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The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is This the Last Straw for Ambac? Bond insurers may be running out of options.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Moody's Blues Debt-ratings agency Moody's watches its earnings and reputation erode, as the once-lucrative business of rating batches of collateralized debt obligations has begun to sour.
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.
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Devin Leonard	Bill Ackman's Soft Power The hedge fund manager is an open, friendly, talkative guy who makes a lot of companies -- MBIA, Target, etc. -- miserable
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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.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Wall Street's Next Worry The credit crisis is spreading from Wall Street to a less well known corner of the financial world, that of the bond insurers. An obscure company called ACA Capital might spark the explosion.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	MBIA Disappoints; Stock Rises Investors speculate that the worst could be over for this bond insurer.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	The Ratings Game The companies that rate bonds look at several factors in rating fixed-income securities. Learn how these ratings work, and don't buy without knowing the facts.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Rich Duprey	Bonding With Buffett Warren Buffett plans to start a bonding agency for local and state governments.
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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.
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The Motley Fool April 24, 2008 Morgan Housel	Ambac Obliterated: Is This the End? Reacting to sour news, shares of Ambac plummet to their lowest levels ever since the company went public in 1991.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2010 Morgan Housel	RIP, Ambac A long time coming, Ambac finally bites the dust.
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The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Travis Hoium	Ambac Financial Shares Popped Again: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial shares are up 10% today, continuing a rally we saw yesterday.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2008 Morgan Housel	Ambac Financial Will Burn Your Portfolio Ambac's days of lucrative profits could be a thing of the past, and that's the best-case scenario. Even under that rosy outcome, there's still little reason to hold Ambac.
Financial Advisor March 2008 Marla Brill	Managing The Municipal Malaise With bond insurer ratings on the brink and hedge funds fresh off a selling spree, the normally staid municipal bond market has taken on a more volatile profile over the last few months.
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HBS Working Knowledge September 19, 2011 Maggie Starvish	Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers? Insurance "reinsurers" underwrite much of the catastrophic risk insurance. Problem is, says Harvard Business School Professor Kenneth A. Froot, reinsurers themselves are in danger of failing from a major catastrophic event.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	This Week's Biggest Movers This weekly column looks at the reason behind the largest stock-price movers of the week. Take a look at: Freddie Mac... Fannie Mae... MBIA... Ambac... Talbots...
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The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Michael Leibert	Ambac: Basis Points for Sale Tight credit spreads and increasing competition cloud the outlook for this provider of financial guarantees. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	How Lehman Played Musical Chairs With Its Loans Lehman Brothers sheds light on new Fed lending facilities. Will it work?
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The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Morgan Housel	Buy, Sell, or Hold Ambac Financial? Sell. Now.
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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 February 4, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Will Rate Cuts Kill the Housing Market? The latest rate cut from the Federal Reserve was again good news for the stock market. Unlike the last several Fed moves, however, this one didn't make mortgage borrowers cheer. Read on to see why.
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Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2007 Dees Stribling	Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors.
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