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The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
This Could Be the End of Bond Insurance Just when it started to look a little better, bond insurers face a fatal blow.   |
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. |
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
February 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Buffett Offers Bond Insurers a Hand ... Maybe Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announces that it will offer the three largest bond insurers, Ambac, MBIA, and FGIC, the opportunity to essentially turn over the tax-free municipal portion of their bond insurance portfolio to Berkshire. |
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
January 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bond Insurers Smile, for Now It hasn't been a great year for the bond-insurance business so far. Even with Tuesday's massive gains, both Ambac Financial and MBIA remain down 70% and 33% for 2008, respectively. |
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
December 28, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Bonding With Buffett Warren Buffett plans to start a bonding agency for local and state governments. |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bond Insurers' Bait and Switch Bond insurers Ambac and privately held FGIC are both throwing around the possibility of breaking themselves apart, separating their still-stable municipal divisions from their roiled CDO departments. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Richard & Preston |
Wilbur Ross: Alone in Muni Bonds Wilbur Ross has something many business owners might envy: a monopoly in muni bond insurance. The question is, how much money can he make in a shrinking business? |
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
February 1, 2008
Morgan Housel |
MBIA's Foggy Future MBIA, one of the world's largest bond-insurance companies, announces a fourth-quarter loss, but despite a murky outlook, management stays confident. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2010
James Early |
Muni Bonds: Safe or a Sucker's Bet? Hear this view from municipal guru Tom Kozlik. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Sham Gad |
What a Rating Downgrade Really Means Repercussions of bond rating downgrades could wreak havoc on investors. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
Mortgaging the Future The impact of the subprime on the insurance industry could be huge. |
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
June 10, 2010
Rich Smith |
Buffett Predicts the Next Crisis It's coming soon to a town near you. Investors think munis are going down. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Dakin Campbell |
Muni Volume Plunges A dramatically changed municipal market and concerns relating to bond insurers have sent January new-issue volume plunging to levels not seen since September 2001. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2010
Brian D. Pacampara |
Ambac Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement? |
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2008 |
Credit Downgrades, More Write-Downs And The ARS Market Credit downgrades to MBIA and AMBAC Financial Group, the world's largest bond insurers, will lead to more write-downs at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and UBS, according to a new research report. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
RIP, Ambac A long time coming, Ambac finally bites the dust. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
Sham Gad |
Berkshire Better Than Gold Gold has always been the ultimate flight-to-safety investment during times of equity turmoil, but Berkshire Hathaway stock is even better. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
George Strickland |
Sleuthing Bonds Municipal bonds are now more likely to move in the opposite direction of Treasury bonds, where before the two markets commonly moved in the same direction. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2008
Paul Shread |
Stocks End Higher In Rocky Trade Stocks managed to end the day with modest gains Wednesday despite more downbeat economic news and a lack of a bailout for a key bond insurer... Packeteer jumped... American Software and NaviSite plunged on their results... etc. |
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
November 2, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Farewell to Ambac Financial The long fall of Ambac Financial seems to finally be coming to an end. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Buy, Sell, or Hold Ambac Financial? Sell. Now. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Chris Ryon |
Not Quite So Risky Business If your clients are invested in municipal bonds, you'd better brush up on how the recession has affected the pricing of those bonds. An exploration of credit risk and pricing in the muni market. |
Financial Planning
December 17, 2007
Matthew Posner |
The Bond Buyer Shifts in the municipal marketplace have impacted participants in various ways, causing players to reassess their investment strategies going forward. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Roundtable: Will the U.S. Lose Its AAA Rating? Three analysts weigh in. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Marla Brill |
Munis' Turn To Shine One of the country's most influential fixed-income managers is enthusiastic about a municipal bond market that she says is more exciting than any she has seen in her 23-year career. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
What Ever Happened to the Muni Crash? Municipal bonds have recovered strongly, but is it just temporary? |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
John Sullivan |
Catching up with... Robert Bigelow Robert Bigelow of Highmark Capital talks about dramatic changes to the municipal market over the last several years. What new challenges are municipal investors facing? |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Has the Next Meltdown Begun? The municipal bond market is feeling the hurt. |
InternetNews
February 22, 2008
Paul Shread |
Stocks Stage Dramatic Rebound Tech stocks took a back seat Friday, as bond insurers led the way first lower and then higher... Intuit and Cbeyond fell sharply... Sigma Designs fell on a downgrade... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Monoline Hits Bottom Line at UBS The Swiss bank won't be the last to announce a monoline writedown. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial Group shares popped 16% in intraday trading today as the market speculates that mortgage insurers will be able to "put-back" private mortgage insurance on big banks. |
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 2, 2008
Sham Gad |
Buffett Bets on the U.S. In typical fashion, Warren Buffett made some big acquisitions last week, and he made them quickly. Read on to see what Warren bought. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Alan Lavine |
Will Munis Deflate Again? The muni market has been volatile, with governments facing steep revenue declines and fears of higher interest rates. |
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... |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Place Your Bets on Ambac Financial! Is Ambac getting ready to waive the white flag? |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Eric Uhlfelder |
Receding From A Perfect Storm Uncertainty has clouded convictions about some tax-and revenue-based municipal bonds. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Sheila Amoroso |
The Truth About Munis With budget woes a daily news staple, state and local governments are taking steps to address the issues. Amid this uncertainty, it's important to understand some truths about investing in munis. |
Registered Rep.
May 17, 2011
Alan Lavine |
For Good Insurance, Get a Financially Sound Insurer The near collapse of the financial system in 2008 and 2009 makes it prudent to recommend the financially soundest insurance companies -- even though their premiums may be higher than those of lower-rated competitors. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2009
Ilana Polyak |
Mining for Munis Warren Pierson, co-manager of the Baird Intermediate Municipal Bond fund, sees opportunity in this dark period. |
Financial Advisor
September 2010
Riva D. Atlas |
The Muni Minefield Why a diversified portfolio of municipal bonds may be a safe place to invest despite the harsh words against them. |
