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November 14, 2008
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I Think We Just Got Mugged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's recent comments about his shifting strategy for tackling the financial crisis have made many people wonder whether they're being robbed blind.   |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Citigroup: No Bonus? No Problem! The people at Citigroup aren't getting any bonuses. However, it looks like some of them are getting massive pay raises instead. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Institutionalized Speculation One year later, have we built speculation into our financial system? Our economy still needs to correct its bubbly excesses. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Just Give Them the Money, Already Congress is putting up a front over handing the carmakers a bailout. Just get it over with. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
CEO Pay and the Parasite Economy Uncle Sam bailed out a slew of financial firms under its Troubled Asset Relief Program a year ago -- but the CEOs of these corporate welfare cases haven't exactly suffered since then. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Bernanke's the Man (of the Year)? Would you name the Fed Chief 2009's Person of the Year? |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Other Great Depression We need to realize that our economy needs to correct from the artificiality of a massive bubble, that government intervention is unsustainable and maybe even harmful, and that what we need most of all is to get our entrepreneurial spirit back. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Maybe We Should Have Let the Banks Fail The bailout may have kept the financial system afloat, but are we setting ourselves up for more pain? |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
The Foolish Walk of Shame: Suckers Time to wake up! Mounting examples suggest that our supposed economic "recovery" is slow, if not nearly nonexistent. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Rich Duprey |
General Motors Playing Chicken General Motors has announced that it intends to draw down the remaining $3.5 billion on its revolving $4.5 billion credit line to boost its liquidity. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
An Ingenious Way to Pay Bankers Credit Suisse Group has found an ingenious way to solve the problem of high-paid employees with no accountability for company performance: pay yearly bonuses to top bankers not with cash, but with the same leveraged loans and commercial mortgage-backed debt that have crushed the financial system. |
Finance & Development
March 2010 |
Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Fool Blog: Uncle Sam, Please Let Something Fail! Someone, anyone, please acknowledge that we still operate under some semblance of capitalism -- let a company fail for a change. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Bailout: The Sucker Punch Regardless of outcome, we need to ask some serious questions. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
We Just Got Mugged Again. And Again. We're all getting mugged by the TARP program, again and again -- and it all gets a little scarier with every passing day. Get the ice packs ready for your aching head and your bleeding wallet -- and those of your descendants. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Who's Really Getting Bailed Out? Most coverage has failed to call out bondholders, one of the primary beneficiaries of the bailouts. Which companies does this affect, and how? |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Asinine Audacity at AIG Pity those poor execs, and the cruel salary cuts they must endure. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2008
Rich Duprey |
The Banks Beat You to It, Detroit Tough love from Uncle Sam may help automakers in the long run. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
3 Bubbles That Will Shape 2009 These three bubbles may underline the state of the economy next year. Read on to see what they are. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Socialism Will Save Capitalism It's important to break down the reasons for the current outbreaks of contagious rage over bonuses, corporate jets, and office upgrades. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Bubble Junkies Did we learn nothing from the past year's calamity? Asset bubbles of epic proportions triggered the economic crisis that still plagues us. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
A History of U.S. Government Bailouts Truth is, the U.S. has been giving bailouts for decades. While the 2008 bailouts were the largest, they were by no means the first time Uncle Sam has come to the rescue of failing businesses. Here's a brief history of intervention. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Bailout Cost Plummets: Good News? It seems the bailouts taxpayers ponied up to save the financial system are going to cost a lot less than we thought. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Robert Brokamp |
What Will College Really Cost? You've heard the scary statistics, but the final price tag may not be so bad. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Financial Meltdown: Day 2 Investors' worst fears came true, as insurance giant AIG had its debt downgraded, sending it frighteningly closer to the brink of bankruptcy. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Breaking Up With AIG One AIG executive's public resignation seems to ring a little hollow. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
AIG's Bailout -- Take Two AIG's original $85 billion rescue package has been scrapped as the giant insurer's condition continues to deteriorate. The new package is worth almost twice that amount. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
1 Year Later: Is AIG a Buy? The real opportunity behind AIG. (Hint: it's all about the business.) |
Registered Rep.
January 15, 2010
David A. Geracioti |
Obama's Bank Tax Is Onerous, but "Banks Are Creative" Is taxing banker's bonuses and increasing taxes for financial institutions really necessary? |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Whom to Blame for the National Debt It's all about the revenue. |
