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The Motley Fool June 9, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Solution to the Subprime Crisis At the right price, anything is worth buying. Is the price right on these banking stocks? |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Christopher Palmeri |
Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
U.S. Banker November 2005 |
MMDA: Banks Seen Losing Out to Mutual Funds In today's rising rate environment, money market mutual funds can offer better rates than those of banks, because many banks have been slow to ratchet up their rates, even when the Fed raises the fed funds rate. |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
When to Buy Bank Stocks Who knows if these bank stocks have hit bottom? |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
U.S. Bancorp Rides Fees to Growth Interest income performance isn't great, but U.S. Bancorp's strong fee structure does its part. Though the stock may not be quite as cheap as banks like Wachovia or SunTrust, it's still a very well-run bank. |
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 Tim Beyers |
Quick Take: Have Banks Learned Nothing? When the subprime crisis first struck, Wall Street wondered whether it would spread to prime lenders such as Washington Mutual and Bank of America. Many investors appear to believe that it will. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Why Investors Are Wrong The market's recent rapid nosedive is enough to panic any rational investor, but avoid the instinct to sell and run. It may seem scary to buy when everyone else is selling, but going against the grain during times of market extremes can be an investor's smartest move. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Stocks Won't Wait for the Recovery More stocks hit new 52-week highs on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday than on any day since late September, during the height of the stock market panic last year. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Vitaliy Katsenelson |
US Bancorp's Glass Is Half Full This bank errs on the conservative side, but it's still subject to the troubles in its industry. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
No More Surprises From M&T The bank's shares respond well after meeting the company's own lowered expectations. Investors, take note. |
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. |
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 January 27, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Catch-22: Why Banks Can't Lend Lots of banks aren't willing or able to help kick-start the economy that would bring them back to health. |
The Motley Fool July 10, 2008 Morgan Housel |
For IndyMac, What Goes Around Comes Around Around and around the mortgage market goes. When it'll stop, nobody knows. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Death of IndyMac IndyMac was seized by the FDIC, the government organization that insures bank deposits, in what could go down as one of the costliest bank failures ever. Get ready for more dark days in the banking sector. |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Wells Fargo Opens the Vault Wells Fargo announced record earnings on Tuesday, and big banks such as Bank One, U.S. Bancorp, Bank of America, and Washington Mutual have all reported extremely positive results in recent months. |
The Motley Fool May 2, 2008 Richard Gibbons |
Avoid These Ugly, Risky Stocks Don't waste your time on some fallen stocks. There are better opportunities out there. |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Seth Jayson |
A Conduit to Chaos Investors, think your bank has no exposure to the problems in housing? Think again. |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2004 Jason Matthews |
Gambling on a Takeover Investors bid up Washington Mutual as takeover rumors circulate. |
U.S. Banker August 2006 Lee Conrad |
Banks Refocus Staff and Mutual Funds Sales Surge Banks are making a fundamental change in the way they sell mutual funds by streamlining the process and unleashing a bigger, less expensive, sales force. |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Are You Missing Out on Big Gains? Exchange-traded funds have shown their colors during the financial crisis. The current panic has made the advantages that ETFs have quite clear. |
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Nightmare Mortgages They promise the American Dream: A home of your own - with ultra-low rates and payments anyone can afford. Now, the trap has sprung. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Picking the right fund is every bit as important as picking the right stock, if not more so. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Brokerages' Sloppy-Looking Swaps Current trading around banks' debt could suggest trouble ahead. Investors may be concerned that risk wasn't adequately managed with regards to the mortgage loans the banks took on. |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 |
A New Breed of Mutual Funds to the Rescue? Here's how Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff would reorder the financial system. |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 Robert Steyer |
Beware of Falling 52-Week Highs As stocks rise and their 52-week highs fall, make sure there's a fundamental reason to justify your optimism. |
AskMen.com March 4, 2001 Luis Rodrigues |
The Truth About Bank Loans When the time comes to borrow money from the bank to buy a house, a car or start a business, people still get extremely stressed about meeting with the banking loans officer... |
U.S. Banker April 2008 |
The Many Cozy Relationships Of Bond Insurers Some do not view the multi-billion-dollar bank bailout for insurers as a path to recovery but as further enabling of damaging, co-dependent behavior among banks, rating agencies and bond insurers. |
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Investors willing to do their homework can whip up on the Wise with one hand tied behind their checkbooks. Picking the right fund is every bit as important as picking the right stock, if not more so. |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Funds Cleaning House Window dressing, or dumping an undesirable stock before the quarter's end so that it won't appear reports, is what many mutual fund managers engage in as they prepare to close their books at the end of the quarter or year. Is your fund doing this? |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Our resident fund jockey takes on all doubters. Are mutual funds a good investment, or just a way to underperform? |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Where You'll Find the Best Rates As customers have moved to the Internet for financial solutions, banks have paid attention. |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks These investors must deal with unusual terms and funny-looking financial statements, but the rewards can be well worth it. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2007 Bill Barker |
Forecast: Worse Than a Perfect Storm In today's financial market, the combination of factors that could make for a perfect storm are (1) the extreme returns of a number of foreign markets last year, (2) the growing knowledge of those returns among investors, and (3) the rush of money moving toward those markets. |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2008 Shannon Zimmerman |
Beat the Market in Your Sleep Outperform without all that pesky volatility. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector. |
U.S. Banker February 2008 John Adams |
Waiting for the Other Shoe To Drop? Not Really. We'll soon see how contagious the mortgage flu is for other banking business lines, particularly corporate lending. |
Entrepreneur April 2005 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Just Your Size Don't make assumptions about a bank's lending methods based on size alone--here's how to find the bank that can help your business cash in. |
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Thursday's Wild Financial Stocks If you own financial stocks, then you know that yesterday was one of the wildest days for them in quite a while. |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu |
7 Food and Staples Retailing Stocks Near 52-Week Highs Searching the market's peaks for possibilities. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild Ride In the past three days, bond-insurance giants have been on a seesaw that has spun the heads of even the most iron-stomached investors. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
2011 Could Have Been Worse for MBIA As a key player in the mortgage-bond insurance industry, MBIA suffered greatly during the housing crash. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Are Taxpayers Subsidizing the Sale of IndyMac? The FDIC, which took over the thrift's operations last July, has reached an agreement to sell IndyMac to a group of investment firms. Is this a sign that banks, bank loans, and mortgage-related securities have finally become attractive? |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Tom Taulli |
Washington Mutual Tries to Get Some Credit Buying credit card company Providian was a good move. But it's not good enough. A big part of the problem here is the flattening of the yield curve. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
The Crisis Is Over! If you're looking for consistency in market opinion, expect disappointment. Sentiment turns on a dime these days. If you let that sentiment sway your investment decisions, you'll lose big over time. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Karen M. Kroll |
Pedaling As Fast As They Can Companies will now need to work harder for credit, as banks' markedly different posture on lending money is affecting businesses of all stripes -- not just those in default. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bull The bullish argument about Washington Mutual is that, due to the recent sub-prime crisis, the market has provided an opportunity to buy a great, though temporarily weakened, business at a significant discount. |