pick your poison!   |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2009
Housel & Barker |
Who's More to Blame: Wall Street or the Repealers of the Glass-Steagall Act? March Stock Madness: The final matchup for the ultimate blame for the current crisis pits Wall Street against the repealers of the Glass-Steagall Act. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Caplinger & Barker |
Who's More to Blame: Derivatives or the Glass-Steagall Repeal? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Which is bad, and which is worse? And which of these two things is more to blame for the crisis? |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Anand Chokkavelu |
The Blame Bracket: Who's the Worst of Them All? Who's to blame for the financial crisis? Motley Fool takes a look at the contenders in a "March Madness" series over the next few weeks. Here's a list of the finalists. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2009
Anand Chokkavelu |
The Biggest Cause of the Financial Crisis Based on readers votes, the repealers of the Glass-Steagall act are more to blame than any other culprit for this financial mess we're now in. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Lies, Damned Lies, and Ayn Rand Groupies Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan penned a paper last week with a predictable message: The economy is hindered by a lack of business investment, and the chief culprit is the strong arm of government intervention. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Who's More to Blame: The American Consumer or Wall Street? March Madness series: Wall Street says it's the fault of the American consumer, who was greedy and irresponsible. On the other hand, there's never been a time when Wall Street's complexity has exploded so while risk was completely ignored. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Smith & Smith |
Who's More to Blame: Congress or the Ratings Agencies? U.S. taxpayers have been handed a $700 billion TARP bill and told to bail out banks "too big to fail." Well, it was Congress who let the banks become too big in the first place. Or did the ratings agencies fail to provide in-depth and accurate analyses of the contents of mortgage-stuffed securities? |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Caplinger & Bylund |
Who's More to Blame: Ben Bernanke or Credit Derivatives? March Madness series: The derivatives that are behind this debacle have been around a lot longer than the three years that Bernanke has headed the Fed. Are they to blame? Or should Ben Bernanke have been more direct in calling for changes to be made? |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
Christopher Farrell |
How Alan Helped Ben Greenspan just made Bernanke's job a bit easier. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Christopher Barker |
The Worst Kind of Deja Vu After 75 years, our biggest financial mistakes have returned. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
Paul Barrett |
The FCIC Should Swiftly Summon Alan Greenspan Financial reform might take on new life if the former Fed chairman were to admit his and the system's failings in plain English. |
Reason
January 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Is Deregulation to Blame? The new Washington consensus says "yes." The facts on the ground say something different. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Should Ben Bernanke Get Another Term? He became chairman of the Federal Reserve right as we hurtled into financial meltdown. Does Bernanke deserve to keep the job? |
Fast Company
September 1, 2007
Elizabeth Spiers |
The Hollow Man Peeling the layers off Alan Greenspan's real contribution to the economy. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
How the Federal Reserve Lost Its War Every battle is won or lost before it is fought. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2004
Bill Mann |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2008
Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note This year's Pershing INSITE conference provided an opportunity for a hero of the 1990s, Alan Greenspan, whose image has been tarnished in the last 12 months, to shed some light on our current economic predicament. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2005
Nick Baker |
Fannie and Freddie Face New Rules The mortgage giants may get a tougher regulator, but Bush and Greenspan want more. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2008
Morgan Housel |
5 Alan Greenspan Quotes That Make You Wonder Read on for five Greenspan quotes uttered during the bubble that we can only imagine he wished he'd never said. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Greenspan, Rubin, and a Roomful of Hypocrites Three highly regarded leaders, and their inability to face reality. |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Gregory Bresiger |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2009
Morgan Housel |
When Will It End? When will it end? No one knows. These are problems that took years to create, and hence won't be solved overnight. The only certainty is that we're 7,000 points closer to the bottom today than we were when stocks peaked in October 2007. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Greenspan's Prescient Call What was Greenspan really saying this time? People can no better decipher Greenspan's double-talk today than they could when he was the chairman of the Federal Reserve. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Six Ways to Save the World Ken Posner, a former Morgan Stanley veteran analyst covering the financial sector and author of the book Stalking The Black Swan, offers six simple solutions to prevent black swans. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2004 |
The Stock Market's Weird Ways It's odd, but the stock market often tanks when there's good economic news reported. That might not make sense to you, but there's an explanation. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2005
Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Assessing Alan Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve has done a competent but not outstanding job. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Rich Miller |
Kid Gloves At The Fed As Alan Greenspan gets ready to lead the Fed through another tightening, the dangers posed by a financial backlash are much greater than they were a decade ago. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Bernanke, Greenspan, and a Village of Idiots Let's not forget there's plenty of blame to go around for the housing price bubble and consumer spending frenzy. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Ex-Citigroup Chief: You're Right, That Was Dumb You should listen to him. John Reed's comments are one of the strongest signals yet that major bank reform is not only necessary, but gaining support. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
The Smart Money Talk about embarrassing: The credit debacle has shown just how dumb and greedy the (supposedly) smart money really is. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Greenspan Finally Gets It Right on Banks Federal Reserve ex-Chairman Alan Greenspan recommends that the government consider wholesale bank nationalization, calling it "the least bad solution." |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
One World, One Rate Cut Central bankers hold hands and unite in a global display of panic. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2001
Damien Cave |
How Alan Greenspan runs the world Bob Woodward, author of a new book on the Federal Reserve chairman, explains the "maestro's" search for an economic soft landing... |
Reason
January 2006
Jeff A. Taylor |
The Gentle Persuader The Fed should be moving to a neutral stance on rates just as Greenspan leaves, which buys Bernanke time. But sooner or later the business cycle pendulum will swing back; it will be time to ease. |
BusinessWeek
March 15, 2004
Rich Miller |
Greenspan Unbound As the Fed Chairman's term winds down, his opinions are getting more pointed |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
It's All Greenspan's Fault A conversation with William Fleckenstein, whose book, Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance At The Federal Reserve, was recently published by McGraw-Hill. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back An online giant buckled and an offline giant prepared to unbuckle this past week. Let's take a closer look: Bezo is no Bozo... Fed to the Lions... |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2005
Bill Mann |
Greenspan to Fannie: "You're Too Fat!" The Fed Chairman told Congress he sees no reason for Fannie and Freddie's mortgage portfolios to be so large. Shareholders take note. |
U.S. Banker
May 2002 |
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan clearly believes that business should be big and should be run in a clubby atmosphere. Or else he chooses not to hear, see or speak of evil... |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Microsoft's Hostility, Greenspan's Getaway, Akamai's Upside, and 5 Hot IPOs Can recent red-hot IPOs such as Visa, Intrepid Potash, and Cardionet produce Google-like returns going forward? Will Microsoft and Yahoo! stop playing nice? These questions and others are discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Expert Roundtable: Will the Financial Reform Bill Prevent Future Crises? The House passed a bill to reform the financial services industry, leaving the Senate to vote on it after the July 4 recess. Experts consider the implications. |
Wired
June 2006
Daniel Gross |
The Other Fed Chief Philip Rosedale is the founder and CEO of Linden Lab. But he prefers to think of himself as the Federal Reserve chair of Second Life, the popular online role-playing world Linden Lab operates. |
Salon.com
September 28, 2001
Damien Cave |
Greenspan's New Deal Save the poor! No breaks for the rich! Has the Fed chairman become a tax-and-spend Democrat? |
U.S. Banker
September 2001
Robert A. Bennett |
Glass-Steagall Revisted The real reasons for passage of the "Depression-era" Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking, have been obscured, but they are popping up again... |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Obama's Glass Ceiling Resurrecting the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act won't solve anything. |
Registered Rep.
October 24, 2005
Halah Touryalai |
Bernanke Nomination Applauded by Brokerage Industry With the nomination of Ben Bernanke to chairman of the Federal Reserve Board -- likely the most powerful banking job in the world -- President Bush hit the nail on the head, say brokerage industry officials, as well as brokers. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2007
Michael Mandel |
The Maestro Speaks His Mind "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" is a careful, sometimes powerfully provocative memoir by the former Fed chief. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2006
Paul Shread |
Farewell Greenspan, Hello Google Tuesday will be an eventful day for investors... Stocks were mixed Monday... eBay fell on the latest in its counterfeit jewelry dispute with Tiffany... etc. |
