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The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Chase Wants to Pay You Back More and more, banks are looking at ways to repay TARP funds.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Is Wells Fargo $50 Billion Short? Wells Fargo will require an extra $50 billion in common equity if it is to repay its TARP investment and achieve a reasonable capital cushion.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Much Money Will It Take to Save the Banks? NYU economic professor Nouriel Roubini estimates banks still need at least $1.4 trillion of new capital to get back on a sustainable path, suggesting therefore that the U.S. banking system is effectively insolvent in the aggregate.
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The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Big Shakeup Brewing at Citigroup With the Treasury set to convert $25 billion of preferred stock into common stock, Washington is about to gain legitimate authority to swing its axe and make high-level decisions at Citigroup. The first order of business may be showing CEO Vikram Pandit the door.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Warren Buffett AIG-Proof? Berkshire Hathaway is just two steps away from getting caught in AIG's mess.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 Morgan Housel	It Ain't Easy Being a Strong Bank Isn't it absurd that Citigroup and Bank of America are taking massive write-ups on the blowout of their credit spreads -- a sign that investors were betting on the possibility of default.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger	The Best Method for Simple Investing Depending on how you invest, making the right choice between ETFs and index mutual funds will give you exactly the portfolio you want.
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The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Gets the Government Out of Its Hair One step closer to freedom.
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The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns: 1 Year Later One year ago today, markets learned that Bear Stearns had gone kaboom, agreeing to be sold to JPMorgan Chase. What have we learned since then?
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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 April 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	It's Payback Time for Goldman Sachs Getting rid of TARP funds could be a turning point for Goldman Sachs -- a TARP-free Goldman would be one of the most powerful Goldmans you've ever seen.
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The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	AIG's Second Bailout $85 billion here, $37.8 billion there ... but who's counting?
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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.
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The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Anand Chokkavelu	Why the Dow Jumped Out of the Gate Today Breaking down the market.
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The Motley Fool February 1, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Don't Let Averages Mislead You Averages may be reassuring, but they can also hold you back. By looking forward instead, and assessing a stock's future promise and potential, you'll do a better job at seeking out long-term winners.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Morgan Housel	Worst Stock for 2009: Citigroup Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why Citigroup may not even be a stock next year.
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