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The Motley Fool
July 17, 2008
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Fool Blog: Short Selling and the Death of Satire Do the big investment banks really need our protection?   |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2008
Rich Duprey |
The Short-Sale Ban Is a Fiction The SEC's ban fails to address the real causes of the financial markets' decline. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
The Next $350 Billion Hole Lehman goes out with a bang. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Morgan Stanley Wishes It Weren't Like Goldman U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether Morgan misled investors in mortgage derivatives; similar to the charges against Goldman Sachs. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Freddie Mac Is No Investment If you own Freddie Mac shares, the problem is that no one knows what their ultimate losses will be. And that's just one source of significant uncertainty surrounding Freddie and its big sister, Fannie Mae. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2009
Bleeker & Williamson |
Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Dazzles, Sort Of A good quarter, sure, but I'm interested on where the bank can go from here. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley's Traders Score Big Morgan Stanley became the latest of the major investment banks to report better-than-expected earnings this week, sweetening some of the market's viciously sour mood. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
The Truth About Naked Shorts There's been a lot of information and misinformation about short selling recently. Read on to bring yourself up to speed and bust some myths along the way. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
A Stealth Lehman Bailout? Was the Fed's reported intervention a taste of things to come? |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Will Morgan Stanley Come Back? Investors who thought that the return of John Mack to Morgan Stanley would mean instant and glorious change might be feeling a bit disappointed about now. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Kiss the Global Financial System Goodbye? China is by far the largest foreign investor in U.S. long-term agency debt. These days, the Chinese are fretting over Fannie and Freddie. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Fannie and Freddie: 1 Year Later A look at the first shots fired in the financial meltdown, and where we go from here. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Goldman Torpedo Your Portfolio? The media has made a big deal out of the SEC lawsuit, but what does it mean for you? |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Scott Leibs |
The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Dumortier & Khattab |
Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2010
Morgan Housel |
For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Kopecki & Moore |
Banks Face a Decade of Slow Revenue Growth New rules and a weak economy are affecting Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and others. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Obama's Glass Ceiling Resurrecting the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act won't solve anything. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Will Goldman Get a Do-Over? The firm needs long-term deposits to anchor its balance sheet. The trouble is, there are no obvious partners out there. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Wedding Bells for Goldman and Citigroup? The next step for the financial industry looks as though it'll be massive consolidation. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Merrill Lynch: Revenue Flops, Income Drops, Stock Pops It looks as though the slump will continue into next year. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Merrill Apes Goldman ... Again Merrill Lynch will create a senior executive role responsible for all European businesses in a move that mimics Goldman Sachs' hierarchy. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Fannie and Freddie Why in the world are people still buying these stocks? |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Big Irony From a Big Bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon not only avoided the bulk of the financial disaster, but also spent years fortifying JPMorgan's balance sheet in case the Big One hit. But now, he makes one big hypocritical statement. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
No Good News for Morgan Stanley If Morgan Stanley really is retreating from the old investment banking model, then what's next for the investment-bank-turned-bank-holding-company? |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2012
Anand Chokkavelu |
Why These 2 Dow Stocks Blasted Off Today The Dow's biggest winners were Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest? |
Registered Rep.
August 30, 2005
John Churchill |
Retaining Those Pesky Emails Morgan Stanley is in for what could be a $10 million fine from the SEC for failing to retain emails, according to a report. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Biggest Bank Deals That Never Happened You think you've seen too big to fail? You ain't seen nothing. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: The Real Problem With Shorting If naked shorting is as easy and pervasive as they claim, why do short-sellers have to shell out such exorbitant sums (20% in some cases) to get borrows? |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
These Banks Are Scarier Than Halloween Little, if anything, has changed in banking, and that's a good reason to be scared. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank Stocks Obliterated Some of our largest banks now trade at their lowest levels since the early 1980s. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2008
Katrina Chan |
Reviewing 2008, Predicting 2009 The Fool looks back at the year that was, and ahead to the year to be. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Goldman Feels the Heat Though it wasn't a terrible quarter for Goldman Sachs, it's become apparent that banking is a terrible industry right now. And after a crazy week, some question even Goldman Sachs' future. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Fannie and Freddie's Winners and Losers What does the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mean for investors? Who are the winners? Who are the losers? These questions are discussed in this video. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Riding High It was a fine year for brokerage firms -- especially their stocks. No one came up bigger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in terms of percentage gains. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Is JPMorgan the New Lehman? Think you know all the risks? Think again. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
The SEC Has Let Us Down Who's the SEC looking out for again? It's not you or I. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Goldman: Into the Private Equity Stratosphere Goldman is expected to raise a $19 billion private equity fund, which should be a nice boost for the firm's bottom line. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Which Bank Will Financial Reform Hit Hardest? The SEC's fraud charges against Goldman Sachs has given a fresh impetus to lawmakers wanting to pass legislation on financial reform. Who's in the crosshairs? |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Will This Fix Our Financial System? Will yesterday's proposed overhauls -- touted by some as a return to the Glass-Steagall days -- sufficiently stomp on sin and folly? |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Investment Banking: Capital Markets and Proprietary Trading One function of major investment banks is capital markets and proprietary trading. For those who need capital, and those looking for a home for their capital, investment banks function as the middleman. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
William D. Cohan |
The End of Wall Street? The sad truth is that Wall Street is much the same as it was before; it's Main Street that may never be the same again. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in Banking Many are speculating whether it's time to get back into financial stocks. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Merrill's Running of the Bull What kind of risks is this firm taking to grow its earnings? Are investors willing to let management's plans unfold? |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2007
Seth Jayson |
The Funk at Freddie In its earnings report Freddie Mac announces $3.6 billion in mark-to-market losses, another $1.2 billion in credit loss provisions; the company is also considering halving its dividend. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Don't Forget to Be Outraged The SEC makes a controversial ruling, which will allow companies to block shareholders' attempts to put their own director nominees on proxy ballots. |
