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The Motley Fool January 2, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Sizing Up Banking's New Giants Didn't we learn our lesson about letting banks become "too big to fail"? What's left of the banking industry after recent consolidations is becoming bigger and potentially more complex once again.  |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu |
WaMu Gets Failed Out Another one's gone. Another one gets bigger.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Duprey |
Obama's Glass Ceiling Resurrecting the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act won't solve anything.  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Sean Ryan |
The Wrong Way to End "Too Big to Fail" The case against Glass-Steagall 2.0. Enshrine in law that henceforth, shareholders and creditors are on their own. No more privatized gains and socialized losses.  |
The Motley Fool November 13, 2009 Moscovitz & Housel |
It's Time to End 'Too Big to Fail' We spent the latter half of 2008 feeling the wrath of "too big to fail." Today, banks are bigger than ever. We need to end that. Now.  |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
JPMorgan Chase Is Singing in the Rain For the fourth quarter, the company's bottom line was solidly in the black, to the tune of $3 billion.  |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
One Year Later: The Big Risk We're Still Facing This fundamental risk is larger than ever. Banks that are "too big to fail" benefit from an implicit taxpayer subsidy since their funding costs do not adequately reflect the risk of failure.  |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The Biggest Bank Deals That Never Happened You think you've seen too big to fail? You ain't seen nothing.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
What's Next for WaMu? There's no indication Washington Mutual is about to fail or file for bankruptcy anytime soon. What is clear is that turmoil in the markets puts every leveraged bank in the spotlight, and WaMu is now one of the top names attracting attention during these sea-changing events.  |
Bank Systems & Technology February 26, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan |
J.P. Morgan Chase to Cut 12,000 Jobs, as WaMu Merged J.P. Morgan Chase anticipates saving about $2 billion through its acquisition of WAMU last September. Most of the savings, to be realized this year relate to the job cuts.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess.  |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Morgan Housel |
They're All Too Big to Fail Plenty of Wall Street banks -- all of them "too big to fail" -- are still ticking time bombs when it comes to bloated derivative books.  |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Bailout Cost Plummets: Good News? It seems the bailouts taxpayers ponied up to save the financial system are going to cost a lot less than we thought.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
These Banks Are Scarier Than Halloween Little, if anything, has changed in banking, and that's a good reason to be scared.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Big Irony From a Big Bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon not only avoided the bulk of the financial disaster, but also spent years fortifying JPMorgan's balance sheet in case the Big One hit. But now, he makes one big hypocritical statement.  |
U.S. Banker December 2008 Michael Sisk |
Will Retail Deposits Be Uncapped? The law capping national retail deposits at 10 percent is likely to be overturned this year, allowing the nation's big banks to grow even bigger through M&A.  |
U.S. Banker November 2008 Michael Sisk |
Too Big to Fail? Institutions can be too big to fail. Not only that, the failure of even small institutions can have unforeseen and damaging ripple effects in markets.  |
The Motley Fool April 16, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Solid News From JPMorgan Chase Another great quarter. So when will JPMorgan Chase follow through on its desire to repay the $25 billion of TARP capital?  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
More Proof That Wall Street Is Winning The financial reform bill that a congressional committee put the finishing touches on last week was proof enough that Wall Street, not Washington, has the upper hand in this postmeltdown world.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Financial Reform Is a Joke Congress has completely missed its opportunity to make the financial system safer.  |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2010 Brian Richards |
April 1 and the Absurdity of the Financial System Happy April Fool's Day!  |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 Morgan Housel |
What's Next? Dow 5,000? It might not be far off. But as the markets keep falling, the selling is getting more and more rational.  |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Holding Strong at Bank of America You can look -- the quarter really wasn't that bad. Honest.  |
U.S. Banker March 2010 |
Back Porch Select quotes from the world of financial services: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon... Citigroup's largest individual shareholder Prince Walid Bin Talal... CEO Mike Kelly of FBOP Corp... Ralph Nader... more...  |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2010 Chris Hill |
Maria Bartiromo on The Weekend That Changed Wall Street A Motley Fool Money interview with the host of CNBC's Closing Bell and author of The Weekend That Changed Wall Street: An Eyewitness Account.  |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2009 Morgan Housel |
What "Too Big to Fail" Means They screw up. We pay. We want a system where bank failures wreak havoc on stakeholders of just that bank, and nothing else.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Freddie and Fannie Free-Fall There may be no choice but to bail out the behemoth mortgage lenders.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Anatomy of a Terrible Bank A look at the failure that is Washington Mutual.  |
U.S. Banker October 2008 John Engen |
Got Deposits? The implications of the present shakeout won't be fully understood for years, but it seems clear that the competition for deposits will be more intense in the years ahead.  |
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 September 10, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu |
The Market Meltdown: A Year Later Are we better off today?  |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Long Live Too Big to Fail A panel of experts weighs in on big banks and the economic crisis.  |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Why Fannie and Freddie Were Doomed After a stunning week in which the government-sponsored enterprises saw nearly half their stock market value erased, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced three measures to reassure the market. But how did we get into this mess in the first place?  |
HBS Working Knowledge July 21, 2010 |
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation What do Harvard Business School faculty experts who conduct research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences?  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 |
The 10 Biggest Stories of 2008 What Bear Stearns' fallout means for investors... The people responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... Why you should care that Lehman went bust... Black Sunday on Wall Street... AIG's failure is so much bigger than Enron's... etc.  |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2008 Morgan Housel |
JPMorgan: The Last Great Megabank As the industry crumbles, JPMorgan powers ahead.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Better Buy: Bank of America or Citigroup? Want to profit from the most beaten-down big banks? Here's my pick of the two.  |
U.S. Banker December 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Fall Mergers Have Yet To Yield Big Campaigns Since September three mammoth institutions, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual and Wachovia, were purchased by Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, respectively; it will be up to the banks' marketing teams to make sense of these developments for consumers.  |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest?  |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Thanks for Making Things Worse, Congress! Legislators continue to set the bar lower for financial reform.  |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Treasury on Regulatory Failure and "Too Big to Fail" The Treasury Department answers questions on the new regulations and big banking. Part two of a three-part interview.  |
Bank Systems & Technology March 20, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Proposed New Financial Authority Would Oversee Troubled Holding Companies The President's plan for a new financial agency would give that body authority to temporarily take over floundering bank holding companies in a manner similar to the FDIC's procedures for commercial banks.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Tom Taulli |
JPMorgan Chase: Discounted at Retail JPMorgan had a strong quarter, but it was diluted by weakness in its retail business. Despite JPMorgan's diversified model, there is certainly risk for investors.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Holding the Bag on Financials It's too early to tell just how big the taxpayer bill for the various bailouts, bank failures, and bankruptcies might be. But one thing is for sure: Mutual fund shareholders have already taken a big hit.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
The Coming Financial Meltdown With 43 Congressional members hammering out a final version of the financial-reform bill, one of the biggest contentions remains what to do about the mind-boggling, vast, and opaque derivatives market owned by the nation's too-big-to-fail megabanks.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Will This Fix Our Financial System? Will yesterday's proposed overhauls -- touted by some as a return to the Glass-Steagall days -- sufficiently stomp on sin and folly?  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2009 Morgan Housel |
The Long, Slow, Death of Citigroup What the latest attempt to save the beleaguered bank means for the company, the market, and you.  |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bad News for Big Banks How the new FDIC rules will impact megabanks.  |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Morgan Housel |
JPMorgan and WaMu: Was It a Good Deal? A look at one of the largest banking deals of all time, one year later.  |