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The Motley Fool
March 16, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
How to Fail at Financial Reform Real financial reform still seems to be something of a pipe dream. What we got from Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, fell far short.   |
Reason
January 2009
Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
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
June 28, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Our Government Failed Us The final touches have been put on the financial reform bill and it's just as bad as ever. |
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. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 21, 2010 |
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation What do Harvard Business School faculty experts who conduct research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
Will This Stop the Next Financial Armageddon? What key measures in the 2,322-page financial reform bill actually matter, and will they stop the next financial Armageddon? |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
A Shot in the Arm The financial services industry needs a prescription for the mess that's been created because this is an industry that can't afford another crisis. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind Congress' Too Big to Fail Remedy Weighs In on Reform Paul Kanjorski says regulators would have more power with the new legislation. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Paula Dwyer |
Fannie and Freddie: Breaking Up Is Good to Do The two giants have too much on their plates. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
How to Solve "Too Big To Fail" Congressman Paul Kanjorski shares his thoughts on a solution for the "too big to fail" bank problem. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why the Fed Will Fail Financial reform may give the Fed new powers, but will it help? |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 20, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Proposed New Financial Authority Would Oversee Troubled Holding Companies The President's plan for a new financial agency would give that body authority to temporarily take over floundering bank holding companies in a manner similar to the FDIC's procedures for commercial banks. |
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. |
InternetNews
September 18, 2008
Paul Shread |
Stocks Soar on Hopes for Subprime Solution The stock market had its best day in six years Thursday on reports that the government could dust off an old solution to the financial crisis on Wall Street, while Oracle had surprisingly good news for the tech sector after the close. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans. |
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
June 18, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Financial Reform Is a Joke Congress has completely missed its opportunity to make the financial system safer. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Karen Weise |
Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Could Get Bigger Federal agencies putting mortgage and derivative reforms into force are writing rules that seem to have a big-bank bias. |
U.S. Banker
July 2011
Phil Angelides |
Four Steps to Reinvent the Financial Industry Have we learned the lessons of the financial crisis? The answer lies somewhere between no and not enough, says the author, who is a former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Bleeker & Williamson |
Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Timothy Geithner The Treasury Secretary lays out the parameters of the new financial reform law and gushes about the qualifications of Elizabeth Warren. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
One Economist's Solution for Financial Reform Economist John Taylor calls for more transparency and consistency. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) finally presented the Senate's proposal on Monday, following a long slugfest of negotiations with his Republican counterparts. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 12, 2014
Retsinas & Couch |
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform It is time for Congress to recommit itself to drafting legislation that will transform housing finance for the twenty-first century. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
One Year Later: The Big Risk We're Still Facing This fundamental risk is larger than ever. Banks that are "too big to fail" benefit from an implicit taxpayer subsidy since their funding costs do not adequately reflect the risk of failure. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
Did Wall Street Just Pull Another Coup? Bank of America's big settlement. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Roben Farzad |
Rethinking Fannie and Freddie Without overhauling the mortgage giants, reform is unlikely |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2010
Kristen French |
Senate Nears Deal, Consumer Protection At The Fed Circulated Monday by Chris Dodd, Senate banking committee chairman, the latest proposal would house a semi-autonomous consumer protection agency inside of the Federal Reserve, according a story in the Financial Times. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Michael Mandel |
Financial Rules: Why a Global Fix Is So Far Off The financial crisis just hasn't been bad enough for G-20 leaders to cede power to international regulators. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2008
Ollen Douglass |
Is a Sagging Fannie Attractive? Even with the recent upticks, shares of the ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both down over 80% from their 52-week highs. Is now the time to invest? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Ilan Moscovitz |
The Coming Financial Meltdown With 43 Congressional members hammering out a final version of the financial-reform bill, one of the biggest contentions remains what to do about the mind-boggling, vast, and opaque derivatives market owned by the nation's too-big-to-fail megabanks. |
BusinessWeek
October 9, 2008 |
Pulling Out the Stops The government has steadily broadened its role to safeguard the economy from the credit crisis. Here are some important milestones. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Christopher Barker |
The Worst Kind of Deja Vu After 75 years, our biggest financial mistakes have returned. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2010
Housel & Moscovitz |
Now's Your Chance to End Too Big to Fail The best way we can make a difference is for all of us to contact our senators now, and tell them that we need them to support the SAFE Banking Act to put hard caps on bank size and end the need for taxpayer bailouts. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
We Haven't Learned Lehman's Lesson Yet Economist Simon Johnson reflects on the financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Alan Greenspan on the Financial Collapse Love him or hate him, Greenspan opens up on the past two years. |
The Motley Fool
March 13, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Is Bear Stearns Doomed? The market's betting against this notable firm, as rumors permeate Wall Street that the company faces an impending liquidity crisis. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Russ Krull |
The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments. |
Finance & Development
March 2010 |
Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Who Called the Housing Crash Offers Advice Yale professor Robert Shiller on how to fix the housing finance system. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Ashok Vir Bhatia |
After the Supernova Crisis management lessons from the IMF's assessment of the U.S. financial system. |
