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The Motley Fool January 2, 2009 Morgan Housel	Sizing Up Banking's New Giants Didn't we learn our lesson about letting banks become "too big to fail"? What's left of the banking industry after recent consolidations is becoming bigger and potentially more complex once again.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Dodges a Bullet ... for Now The banking giant turns avoids disaster, for now, but alas, more tests are on the way.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	Invest in the Bailout! Nasdaq OMX Group has created an index that tracks every U.S.-listed institution that has received more than $1 billion in bailout funds, called the Government Relief Index.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Morgan Housel	Pros and Cons of the New Bank Plan After a long wait, the details of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's new plan to rid banks of toxic assets actually aren't half bad. Read on for the details.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Morgan Housel	Worst Stock for 2009: Citigroup Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why Citigroup may not even be a stock next year.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bailouts Gone Astray Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has extended the $700 billion bank bailout known as TARP for another ten months because, "the recovery of our financial system remains incomplete."
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 November 26, 2008 Morgan Housel	Don't Even Think About Buying Bank Stocks The obvious risk that still lies in these common bank stocks is just ridiculous. Take a look at: Citigroup... Bank of America... JPMorgan...Wells Fargo... Goldman Sachs... Morgan Stanley...
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Banks to Geithner: It's Payback Time Major banks are lining up to pay back TARP borrowings and keep the government from further mucking up their business.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Is Wells Fargo $50 Billion Short? Wells Fargo will require an extra $50 billion in common equity if it is to repay its TARP investment and achieve a reasonable capital cushion.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Morgan Housel	The Little Bailout That Couldn't Six months later, PPIP is still a pipsqueak.
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The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	Market Panic Is Back But you don't have to.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Banker Pay Is a Huge Canard Banker pay has been a big focus lately, but it probably shouldn't be.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Hurry Up and Nationalize the Banks Now that last fall's all-out panic has subsided, we need a long-term solution to getting our largest banks back on track.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger	What's the Best Approach to Solve This Banking Crisis? A conversation with Bert Ely, expert on monetary policy and the regulation of banking and financial services, on his insight into the latest developments in the financial system.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2009 Morgan Housel	Finding Fairness for Banks Our view of the banking industry might soon change for the better.
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The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Has a Run on Goldman and Morgan Begun? NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini may have been right. We could very well be witnessing the death throes of the modern U.S. investment bank.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2009 Morgan Housel	More Proof Banks Will Exploit This Bailout This takes abusing the system to a whole new level.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Morgan Housel	What's Clearly Wrong With the Bank Tax If the bank tax were presented as a way to compensate taxpayers for programs like TLGP, we'd have no problem. Instead, it's been presented as a way to recoup money that, to be fair, has already been recouped. That makes the whole thing look groundless and vengeful.
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U.S. Banker December 2008 Michael Sisk	First Niagara Articulates Its TARP Tactics With $9 billion in assets and 114 branches in the Buffalo, NY area, First Niagara Bank falls into that grey area between community bank and super-regional, exactly the size some say will be squeezed by the financial crisis and the government's intervention through the Trouble Asset Relief Program.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier	GAO to Paulson: Get Your TARP in Order The Government Accountability Office chides the Treasury Department for failing to address a number of key issues with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 Morgan Housel	It Ain't Easy Being a Strong Bank Isn't it absurd that Citigroup and Bank of America are taking massive write-ups on the blowout of their credit spreads -- a sign that investors were betting on the possibility of default.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	Is It Time to Buy Banks? The banks will survive. They must. But -- and this is why temptation hasn't turned to action -- survival doesn't necessarily mean that shareholders will benefit.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Bad Bank? Big Question Marks! The least offensive solution to a rotten problem?
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Wall Street's $70 Billion Facade In the wake of Lehman Brothers' failure this weekend, 10 major banks, including the remaining investment banks, are creating a $70 billion fund that any one of the participants can borrow from in a crunch.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and Banking Stress Tests Will government stress tests truly provide a good picture of banks' health?
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 Morgan Housel	Citigroup's Wishful Thinking Paying back the TARP might be harder for some banks than you think.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Russ Krull	The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments.
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The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Morgan Housel	Pardon Me, George Soros Clearing up misconceptions about TARP.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Wells Fargo Goes Off the Cliff Once Bank of America and Citigroup announced that they were repaying the government's TARP investments, it was only matter of time before Wells Fargo did the same.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Alex Dumortier	No Bank Is "Too Big to Fail!" Protecting banks from failure is an idea whose time maybe has gone.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Hunkers Down JPMorgan's cut is more practical than desperate, an attempt to position the company to repay TARP as soon as is prudent, and still maintain a strong capital position.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Banks to Feds: Please Don't Make Us Do Our Jobs! Banks aren't lending as much as the government thinks they should. Is it the government's fault?
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