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Registered Rep.
September 27, 2007
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Merrill Earnings Forecast Dismal, Congress Investigating Rating Agencies With many peers already having taken it on the chin, analysts expect significant pain for Merrill too.   |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2011
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Revealed: 3 Emails That Explain the Crisis Released last week, a new 650-page Senate report on the financial crisis describes multiple aspects of a financial system run amok, including the way in which bankers muscled ratings agencies to turbo-charge their deal-making machine. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Why Merrill Got Burned So Badly Its leadership role in underwriting risky CDOs brought in millions in fees but put Merrill Lynch in the subprime bull's-eye. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Roger Lowenstein |
Wall Street: Not Guilty Why have no executives gone to jail for their roles in the financial crisis? Perhaps because risk-taking and stupidity aren't criminal. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2007
Sham Gad |
The 1987 Crash -- a Dress Rehearsal? If mortgages continue to deteriorate at such an accelerating pace, the result could make the October 19, 1987 Black Monday Crash seem like a dress rehearsal. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers CEO Pay Score Card: Merrill Lynch, Stanley O'Neal - $32 million... Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson - $29.8 million... etc. |
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. |
U.S. Banker
September 2008
John Engen |
Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here? |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Subprime Truths and Consequences The continuing credit crunch spotlights the perils of leverage. How should your financial advisory clients respond? |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The End of Idiot Borrowing The Senate voted 63-36 to outlaw "liar loans," or mortgages made to borrowers who invent their income. |
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. |
Reason
January 2009
Michael Flynn |
Anatomy of a Breakdown Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown -- and will almost certainly extend it. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Housing Collapse Squishes Bear The risky mortgages that drove the housing mania were also prime ways for Wall Street to cash in on the greedy and naive. And now that the air is escaping and credit is being crunched, we're seeing the results. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
Ian McGugan |
Book Review: All the Devils Are Here The meltdown's secret? Smart people do dumb things. Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera attempt to create a financial whodunit and take the latest stab at apportioning responsibility. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006 |
Merrill Eyeing Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal says the firm could purchase a consumer bank as part of a strategy to make his firm's retail brokerage operation more attractive to small business clients. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Refinancing Catch-22 Mortgage refinancing is available ... for those who need it least. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
Predictions From the Man Who Called the Housing Meltdown Yale professor Robert Shiller shares his views on the future of the housing market. |
Financial Advisor
January 2008
Gail Liberman |
A New Focus On Reverse Mortgages Many of the 78 million baby boomers are marching toward retirement with inadequate savings. Some see reverse mortgages as the one thing that might bail them out. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 29, 2008
Martha Lagace |
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay O. Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. |
Registered Rep.
August 9, 2012
Mark Miller |
Reverse Mortgage Madness Two recent studies illustrate the pressure that the housing meltdown is putting on older homeowners - and the risks associated with draining home equity. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 23, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
Fannie, Freddie Troubles May Have Been Avoided If Technology Was Used Properly As observers watch cash-strapped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being propped up by the government, many wonder how technology failed to save the agencies and the lenders supplying mortgages to them from being left holding the bag on so many bad loans. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2011
Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Paulson's Plan to Punish the Public Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to protect homebuyers from their mistakes -- extending loan teaser rates for a few years -- will punish us all. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Anthony Malakian |
Reverse Mortgages Move Into the Mainstream Whether as a last resort to keep one's house or to finance a Mediterranean trip reverse mortgages are increasingly enticing seniors in want of additional income. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Tougher Credit Days Ahead The subprime-lending crisis may affect us non-subprime folks, too. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Is the Housing ATM Reopening? Many seniors will be glad to hear what a number of lending institutions are saying about reverse mortgages. They are getting less expensive. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Seth Becker |
What Can We Do? The financial crisis shows that we must manage our own affairs -- responsibly and with restraint -- or someone will do it for us. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2008
Saibal Saha |
"Sell" Is a 4-Letter Word Wall Street analysts hate to put down stocks, but praising everything doesn't help either. Merrill Lynch is taking steps to change the system. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Rating Agencies Begin to Come Clean If any group deserves the most blame for shady practices that gave credence to subprime debt, it might be the rating agencies. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Lehman Brothers and the Age of Stupidity Next Tuesday, Sept. 15, marks one year since Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. One year later, we ask: What's changed? |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Williamson & Moscovitz |
Timothy Geithner on Jobs, Debt, Taxes, Bailouts, and More! (Extended Edition) The Treasury Secretary shares his thoughts. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Shift to Reverse As the population ages, financial planning is moving from the age of accumulation into the dawn of distribution. |
Reason
January 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Is Deregulation to Blame? The new Washington consensus says "yes." The facts on the ground say something different. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
David Henry |
How The Bad News Could Get Worse If delinquencies lead to downgrades of mortgage-backed securities, ripples could become waves. |
Registered Rep.
April 18, 2012
Kevin McKinley |
The New Reverse Mortgage Magic There is a lesser-known use of this financial tool: letting qualifying buyers purchase a home with a decent down payment, but no mortgage to pay off, and with no in-depth consideration of their income, assets, or credit situation. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Gail Liberman |
Hope For Retirees? Reverse mortgages are still being criticized for their complexity and high fees, but demand is rising and some advisors see advantages. |
Registered Rep.
June 21, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Eyeing Overseas Wealthy, Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch, on the prowl for strategic acquisitions, may look overseas for its next purchase in an effort to bolster its wealth-management business. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
You Really Need to Do This Again Mortgage rates are down again. Time to refi? |
Registered Rep.
March 12, 2004
John Churchill |
Merrill Rewards CEO for Record Profits According to the company's 2004 proxy statement, O'Neal's massive compensation is due to the company's superior performance in 2003. Merrill tallied $4 billion in profits and improved revenue during tough market conditions. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Goldman Is Unstoppable Yet another great quarter for Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's golden child. |
CFO
June 1, 2010
Randy Myers |
Ratings Disaster Congress takes another stab at reforming the credit-rating agencies, whose AAA seal of approval helped fuel the subprime crisis. But will any change truly make a difference? |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Which Bank Will the SEC Hit Next? As the agency continues to examine comparable transactions to the ABACUS 2007-AC1 CDO at the heart of its complaint against Goldman, banks are no doubt legitimately concerned whether they could be next in the SEC's crosshairs. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note. |
