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The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Seth Jayson	The Lesson From ETrade In its quest for growth, ETrade put far too much of its asset base into residential real estate loans or related derivatives -- at the top of a since-crumbled market. The result? Shares that have tumbled 60% and an analyst's prediction of bankruptcy.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Goldstein & Henry	On the Subprime Endangered List Which CEO will be catching subprime heat next now that Citigroup's Chuck Prince is out? Bear Stearns' Jimmy Cayne may be vulnerable.
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.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Seth Jayson	Paulson's Plan to Punish the Public Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to protect homebuyers from their mistakes -- extending loan teaser rates for a few years -- will punish us all.
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?
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.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein	Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Michael Sisk	Keeping The Spigot Open The fact is not lost on banks that American consumers are, by and large, still employed and paying their bills. Credit is, and will be, still available.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Housing Collapse Squishes Bear The risky mortgages that drove the housing mania were also prime ways for Wall Street to cash in on the greedy and naive. And now that the air is escaping and credit is being crunched, we're seeing the results.
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The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Seth Jayson	Bush's Bailout Bait-and-Switch The good news: The plan doesn't interfere too much with the free markets. The bad news: The plan doesn't interfere too much with the free markets.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Merrill Lynch's Lapse Merrill Lynch announces that its third-quarter numbers will be very, very disappointing.
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Investment Advisor August 2007 Jeff Joseph	The Far Reach of Subprime Woes Leveraged loans to companies are likely to be adversely affected by hedge fund losses from collateralized debt obligations.
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The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 Seth Jayson	Morgan Stanley's Dog Food Diet Morgan Stanley announces massive write downs, and that it will not be updating investors on any further deterioration until Q4 numbers come out.
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National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Bernard J. Haddigan	A Structured Finance Hangover At the height of the commercial real estate market's historic up cycle in 1999, collateralized debt obligations emerged on the scene.
BusinessWeek October 23, 2006	Danger--Explosive Loans Collateralized loan obligations offer loads of cheap money. But payback time may be coming.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Emil Lee	All's Well at Wells Fargo Wells Fargo digs in its cleats. Investors, the bank did very well in almost every category. Wholesale banking, asset-based lending, commercial real estate and the mutual fund business all grew by double digits in the past quarter.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear	Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 James C. Cooper	Credit Is Tightening--And That's Fine Credit tightening is curbing some of the frenzy, and a severe financial crunch is unlikely.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	When to Buy Bank Stocks Who knows if these bank stocks have hit bottom?
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Dawn Kopecki	The SEC Wants More Answers The Securities & Exchange Commission is expanding its probe into the mortgage mess.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2007 Emil Lee	Lessons From 2007 The last half of 2007 was brutal, and many investors made some bad calls. Although mistakes are tough, the biggest mistake of all would be to ignore them and not learn anything. Let's take a look at what we've learned.
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Financial Advisor July 2007 Eric L. Reiner	Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector.
BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Why Merrill Got Burned So Badly Its leadership role in underwriting risky CDOs brought in millions in fees but put Merrill Lynch in the subprime bull's-eye.
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 July 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger	A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for.
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.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Goldstein et al.	Mutually Assured Mayhem Wall Street is on edge, scrambling to buck up Bear Stearns and avert a domino-effect debacle.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Emil Lee	Securitization Simplified Securitization is complicated, but understanding the mechanics will help you evaluate many financial companies. Here is a brief primer on collateralized debt obligations.
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?
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CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn	Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Christopher Barker	When Will the Bleeding Stop? As Goldman Sachs' projected losses illustrate, the credit crisis tally is still growing.
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.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2007 Seth Jayson	Paulson: Taxpayers Should Bail Out Subprime The Treasury Secretary thinks that American taxpayers should clean up the housing mess his Wall Street buddies made.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 D. Henry & M. Goldstein	Citi May Have a New Mess on Its Hands Citibank could take another billion-dollar hit from bad debt tied to the CDO commercial paper market.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Kristen French	The Lending Squeeze The tightening credit conditions is causing some financial advisors to have trouble getting loans for clients.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Bank Losses: Are We Just Getting Started? Bank losses have spooked the market. They could yet quadruple.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Michael Goode	Lehman Dodges a Bullet Despite fears, Lehman Brothers takes only a small hit from mortgage bonds. The first investment bank to report this quarter, their results may be a good indication of what's in store for others.
Reason January 2009 Michael Flynn	Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it.