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The Motley Fool
November 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
RIP, Ambac A long time coming, Ambac finally bites the dust.   |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Ambac Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Ambac Financial were up more than 10% in intraday trading as investors digested the plan of rehabilitation from the Wisconsin insurance commissioner. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2010
Brian D. Pacampara |
Ambac Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement? |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ambac Financial Will Burn Your Portfolio Ambac's days of lucrative profits could be a thing of the past, and that's the best-case scenario. Even under that rosy outcome, there's still little reason to hold Ambac. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Buffett Offers Bond Insurers a Hand ... Maybe Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announces that it will offer the three largest bond insurers, Ambac, MBIA, and FGIC, the opportunity to essentially turn over the tax-free municipal portion of their bond insurance portfolio to Berkshire. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Ambac Obliterated: Is This the End? Reacting to sour news, shares of Ambac plummet to their lowest levels ever since the company went public in 1991. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2010
Morgan Housel |
What This Genius Can Teach You About Investing Start investing when the market expects nothing, and valuations are low, and you'll be just fine. That's what Stephen Hawking can teach investors. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Farewell to Ambac Financial The long fall of Ambac Financial seems to finally be coming to an end. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Is This the Last Straw for Ambac? Bond insurers may be running out of options. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Place Your Bets on Ambac Financial! Is Ambac getting ready to waive the white flag? |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Richard & Preston |
Wilbur Ross: Alone in Muni Bonds Wilbur Ross has something many business owners might envy: a monopoly in muni bond insurance. The question is, how much money can he make in a shrinking business? |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild Ride In the past three days, bond-insurance giants have been on a seesaw that has spun the heads of even the most iron-stomached investors. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Bonding With Buffett Warren Buffett plans to start a bonding agency for local and state governments. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bond Insurers Smile, for Now It hasn't been a great year for the bond-insurance business so far. Even with Tuesday's massive gains, both Ambac Financial and MBIA remain down 70% and 33% for 2008, respectively. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Technically, Ambac Financial Is a Buy Assuming you pay attention to lines on a graph. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
This Could Be the End of Bond Insurance Just when it started to look a little better, bond insurers face a fatal blow. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Rich Smith |
Buffett Predicts the Next Crisis It's coming soon to a town near you. Investors think munis are going down. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Popped Again: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial shares are up 10% today, continuing a rally we saw yesterday. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Financial Stocks on the Move There's been no shortage of carnage in the financial industry. Here are some of this week's worst-performing financial stocks and a few tidbits about what's pushing them around. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial shares fell 13% in trading Monday, as uncertainty about the mortgage insurer's future creeps back into the market. |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Marla Brill |
Managing The Municipal Malaise With bond insurer ratings on the brink and hedge funds fresh off a selling spree, the normally staid municipal bond market has taken on a more volatile profile over the last few months. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2008
Morgan Housel |
MBIA's Foggy Future MBIA, one of the world's largest bond-insurance companies, announces a fourth-quarter loss, but despite a murky outlook, management stays confident. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Air Comes out of Financial Stocks Geez ... it was about time. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
Mortgaging the Future The impact of the subprime on the insurance industry could be huge. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Ambac Financial Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Ambac Financial Group shares popped 16% in intraday trading today as the market speculates that mortgage insurers will be able to "put-back" private mortgage insurance on big banks. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bad Buyback, Bad! Today companies often choose to reward shareholders with a simple and popular method investors love: share buybacks. When is it good? When is it bad? |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2006
Michael Leibert |
Ambac: Basis Points for Sale Tight credit spreads and increasing competition cloud the outlook for this provider of financial guarantees. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
5 More Stocks on Wall Street's Dollar Menu Four quarters for a public company? I have five stocks that mean it. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2008
Morgan Housel |
The Freddie-Fannie Saga Continues The good news is that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still alive and kicking. The bad news, and there's quite a bit of it, is that their story is far from over. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
This Week's Biggest Movers This weekly column looks at the reason behind the largest stock-price movers of the week. Take a look at: Freddie Mac... Fannie Mae... MBIA... Ambac... Talbots... |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Why Financial Stocks Can't Find a Bottom Deplorable balance sheets aren't the only problem. Other big factors hurting financial stocks is that there's a massive slug of both risk and uncertainty. |
