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April 23, 2009
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Stocks That Will Benefit From This Disaster The companies that helped cause the current crisis may end up being the biggest beneficiaries. |
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January 22, 2010
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October 16, 2006
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October 30, 2008 |
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September 9, 2009
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The Motley Fool
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January 14, 2010
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The Riskiest, Most Profitable Bank of All While the Fed won't suffer the same fate as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers or Northern Rock, a run on the dollar (or even just an orderly decline) could turn out to be the direct equivalent of a run on the (central) bank. |
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These Banks Are Scarier Than Halloween Little, if anything, has changed in banking, and that's a good reason to be scared. |
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Is This Buffett's Nightmare Scenario? The credit default swaps are coming. |
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December 10, 2008
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September 17, 2008
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Morgan Stanley Dazzles, Sort Of A good quarter, sure, but I'm interested on where the bank can go from here. |
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March 20, 2008
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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. |
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June 17, 2009
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Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess. |
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September 30, 2008
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November 25, 2009
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Are Government Bonds the New Subprime? Unfortunately for government bond investors (and taxpayers), it's possible -- useful, even -- to make the comparison between government bonds and subprime assets. Here's why, and what investors should do about it. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
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Fool Blog: Last Week's Top 10 Financial Shocks A whole pile of stunning news combined last week to become the biggest financial story of the past 50 years. |
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June 14, 2010
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The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments. |
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June 12, 2006
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Not Much Lovin' for Lehman Investment bank stocks are often proxies for the market; that's not so good right now. Even with the steep declines in May, Lehman doesn't look like a tremendous bargain for investors. |
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Morgan Stanley's Mighty Swing The investment bank knocks results out of the park. Can it last? Investors, take note. |
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September 20, 2007
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November 12, 2008
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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. |
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September 4, 2009
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Wedding Bells for Goldman and Citigroup? The next step for the financial industry looks as though it'll be massive consolidation. |
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September 16, 2008
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September 18, 2007
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Lehman Dodges a Bullet Despite fears, Lehman Brothers takes only a small hit from mortgage bonds. The first investment bank to report this quarter, their results may be a good indication of what's in store for others. |
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April 22, 2010
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If You're Not Scared of Big Banks, You're Not Looking Hard Enough First-quarter bank earnings may look good, but they could be hiding danger. |
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One Year Later: The Big Risk We're Still Facing This fundamental risk is larger than ever. Banks that are "too big to fail" benefit from an implicit taxpayer subsidy since their funding costs do not adequately reflect the risk of failure. |
The Motley Fool
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Why Lehman's Bankruptcy Matters How will Lehman's bankruptcy affect more than just a handful of bankers and traders who work in the world's financial capitals? More importantly, how will it affect you? |
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December 4, 2008
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Paulson's New Plan: A Cheap Mortgage for Every Home A new rescue plan for the economy would use nationalized mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower the 30-year fixed mortgage rate down as far as 4.5%, over a full point lower than the current level. |
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September 15, 2008
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The Biggest Financial Story of the Past 50 Years This weekend's news is bigger than the dot-com bust and bigger than Black Monday in 1987. Let's process this weekend's wild Wall Street news. |
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September 20, 2006
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Morgan Makes It Four of a Kind The investment bank has no trouble keeping pace with its peers. Investors, take note. |
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Why the CDO Market Is Doomed Merrill's recent yard sale points to a market that's even uglier than many realize. |
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October 2, 2009
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The Biggest Bank Deals That Never Happened You think you've seen too big to fail? You ain't seen nothing. |
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August 25, 2009
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Bernanke Is Sentenced to 4 More Years President Obama announced his nomination of "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed. Bernanke is game -- but is he the right choice? |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
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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. |
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March 2006
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Mortgage Bonds Offer Mixed Bag A cooling housing market, rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny have bond fund managers and fixed-income strategists keeping a watchful eye on the direction of the $5.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
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Is Lehman Brothers Next To Go? After Bear Stearns' collapse, Lehman's future could be on the chopping block. |
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March 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
What's Next? Dow 5,000? It might not be far off. But as the markets keep falling, the selling is getting more and more rational. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
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Big Bets Gone Bad The destruction caused by the rise and fall of the housing bubble is amazing. No one has been immune, and the declines are staggering. |
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. |
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September 10, 2009
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The Market Meltdown: A Year Later Are we better off today? |
