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The Motley Fool March 31, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Banks Can Exploit Geithner's Plan If the goal is to recapitalize banks in an efficient manner, there are other, more sensible ways to do it than Geithner's plan. Giving banks the ability to write their own ticket isn't one of them.
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Theo Francis	Creating a Bank to Take on Toxic Assets Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proposes, a "bad bank" to buy up some of the toxic securities weighing down financial institutions. Here's one way the approach could be structured.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2009 Morgan Housel	More Proof Banks Will Exploit This Bailout This takes abusing the system to a whole new level.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2009 Tim Beyers	Banks Are Killing the Next Big Thing Commercial lending is well below historic norms. Just how creditworthy does a business have to be nowadays?
U.S. Banker November 2009 Cheyenne Hopkins	PPIP Finally Ready, But Who's Selling? Now that a government program to buy up toxic assets finally appears ready to fly, many observers are wondering if there is any need for it.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Pick the Unlucky Bank The Treasury's stress test will show that at least one bank needs more capital. Who might it be?
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Did Wells Fargo Miss Its Window? The bank's balance sheet still looks excessively leveraged, and I think the company's sterling reputation may be causing investors and analysts to gloss over that fact.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Morgan Housel	Warren Buffett's Bid to Save the Economy -- and How It Failed In late 2008, Warren Buffett drafted a plan to save the financial system. He sent the proposal to the U.S. Treasury. Within months, the Treasury implemented the plan almost exactly as Buffett proposed. It's failed miserably since then.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Alex Dumortier	It's Official (Almost): BofA, Citi Need Capital The government's preliminary results indicate that both these banks have capital shortfalls that need to be stopped up by raising common equity levels.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Morgan Housel	The Little Bailout That Couldn't Six months later, PPIP is still a pipsqueak.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Morgan Housel	Will This Plan Save the Banks? Treasury Secretary Geithner discloses revamped government plans -- or lack thereof.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier	GAO to Paulson: Get Your TARP in Order The Government Accountability Office chides the Treasury Department for failing to address a number of key issues with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Does This Mean Banks Are Out of the Woods? Is the worst for banks really behind us, or is this just another emotional outburst by investors who've swung from chaotic pessimism to blind optimism?
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	Can We Handle Another 22% Drop in Real Estate Prices? That's exactly what some government estimates predict.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Alex Dumortier	The Government's "Bad Bank" Plan Will Fail The problem isn't the bad assets.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Alyce Lomax	The ABCs of Screwball Economics We've had TARP (and the return of the TARP), we've had TALF, now we've got the PPIP. But is there any possibility that the government's actions are going to help our economic situation in the least?
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Paulson's Land Grab: Will Your Bank Be Next? Not all banks deserve the Treasury's largesse.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Buying Treasuries Direct You can buy bonds commission-free from the federal government.
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The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Ivan Martchev	Forget About Inflation in 2009 The difference between money and credit is the key to understanding inflation.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Alex Dumortier	US Bancorp's Double Opportunity Strong banks can take market share in a crisis and US Bancorp appears to be doing just that.
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.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Smart Deal, PNC! PNC's planned takeover of National City is a great way for PNC to take advantage of the Treasury's recapitalization package to bolster its franchise.
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 November 7, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Obama's Pick for Treasury Secretary Who should President-elect Obama pick as Treasury Secretary? Should JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon get the nod? Should Obama stick with current Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson? This video discusses this question.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Morgan Housel	We're From the Government, and We're Here to Help This week could bring the most government intervention into the economy we've ever seen. Here's what to look for.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2009 Morgan Housel	Payback Time Has Come Ten of the largest banks to receive TARP funds -- the taxpayer money associated with last fall's $700 billion bank bailout -- have been approved to repay the Treasury in full, plus interest.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Why Wells Fargo Shares Are Down Today Wells shares -- along with its large bank peers -- have ridden the wave of exuberance that replaced the "great fear" of the first quarter.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wells Fargo Doubles Down Wells Fargo raises $11 billion in fresh equity by issuing common stock, down from the $20 billion it planned on raising to help usher in its pending of acquisition of Wachovia.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	Is It Time to Buy Banks? The banks will survive. They must. But -- and this is why temptation hasn't turned to action -- survival doesn't necessarily mean that shareholders will benefit.
Bank Systems & Technology March 24, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Geithner Says 'World is Watching' as U.S. Crafts Economic Recovery Plans Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says reestablishing the right balance between stability and efficiency in the economic system is the government's obligation.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Banks Are Getting a Great Deal at Our Expense! The Treasury may be giving TARP recipients a sweet deal that will keep money out of taxpayers' pockets.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Ticking Time Bomb Will Cost Trillions We're getting too used to low interest rates.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2009 Morgan Housel	4 Reasons Geithner's Plan Won't Work Misunderstandings and misconceptions spell trouble.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 John Maxfield	Why USB Is Up and PNC Is Down A look at the earnings from two of the nation's largest regional banks.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Hurry Up and Nationalize the Banks Now that last fall's all-out panic has subsided, we need a long-term solution to getting our largest banks back on track.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Joseph Rosta	TARP Tax Exemption Faces Congressional Assault Efforts to hold together the U.S. financial sector have been accompanied by Treasury regulatory notices designed to ease the implementation of these measures, such as Treasury Notice 2008-83, which gives a tax break to banks who acquire weaker institutions with built-in losses on their books.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2009 Alex Dumortier	As Loans Shrink, Which Banks Are Winning? Which of the "majors" is coming out on top?
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009	Is it Time to Sell the Rally? Is this a bear market rally or the start of a sustained recovery? And if we are headed for a fall, which companies are overvalued? A crew of analysts, writers, editors, and advisors offer their opinions.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Christopher Barker	$8.6 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total potential outlays puts the scale of the crisis in context.
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.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Morgan Housel	What Scares Me About Regulation These people aren't idiots. They're people who either don't have the backbone to install needed change, or are influenced against doing so.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Christopher Barker	$3.9 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total outlays puts the unfathomable scale of the crisis in context.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Dee Gill	PNC: Signs of Growth and Oversold Shares Why are investors scared of these movements in the banking sector?
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The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Managing the National Debt There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2009 Tim Beyers	Insiders Call a Market Top Insiders aren't buying as much as they used to. Do they know something that we don't?
The Motley Fool July 22, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Behind Wells Fargo's Record Earnings Watch the loan book.