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The Motley Fool March 17, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu |
"The Big Short" The Blind Side author Michael Lewis comes to our offices to talk about his new book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, on the financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Michael Lewis on Fixing Wall Street The establishment-challenging author of "The Blind Side" and "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" is receiving some angry messages on his Bloomberg terminal. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2008 Mac Greer |
Michael Lewis on the Hedge Fund Manager Who Saw It Coming The author of Liar's Poker discusses hedge fund manager Steve Eisman, and predicts what Wall Street will look like in five years. |
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 David Henry |
A Chain Reaction in Shaky Debt? As exotic CDOs topple, the impact could ripple through debt markets and wallop more funds and banks. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Goldman Sachs: Don't Blame Us When it comes to its role in the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs has a message for the world: Not guilty. Not one bit. |
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 February 26, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier A look at the week's activity in the bond market, and much more. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip... |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Mac Greer |
Michael Lewis on the Financial Panic The author of Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity talks about who started the mess we're in -- and how to solve it. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Goldstein et al. |
Mutually Assured Mayhem Wall Street is on edge, scrambling to buck up Bear Stearns and avert a domino-effect debacle. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein |
The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise. |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
Lessons From the Financial Crisis Michael Lewis won acclaim for his bestselling Wall Street expose, Liar's Poker, in which he described the Wall Street excesses he witnessed as a bond salesman for Salomon Brothers. He speaks briefly now on his current opinion of the markets. |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note The subprime fiasco may turn out to be a small footnote in which asset-rich hedge funds, in their quest for outsized returns, allowed lower- and middle-income folks with poor credit to spend a few years in houses that were beyond their means. Or, is it the beginning of the Big One? |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip: Homebuilder bonds recently overtook papermaker securities to win the dubiously coveted title of "riskiest junk bond issuers"... |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Here's How Messed Up Our Financial System Is Is it time to heed Munger's advice and totally ban credit default swaps? |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 John Reeves |
Michael Lewis on Wall Street, Europe, and the Next Big Crisis Michael Lewis visits and shares his views on the most important financial issues of the day. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein |
Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors. |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip: If you want to take a bite out of the Big Apple, the city's recent bond offerings may be worth a munch or two... |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip: Agency mortgage bonds suffered their worst month in June in nearly four years... etc. |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
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 July 2, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. A look at the week's activity in the bond market, and much more. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip: If you want to know how to check on the pulse of the subprime mortgage market... |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Morgan Housel |
The Benefits of Short-Selling Are Way Overrated Save the praise. Short-sellers rarely uncover much. |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Alan Lavine |
Outlook 2009 Mutual fund managers are guardedly optimistic on equities, but find bonds even more appealing. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
When Safe Investments Aren't Particularly risk-averse investors have always assumed they had one safe haven: bonds. But those who consider bonds completely safe for their money can be unpleasantly surprised. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Risky Business of Mortgage-Backed Bonds Mortgage-backed securities can be attractive, but be aware of their risks. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Eric Rasmussen |
After the Storm The fixed-income market's fortunes this year have played out against the drama of the subprime mortgage meltdown, when investment banks and investors realized that a lot of bad debt was sloshing through the market. |
Financial Advisor May 2009 Gregory Bresiger |
Learning Nothing, Forgetting Nothing A new book, Panic, edited by Michael Lewis, suggests that long-standing wisdom about the markets might be all wet after the deluge. |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Mara Der Hovanesian et al. |
Making Sense Of The Mortgage Mess The economy should be able to withstand the downdraft in the mortgage market. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2010 Alyce Lomax |
Wall Street's Insane Poker Game Continues Its perpetual loop of asinine behavior needs to stop. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 |
Prelude to a Panic September 2008 will live in infamy as the month when the U.S. financial system ground to a halt. But for Goldman Sachs and other institutions, the real panic took place throughout 2007. Here is what happened behind the scenes at Goldman. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 12, 2007 Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure A look at what went wrong in the subprime industry and why. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
Subprime As the implosion of subprime mortgages and junk bonds causes uncertainty throughout the markets, advisors and broker/dealer executives may want to think about what's in their clients' portfolios. |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Michael Mandel |
This Is A Correction, Not A Meltdown Unless the damage spreads, let's not overreact to subprime's travails. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Ken Lewis: A Fraudster, or Just Stupid? Or maybe a stupid fraudster? |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
Coming Home to Roost Lurking problems in CMOs, CDOs, and junk dominate this year's Morningstar Investment Conference. |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2007 Dees Stribling |
Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Mac Greer |
Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Need for Privacy The acclaimed author talks about the current state of the Street. |
Wall Street & Technology August 17, 2007 Greg MacSweeney |
Who Will Eventually Foot the Bill for Cleaning Up the CDO and Sub-Prime Mortgage Mess? Once the dust settles, investors should ultimately pay the price for taking risky bets on CDOs. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
A Tale of Two Borrowers Unfortunately, many homeowners never consider that they may not really be able to afford the home they own. As painful as it is to give up your home, it's not worth risking financial ruin to stay in a home you can't pay for. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2007 Emil Lee |
Cleaning Up in Subprime Loan World? This sector will turn volatile, so be careful when seeing if there's any value left. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Michael Goode |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 Anders Bylund |
These Fools Will Make You Rich Or at least they'll protect the wealth you have today if you listen to them. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Credit Is Tightening--And That's Fine Credit tightening is curbing some of the frenzy, and a severe financial crunch is unlikely. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Goldman's Gold Rush Continues Goldman Sachs came through with another great quarter and has once again set the bar high for the other brokerages. |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Are Far From Risk-Free Don't get seduced by bonds. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2009 Morgan Housel |
With Lewis Gone, Is Pandit Next? Citigroup's current CEO, Vikram Pandit, replaced Chuck Prince in 2007, so he can't be blamed for many of Citi's problems. But you can still argue that he should be replaced. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Going Global With Bonds International investing isn't just about stocks. With yields on Treasury bonds still hovering below 5%, the high yields offered by some foreign issuers can look extremely appealing. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2010 Mac Greer |
Fool Radio: Michael Lewis on "The Blind Side" The author discusses his book. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 David Henry |
This Investment Could Turn Ugly The Street wants to get small investors into exotic pools called CDOs. It's a risky game. |