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The Motley Fool June 2, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bailouts on Hold Part of the Public-Private Investor Partnership -- one of several government-backed bailouts designed to right the banking industry -- could be on hold just weeks after it was announced.  |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Theo Francis |
Creating a Bank to Take on Toxic Assets Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proposes, a "bad bank" to buy up some of the toxic securities weighing down financial institutions. Here's one way the approach could be structured.  |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2009 Theo Francis |
Banks: Good News--and Bad Assets Despite a comeback on Wall Street, the heaps of toxic debt aren't going anywhere. Be warned: Banking losses will be playing out for years  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Mike Pienciak |
Treasury Plan Sounds Cute, but Will It Work? Don't rush to buy bank stocks on the hope that the Treasury's latest plan to remove toxic assets from bank balance sheets, the Public Private Investment Program, or PPIP, will succeed.  |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Should Your Bank Deposits Be at Risk? Is the FDIC's guarantee of bank deposits a benefit to the system?  |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Buying Treasuries Direct You can buy bonds commission-free from the federal government.  |
U.S. Banker March 2009 Rosta & Fest |
Pulling a Plan from Under the TARP While the unraveling of the financial sector demanded quick government response, they may have thrown things at the wall without thinking the measures through.  |
U.S. Banker December 2009 Ronald S. Borod |
Will Third Time Be a Charm for Toxic-Asset Solution? A small team of structured-finance professionals and distressed-debt specialists has devised a different approach to the toxic-asset problem -- Distressed Asset Restructuring Trust, or DART -- that avoids problems associated with TARP and PPIP.  |
U.S. Banker January 2009 Joseph Rosta |
TARP Tax Exemption Faces Congressional Assault Efforts to hold together the U.S. financial sector have been accompanied by Treasury regulatory notices designed to ease the implementation of these measures, such as Treasury Notice 2008-83, which gives a tax break to banks who acquire weaker institutions with built-in losses on their books.  |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How to Make Money Like a Bailed-Out Bank Big institutions are the main winners, but you can still participate. Savvy investors are discovering ways to reap their own profits from the government's policies, even in areas that few investors truly understand.  |
CFO February 1, 2011 Vincent Ryan |
Help for Small Business? Will community bankers tap a $30 billion fund intended to get capital flowing to small businesses?  |
Entrepreneur October 2003 Dian Vujovich |
No Guts, Some Glory Thinking short term and safety first? Here's a fund that's got both.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Are Taxpayers Subsidizing the Sale of IndyMac? The FDIC, which took over the thrift's operations last July, has reached an agreement to sell IndyMac to a group of investment firms. Is this a sign that banks, bank loans, and mortgage-related securities have finally become attractive?  |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Warren Buffett's Bid to Save the Economy -- and How It Failed In late 2008, Warren Buffett drafted a plan to save the financial system. He sent the proposal to the U.S. Treasury. Within months, the Treasury implemented the plan almost exactly as Buffett proposed. It's failed miserably since then.  |
U.S. Banker December 2008 |
Hank's Group Think The Troubled Asset Relief Program was supposed to purchase toxic securities from banks to stabilize their finances. But in short order, given the difficulty valuing those assets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and company switched gears and chose to take equity stakes in big banks.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Christopher Barker |
$10.2 Trillion? A Mere Drop in the Bucket The tally zooms out to include monies under serious consideration for future outlays.  |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Robert Schmidt |
Brush Up Your Beltway-Speak Acronyms are everywhere in Washington. Here's a cheat-sheet to help decipher them.  |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 |
On the Dole Bank of America, which agreed to buy Merrill Lynch in September, has been a prime beneficiary of the bailout.  |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Keehner & Mattingly |
Taxpayers May Get a Piece of the FDIC Action If bad loans rebound, Sheila Bair's FDIC gets a portion of the profits  |
BusinessWeek September 30, 2009 Theo Francis |
The FDIC's Gift to Banks The FDIC's plan to raise roughly $45 billion to help dodge a cash crunch also offers a way for financial firms to boost capital and profits.  |
HBS Working Knowledge April 23, 2008 Dwight Crane |
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations U.S. Treasury recommendations for strengthening the regulation of the financial system are a good start but fall short, says Harvard Business School professor emeritus Dwight B. Crane.  |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Bert Ely |
The Outlook for the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund An outline of what bank directors need to know about the FDIC insurance fund reform.  |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Morgan Housel |
How Not to Solve a Banking Crisis The FDIC's latest proposal just kicks the pain down the road.  |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Christopher Barker |
$3.9 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total outlays puts the unfathomable scale of the crisis in context.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Millligan |
Is the Community Bank Business Model Broken? The concept of community banking is still viable, but the model that many small institutions employ has to change.  |
HBS Working Knowledge December 21, 2009 Roger Thompson |
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government's Role as Fixer In his new book, Too Big to Save, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system.  |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Christopher Barker |
$8.6 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total potential outlays puts the scale of the crisis in context.  |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Will Money Funds Finally "Break the Buck"? Even some of the safest places for your savings, money funds, are apparently at risk these days, as some money funds had invested in securities including subprime mortgages.  |
BusinessWeek February 12, 2009 |
Geithner's Bank Rescue The Treasury's latest proposal involves vast sums but fuzzy details.  |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Treasury ETFs Offer Measure of Safety, but Still Carry Risks There is one place you can put your money that is almost certain to pay you back: U.S. Treasury debt.  |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
More Shameful Behavior by Bank of America And another potential negative earnings surprise.  |
Bank Systems & Technology October 12, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Eric Kamback to Head Treasury Services at The Bank of New York Mellon Eric Kamback has been named CEO of The Bank of New York Mellon's treasury services group.  |
FDIC FYI March 25, 2004 |
The Evolving Role of Commercial Banks in U.S. Credit Markets A careful analysis of U.S. financial sector data shows that banks' share of the financial services market has not shrunk to the extent that is commonly asserted. Moreover, banks have assumed leading roles in providing some of the newer types of financial services products, such as credit card securitizations and mortgage banking services.  |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Pros and Cons of the New Bank Plan After a long wait, the details of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's new plan to rid banks of toxic assets actually aren't half bad. Read on for the details.  |
U.S. Banker February 2009 Anthony Malakian |
Community Banks Paying for Bigger Brothers' Sins Community bankers have many reasons to be pessimistic about 2009, including the added pressure of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation raising the risk-based assessment rates in order to restore the Deposit Insurance Fund.  |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Henry et al. |
Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks These investors must deal with unusual terms and funny-looking financial statements, but the rewards can be well worth it.  |
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2010 Penny Crosman |
Treasury to Sell Citi Stake Government could potentially earn $7 billion on its crisis-driven investment in the bank.  |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2009 Morgan Housel |
More Proof Banks Will Exploit This Bailout This takes abusing the system to a whole new level.  |
Bank Systems & Technology March 24, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Geithner Says 'World is Watching' as U.S. Crafts Economic Recovery Plans Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says reestablishing the right balance between stability and efficiency in the economic system is the government's obligation.  |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 |
The Federal Dilemma Here's why it will be difficult for the Obama Administration to get banks to boost lending  |
Wall Street & Technology January 20, 2008 Cory Levine |
Fixed-Income Products Fail to Go Fully Electronic New research reveals that not all types of fixed income securities are experiencing rapid electronification.  |
Bank Systems & Technology October 14, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
U.S. Govt. Unveils Bank Buy-in Plan Also, Treasury announced it will apply compensation restrictions to the most highly compensated executives down the corporate ladder.  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Jordan DiPietro |
Is Your Cash Really Safe? Don't take your eye off your money market mutual fund. Read on to see why.  |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector.  |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2009 Der Hovanesian & Palmeri |
Why Banks Still Won't Lend Despite more than $1 trillion in federal largesse, they still may not have the capital cushions to bear the risks of making fresh loans.  |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 Palmeri & Francis |
How Real Is the Rally in Real Estate Bonds? Companies are jumping back into mortgage securities, but they may regret their moves.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
More Banking Panics Are on the Way Short-term lending agreements between banks prime the system for bank runs.  |
HBS Working Knowledge February 11, 2015 Carmen Nobel |
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans A new study by Boris Vallee and Christophe Perignon offers evidence that local politicians in France (and probably elsewhere) used high-risk loans for political gain.  |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money.  |