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The Motley Fool
November 24, 2009
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Maybe We Should Have Let the Banks Fail The bailout may have kept the financial system afloat, but are we setting ourselves up for more pain?   |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2009
Morgan Housel |
You Lie, Goldman Sachs Taxpayers' bailout of AIG may have saved Goldman's life. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Wedding Bells for Goldman and Citigroup? The next step for the financial industry looks as though it'll be massive consolidation. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
Morgan Housel |
With Lewis Gone, Is Pandit Next? Citigroup's current CEO, Vikram Pandit, replaced Chuck Prince in 2007, so he can't be blamed for many of Citi's problems. But you can still argue that he should be replaced. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for AIG While it may be hard to believe, more top-performing CAPS members are turning bullish on American International Group these days, exhibiting optimism for the future. |
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
December 4, 2009
Claire Stephanic |
How Much Should Wall Street CEOs Get Paid? Do Wall Street CEOs deserve compensation in the double-digit millions? |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Nothing's Changed in Banking The recent upending of the financial world seems to have yielded few results. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Lessons From an "Avoidable" Crisis Solid corporate governance policies could help us avert the next disaster. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Blog: Last Week's Top 10 Financial Shocks A whole pile of stunning news combined last week to become the biggest financial story of the past 50 years. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Fall of AIG Why did the Fed ultimately decide to bail out AIG? |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2008 |
The 10 Biggest Stories of 2008 What Bear Stearns' fallout means for investors... The people responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... Why you should care that Lehman went bust... Black Sunday on Wall Street... AIG's failure is so much bigger than Enron's... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest? |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Fannie Flunks Again A suspicious looking accounting change may cause everyone to pay for Fannie Mae's bad behavior, if it leads to a green light for the housing bailout plan proposed by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Roben Farzad |
Goldman Sachs: Don't Blame Us When it comes to its role in the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs has a message for the world: Not guilty. Not one bit. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Morgan Housel |
AIG's Second Bailout $85 billion here, $37.8 billion there ... but who's counting? |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2008 |
The Motley Fool Crisis Survival Kit With a calm head and a smart game plan, each of us can get through the current crisis. Read on for advice. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
This Was Once America's Most Hated Company But AIG may turn out to be quite a bargain. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
The Blame Game: Goldman vs. AIG Who was really at fault? |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
What's Next? Dow 5,000? It might not be far off. But as the markets keep falling, the selling is getting more and more rational. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
Why the Bailout Solves Nothing Congratulations - you've just been sold an extremely expensive pig in a poke that you'll be paying for throughout the rest of your life. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Don't Do It, Goldman Some investors pine for a return to investment banking. Big mistake. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2010
Anand Chokkavelu |
Roundtable: The Best Bailed-Out Bet The best buy out of companies that have received government aid. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie: 1 Year Later A look at the first shots fired in the financial meltdown, and where we go from here. |
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
November 21, 2008
Katherine Burger |
Will the Citi Layoffs Signify an Industry Turning Point? Will Nov. 17, 2008 - the day that Citi announced it would eliminate more than 50,000 jobs - be remembered as a landmark day in the history of financial services? |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2009
Morgan Housel |
AIG Is Sick of Wall Street Even if his company is owned by the government, CEO Benmosche shows there's still a little bit of capitalist left in him. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Bailout: The Sucker Punch Regardless of outcome, we need to ask some serious questions. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2009
Morgan Housel |
What's Next for Citigroup? What does the conversion to common stock from preferred stock mean for Citigroup? A few things -- some good, some bad, some potentially disastrous. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
These Banks Are Scarier Than Halloween Little, if anything, has changed in banking, and that's a good reason to be scared. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Goldman Sachs to Employees: Pretend This Hurts Here's your bonus! Now please, oh please, don't spend it. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Bernanke Is Sentenced to 4 More Years President Obama announced his nomination of "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed. Bernanke is game -- but is he the right choice? |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Obama's Glass Ceiling Resurrecting the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act won't solve anything. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Bernanke, Paulson, and Geithner: Champs or Chumps? It's been a year since the financial markets went splat. Have government officials succeeded in combating the collapse? |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Is There Any Value in AIG Shares? One exceptional investor thinks so. |
Registered Rep.
February 11, 2009 |
At the Break: Congressional CEO Smackdown Provides Some Entertaining Tantrums, Some Embarrassment, Mostly Bloviating Representatives The House Financial Services Committee staged a bit of theater today for the benefit of U.S. taxpayers. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Fool Blog: Paulson's Mother of All Boondoggles Congressional Democrats are trying to insert some limits on executive compensation, among other things, into the massive bailout package. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson doesn't like the idea. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
AIG's Bailout -- Take Two AIG's original $85 billion rescue package has been scrapped as the giant insurer's condition continues to deteriorate. The new package is worth almost twice that amount. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Sharks Circle the Bailout Fund Egad! The city of San Jose wants a cut. We have to draw the line. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
The Financial System Is Cracking Banking news: Things got worse in the credit crisis this week as the market speculated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a government bailout. |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Scott Leibs |
The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year. |
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2009
John Churchill |
Pressure to Reign In Executive Compensation Grows New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a report today on the compensation practices of the banking industry. Top on the list of concerns was the compensation structure at larger banks. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2009
Koppenheffer & Housel |
An Open Letter to the Federal Reserve Two Motley Fool analysts write a letter to Ben Bernanke with their views on the economy. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Comes Back for Seconds After biting off more than it could chew with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America is heading back to the bailout line for a second helping. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Goldman's Double Take Goldman Sachs, one of the largest issuers of mortgage-backed securities over the past two and a half years, made huge amounts of money betting against what were in essence the same products it had been peddling to clients. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2011
Housel & Moscovitz |
Bailouts: The Final Word We should be doing everything we can now to prevent the possibility of ever having to have another TARP program. |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2008
Morgan Housel |
There's a Riot in the Citi Sell now, run far away, and ask questions later. |
