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The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Mark-to-Market Accounting: What You Should Know How does it work, and why is Congress pushing to suspend it?  |
BusinessWeek July 22, 2010 Bradley Keoun |
Bank Profits Are Worse Than They Look Two accounting adjustments made the bottom line bigger at the nation's six largest banks.  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
The Award for Worst Bank Stock Goes to ... There has been much debate about whether we are through the worst of the credit crunch. In that spirit, let's choose the worst banking stock to own. Picking just one was no easy task.  |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
MBIA Disappoints; Stock Rises Investors speculate that the worst could be over for this bond insurer.  |
BusinessWeek September 16, 2010 Bradley Keoun |
Wall Street Trading Is Still a Black Box Firms, including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley, lump trading results together, potentially masking risk  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Bank Losses: Are We Just Getting Started? Bank losses have spooked the market. They could yet quadruple.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Morgan Stanley Wishes It Weren't Like Goldman U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether Morgan misled investors in mortgage derivatives; similar to the charges against Goldman Sachs.  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
When to Buy Bank Stocks Who knows if these bank stocks have hit bottom?  |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Is UBS Calling the End of Universal Banks? UBS is reversing its "one bank" strategy by giving increased autonomy to its three businesses: Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Asset Management.  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Government's "Bad Bank" Plan Will Fail The problem isn't the bad assets.  |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Smashing Numbers for Goldman Sachs Amid difficult market conditions and every reasonable expectation that the firm would hit some bumps, Goldman Sachs has an incredible quarter, reporting earnings per share 41% above the consensus estimates of Wall Street analysts.  |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Will Leitch |
So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country.  |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Goldstein & Henry |
On the Subprime Endangered List Which CEO will be catching subprime heat next now that Citigroup's Chuck Prince is out? Bear Stearns' Jimmy Cayne may be vulnerable.  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Bill Mann |
How Not to Solve the Credit Crisis One idea that some are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt is for it to suspend mark-to-market accounting. This is not just a bad idea; it is a bad idea that sets a bad precedent.  |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Credit Suisse Drops a Bomb The details are confusing as the company unexpectedly announces huge writedowns just a week after reporting fourth-quarter earnings.  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies.  |
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.  |
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Yalman Onaran |
An International Spat Over Bank Bookkeeping A dispute between the U.S. and international accounting standards boards is holding up a global agreement.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Caplinger & Barker |
Who's More to Blame: Derivatives or the Glass-Steagall Repeal? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Which is bad, and which is worse? And which of these two things is more to blame for the crisis?  |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Citigroup: The Master of Low Expectations Everything except an asteroid hitting Earth appears to be baked into the stock price this quarter.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
At AIG, History Hideously Repeats AIG, the world's largest insurer, posts its second straight record quarterly loss, caused by a massive writedown of derivatives exposed to bad mortgage investments.  |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
Wachovia and National City Disappoint Both banks reported fourth-quarter results that were not just down versus last year, they were downright ugly.  |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Banks: The Problem That Won't Go Die Quietly Massive loan losses still remain on bank balance sheets.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
Goldman Sinks a Birdie Goldman's second quarter may not have been stellar, but considering the environment, it definitely deserves a golf clap.  |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Goldman's Double Take Goldman Sachs, one of the largest issuers of mortgage-backed securities over the past two and a half years, made huge amounts of money betting against what were in essence the same products it had been peddling to clients.  |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Classy Goldman Shows How It's Done Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's largest investment bank, is the shining light in an ugly industry.  |
CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn |
Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Why the FASB Change Hurts Investors The Financial Accounting Standards Board changes allow companies to use significant judgment in estimating asset values ... the kind of judgment those companies lacked in acquiring those same assets. Why should we trust them now?  |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 David Henry |
Are Banks Playing It Too Safe? Critics say capital cushions at firms like Goldman are a drag on profits, and healthy banks need more leverage.  |
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Christopher Barker |
When Will the Bleeding Stop? As Goldman Sachs' projected losses illustrate, the credit crisis tally is still growing.  |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Is China Dumping or Accumulating U.S. Treasuries? Beyond the headline numbers.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Will This Thursday Change Banks' Fortunes? The death of "mark to market" could be a boon for the financial markets.  |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This New Product Could Save Wall Street Financial institutions move to securitize life insurance. In this case, what's good for securities underwriters may be bad for life insurance companies.  |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Morgan Stanley Still Shining The brokerage house is riding high, with no signs of a slowdown. In less than two years, John Mack has turned Morgan from a chronic underperformer to the toast of Wall Street.  |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 John Churchill |
Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Ilan Moscovitz |
2 Banking Trends to Watch Today A recap of today's biggest moves.  |
CFO April 1, 2009 Leibs & Leone |
The Blame Game Goes into Overtime The debate over the fairness and value of fair-value accounting intensified last month as lawmakers took accounting rule-setters to task for the role that fair value has allegedly played in the current economic crisis.  |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Beating Isn't Good Enough for Banking Giants You can expect the earnings and stock prices of investment banks and their universal banking cousins to be increasingly volatile over the next several quarters. Earnings visibility is still poor, risks remain.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 David Henry |
Goldman Profits from the Downturn For Goldman Sachs, a slow recovery and dysfunctional bank bailout programs mean bigger profits.  |
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Kopecki & Moore |
Banks Face a Decade of Slow Revenue Growth New rules and a weak economy are affecting Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and others.  |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Worst to First at Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack has quickly put Morgan Stanley back on the pedestal of highly respected Wall Street firms. How long it stays there is anyone's guess, but now may not be the time for investors to bet against it.  |
The Motley Fool May 2, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Citigroup's Solution: Dilution A new stock offering raises another $4.5 billion -- at current shareholders' expense.  |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Understanding Goldman Sachs Trading, with a sprinkle of banking on the side, is what Goldman Sachs does.  |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
When Will the Credit Crisis End? Ask the experts how much further we have to go.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Goldman's Superhuman! Goldman Sachs' windfall from betting against the mortgage market amounts to roughly $4 billion for the 2007 fiscal year.  |
The Motley Fool May 15, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Presto, Change-o, Where'd the Credit Crisis Go? As the credit market surrounding residential real estate paddles through chaos, MBIA has been saddled with huge mark-to-market losses. But management tries to tell a different story in their quarterly report.  |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Mac Greer |
Banks 1, Regulators 0 Income Investor advisor James Early looks at reform from banks' point of view.  |