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The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	A House-Poor Quarter for WaMu Just days after announcing plans to raise $7 billion in new capital, slashing its dividend, and rebuffing a preliminary buyout offer from JPMorgan Chase, the Seattle-based savings and loan posts very ugly quarterly earnings.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bank Execs Walk the Plank After a brutal bout of losses and writedowns, another round of bank-exec demotions is shaking the financial world.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Bill Barker	How to Profit From This Incredible Fiasco The lessons learned from corporate scandals and insane compensation schemes can teach you much about what you need to know to succeed in mutual fund investing.
U.S. Banker March 2008 John Adams	Citi Revamping Links Origination, Securitization The ramifications of CitiGroup's $18 billion in losses in subprime-mortgage-related exposure has forced a sweeping corporate reorganization that tightens the risk-management relationship between origination and capital-markets activity.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2009 John Churchill	Pressure to Reign In Executive Compensation Grows New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a report today on the compensation practices of the banking industry. Top on the list of concerns was the compensation structure at larger banks.
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.
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest	Risk Without Reward The subprime mess has exposed how fragile banks are today to market pressures, and how much can fall on the shoulders of risk officers. Finding a path forward from the ashes will require stronger leadership overseeing risk.
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.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Holly Sraeel	Making the Case for Better Leadership, Profits Morgan Stanley's John Mack sends an email to employees outlining changes in compensation policies. His intention is to introduce a "claw back" clause would allow the firm to rescind the bonus of any individual who causes the firm harm.
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.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2008 Morgan Housel	American Express Sets CEO Compensation Standard Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express, has his compensation squarely lined up with that of shareholders' interests.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Chuck Saletta	Which Companies Are Swimming Naked Right Now? Sometimes, things are even uglier than they appear in the banking sector.
Registered Rep. November 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Morgan Stanley Management Shuffle: Cruz Out, Gorman In Morgan Stanley underwent a major management shakeup yesterday -- effective tomorrow.
Fast Company February 2009	CEOs Who Risk Big for Big Paydays Research shows that incentivizing CEOs with large pay and stock-option packages doesn't always have the intended effect of aligning their interests with shareholders.
U.S. Banker February 2008 Glen Fest	Risk Without Reward Finding a path forward from the ashes of the subprime mess will require stronger leadership overseeing risk, a culture more respectful of interdependent risks and new technologies measuring them across the enterprise.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	A Big Gulp for Big Banks? Is it possible that some big banks are writing off more than they need so that results in future periods can look better?
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Chuck Saletta	A Bailout's Opportunity Cost The bailout plan being considered in Washington will be absolutely disastrous for any Americans who bothered to play by the rules. Read on for just a few reasons why.
Financial Advisor November 2009 Seth Becker	The Crisis Next Time Lessons from the recent financial crisis may help avert a future meltdown.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Big Labor Blames Glutton CEOs The AFL-CIO cast itself this week as a modern-day Robin Hood, urging support for legislation that both curtails excessive executive pay and provides aid to home foreclosure "victims."
The Motley Fool April 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu's $7 Billion Hospital Visit Washington Mutual will live to see another day. But it's hardly a time of celebration for the average shareholder.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	I Was an Evil Investment Banker Wall Street bonuses have run afoul of the government. Should Uncle Sam step in and regulate?
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Dean Foust	Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts.
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.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Morgan Housel	Citigroup: The Master of Low Expectations Everything except an asteroid hitting Earth appears to be baked into the stock price this quarter.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	WaMu Seems to Zig While Others Zag WaMu is a bank that seems to confound normal expectations. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	The Award for Worst Bank Stock Goes to ... There has been much debate about whether we are through the worst of the credit crunch. In that spirit, let's choose the worst banking stock to own. Picking just one was no easy task.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Christopher Palmeri	Lenders Switch On Their Back-Up Systems After one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders announced earnings 17% below expectations, investors wondered if the nation's three-year-long mortgage bonanza might end not with a soft landing but with an earnings-pummeling thud.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Banks: The Problem That Won't Go Die Quietly Massive loan losses still remain on bank balance sheets.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Michael Leibert	Citigroup's a Champ After a long slump, this bank's shares are poised to outperform.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	Anatomy of a Terrible Bank A look at the failure that is Washington Mutual.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 David Meier	WaMu: It Pays to Wait Earn 5% while waiting for Washington Mutual's stock price to appreciate.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2007 Emil Lee	WaMu's Subprime Past Given the housing backdrop and the threat of recession, Washington Mutual will probably spend a bit of time digging itself out of a hole. Investors with strong stomachs could do well to catch this falling knife, but only those who aren't afraid of a little blood.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Is It Goodbye to Stan? Rumors are raging that Merrill's CEO will be ousted. So why would Stan get the boot? Well, the most obvious reason would be the massive losses that Merrill racked up in its third quarter.
U.S. Banker September 2005	Paying the Price for Overpaying Executives The flap over executive compensation.didn't start with Richard Grasso, Philip Purcell or Sandy Weill. But elements of all three men's cases have proved valuable in getting boards to consider whether executive pay is over the top.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	A Major Stumble at Merrill Lynch In quarterly results Merrill Lynch announces its writedown will be $7.9 billion, almost twice as much as announced just last month.
HBS Working Knowledge August 13, 2012 Carmen Nobel	When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions New research explores how various compensation incentives affect lending decisions among bank loan officers.
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 October 16, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Schwab Offers Nice Numbers, but Is It a Buy? Chuck shows them how it's done.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market.
Registered Rep. July 17, 2008	Merrill Posts Huge 2nd Quarter Loss; Retail Less Bad Than Principal Trading and Investment Banking Merrill Lynch provided a damper to the financial sector rally that has occurred over the past two days.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique	Genworth Continues to Disappoint Genworth reports losses as mortgage business continues to suffer.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2011 Morgan Housel	Wall Street's Unemployment Machine Wall Street gets a strong taste of what Main Street has been dealing with for years.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French	Bonus Bait Morgan Stanley is planning to offer bonuses to brokers who expand their production in 2006.
Wall Street & Technology November 15, 2007 Greg MacSweeney	Will the CDO Mess Place 2008 IT Budgets In Peril? With write-downs from subprime mortgage losses now approaching $50 billion, Wall Street firms may have no choice but to revise 2008 technology spending budgets.
U.S. Banker July 2010 Alan Kline	Finding 'Harmony' in Refi Loans 1st Commonwealth of Virginia offers a new kind of loan aimed at retaining customers in times of lower rates, when borrowers typically defect.
CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn	Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Get the Point on "Points" If you're shopping for a new home and mortgage, you're going to hear a lot about origination and discount points. There's a time you should pay points, and a time you should skip them.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer	JPMorgan Is on the Prowl JPMorgan Chase may be looking to open up its wallet and make an acquisition.
Bank Systems & Technology December 15, 2007 Nancy Feig	Mortgage Losses Lead to Bank Layoffs Several banks are planning massive layoffs in the wake of the mortgage crisis, and technology professionals in the lending arena probably will not be spared.
U.S. Banker April 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Lost Billions in Subprime? You Need a Performance Bonus. The heads of financial-services firms' compensation committees have a lot of explaining to do for approving the lavish pay and severance packages of executives of firms that lost billions in the subprime-mortgage meltdown.