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The Motley Fool January 12, 2010 Morgan Housel |
5 Questions for Bankers A gaggle of Wall Street bankers will be hauled before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission later this week. The topic: their role in blowing up the economy. |
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. |
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Picking at the Housing Carcass The latest attack on banks sounds reasonable but makes no sense. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Financial Crisis: The Greatest Hits The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report, two years in the making, is a 623-page tome of everything you could ever want to know about the financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool March 27, 2010 Kris Eddy |
The Motley Fool's Weekly Editors' Picks Learn more about the crisis in Greece, the financial collapse, and the implications for stock performance after health care reform. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Jerry Webman |
The Credit Crunch A Wall Streeter explains what happened and how the financial markets got into their current state. |
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010 |
Book Excerpt: Roger Lowenstein's "The End of Wall Street" The Street isn't dead - but a certain laissez-faire idea of it is. So argues Lowenstein in his new book. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 John Engen |
Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here? |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 22, 2009 Roger Thompson |
"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2009 Christopher Barker |
Are You Ready for Round II of the Mortgage Meltdown? A troubling report on the mortgage crisis has far-reaching implications. |
Reason July 2009 Randazzo et al. |
Turning Japanese Japan's post-bubble policies produced a "lost decade." So why is President Obama emulating them? |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Paula Dwyer |
Fannie and Freddie: Breaking Up Is Good to Do The two giants have too much on their plates. |
U.S. Banker May 2007 Thomas P. Vartanian |
Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets Problems in the subprime mortgage business will inevitably lead to opportunities for those who can evaluate, service or manage the underlying loans, securities and real estate. |
U.S. Banker May 2007 Lee Conrad |
Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Big Irony From a Big Bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon not only avoided the bulk of the financial disaster, but also spent years fortifying JPMorgan's balance sheet in case the Big One hit. But now, he makes one big hypocritical statement. |
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. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein |
The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise. |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Revealed: 3 Emails That Explain the Crisis Released last week, a new 650-page Senate report on the financial crisis describes multiple aspects of a financial system run amok, including the way in which bankers muscled ratings agencies to turbo-charge their deal-making machine. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Evan Simonoff |
After The Storm As the mushrooming subprime loan crisis enters its tenth month, a growing list of questions begs answers. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Mann et al. |
The People Responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now so painfully proved, trying to serve the master of public policy while generating returns for investors will lead to disaster. |
U.S. Banker January 2009 Joseph Rosta |
The Industry's New Year's Resolutions Here are five things the banking industry should consider to dig out of this recessionary ditch stronger than before. |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note The subprime fiasco may turn out to be a small footnote in which asset-rich hedge funds, in their quest for outsized returns, allowed lower- and middle-income folks with poor credit to spend a few years in houses that were beyond their means. Or, is it the beginning of the Big One? |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The New Subprime All you have to do is drop the sub. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Next Unsustainable Asset Bubble As long as the first response to any financial stress is a quick infusion of cheap money, the formation of the next bubble is a virtual certainty. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in Banking Banking news: The week featured more dire economic forecasts and subprime shambles. |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
How Big Is The Bite On Fannie And Freddie? Freddie Mac's and Fannie Mae's exposure to risky loans could be bigger than they say. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 29, 2008 Martha Lagace |
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay O. Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. |
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. |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Seth Becker |
What Can We Do? The financial crisis shows that we must manage our own affairs -- responsibly and with restraint -- or someone will do it for us. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Subprime Truths and Consequences The continuing credit crunch spotlights the perils of leverage. How should your financial advisory clients respond? |
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 June 28, 2010 Mark T. Williams |
The G-20 Superpowers Should Learn From Canada Canada has been the gold standard of banking prudence. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Moscovitz & Koppenheffer |
Wall Street Reform: The Good, the Meh, and the Ugly A Foolish take on what's in the Senate bill. |
HBS Working Knowledge February 24, 2011 Sean Silverthorne |
What's Government's Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing? The private market should be the main supplier of mortgage credit, but it should be carefully monitored using new approaches to regulating mortgage securitization. The government should play a role of "guarantor of last resort" in periods of crisis. |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 David Henry |
A Chain Reaction in Shaky Debt? As exotic CDOs topple, the impact could ripple through debt markets and wallop more funds and banks. |
U.S. Banker January 2010 Alan Kline |
The View From the Bayou You don t have to look much beyond the book's title, Big Bad Banks, to know that Rusty Cloutier, the president of a community bank, believes the titans of Wall Street are most responsible for causing the crisis. |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Greenspan's Britney Moment Is it possible that ex-Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan could have failed to understand the dynamics of what was going on in the housing market? Not likely. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Why Fannie and Freddie Were Doomed After a stunning week in which the government-sponsored enterprises saw nearly half their stock market value erased, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced three measures to reassure the market. But how did we get into this mess in the first place? |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Christopher Palmeri |
Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Richard Gibbons |
It's Still Going to Get Worse Even a recovery in real estate prices wouldn't solve the current crisis, because the writedowns plaguing most banks has shown few signs of abating. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Housing: 24 Hours From the Next Leg Down? In 24 hours, the Federal Reserve will stop buying mortgage-backed securities. When it does, there's a good chance the economy will shift in big ways. |