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U.S. money market fund guarantee, R.I.P.
Submitted by ktexas  (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

Money market mutual fund accounts no longer have the backing of the U.S. Treasury. Uncle Sam is betting that fund investors won’t care -- or won’t notice. The Treasury is allowing its...

Article | Sep 20, 2009 | Views: 124 | Comments: 0 
Tags: money, cash, liquidity, money market funds, financial crisis, deposit insurance

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How to Prevent a Repeat of 2008
Submitted by ktexas  (www.kiplinger.com)

Without better regulation, we'll see a financial catastrophe far worse than the one that started a year ago with the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Article | Sep 16, 2009 | Views: 69 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, stock market, banks, recession, bailout, great depression, financial crisis, regulations

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Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

With a modicum of hindsight now available, do governments and central banks deserve credit for preventing catastrophe? The early verdict from most scholars, executives and government insiders is...

Article | Sep 15, 2009 | Views: 106 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, federal reserve, banks, recession, treasury, money market funds, great depression, financial crisis, fiscal policy, monetary policy

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Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger
Submitted by ktexas  (www.washingtonpost.com)

When the credit crisis struck last year, federal regulators pumped tens of billions of dollars into the nation's leading financial institutions because the banks were so big that officials feared...

Article | Aug 29, 2009 | Views: 134 | Comments: 3 
Tags: bank of america, wells fargo, banks, financial crisis, bailouts, jp morgan chase, bank industry

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Double-dip recession fears are growing
Submitted by ktexas  (money.cnn.com)

There are growing fears that talk of a recovery is a Wall Street illusion and that the economy could dip into recession again if the job market doesn't improve soon. Quotes from the article...

Article | Aug 18, 2009 | Views: 84 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, economy, inflation, stock market, banks, recession, financial crisis, stimulus

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How Does Goldman Make So Much Money?
Submitted by artv  (www.fool.com)

You've probably heard by now that Goldman Sachs shot the lights out last quarter. In its 10-Q, released earlier this week, the investment bank shows just how successfully it's navigating current...

Article | Aug 8, 2009 | Views: 149 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, stocks, investing, goldman sachs, investment banks, investment, financial crisis

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Five Banks Close Including Mutual Bank - 69 Bank Failures So Far This Year
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

This was another busy Friday for the FDIC with five bank failures. As has been common this year, the FDIC arranged for other banks to acquire the failed banks and to assume all deposits even those...

Article | Jul 31, 2009 | Views: 107 | Comments: 0 
Tags: cd rates, banks, certificates of deposit, cds, fdic, bank failures, financial crisis

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One New York Bank and Six Georgia Banks Are Closed by Regulators
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

Seven banks failed today. The small New York bank, Waterford Village Bank, was the first New York State bank to fail since 2004. The other six banks were in Georgia. This makes a total of 16 banks...

Article | Jul 24, 2009 | Views: 74 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, banks, cds, fdic, bank failures, financial crisis

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How to Hedge Your Portfolio
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

What a difference a crash can make. After labeling hedge funds as risky for years, fund companies now think their tactics are the answer for smaller investors. It’s easy to see why. Last year,...

Article | Jul 24, 2009 | Views: 130 | Comments: 0 
Tags: hedge funds, economy, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, risk, investment, stock funds, financial crisis

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The Best Bank You've Never Heard Of
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

The financial crisis has culled the world's herd of big banks, leaving survivors dazed and damaged. But there is a rare exception in the long line of walking wounded: Spain's Banco Santander,...

Article | Jul 24, 2009 | Views: 128 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, economy, stock market, stocks, investing, banks, credit crunch, recession, dividends, financial crisis

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As U.S. Stocks Surge, 1980s Comparisons Emerge
Submitted by ktexas  (www.bloomberg.com)

For some U.S. stock analysts, the start of the 1980s bull market is a more fitting historical precedent these days than the Great Depression era.

Article | Jul 21, 2009 | Views: 88 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, depression, recession, investment, financial crisis

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Four Banks Fail Including Vineyard Bank and Temucula Valley Bank in California
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

It was another busy Friday for the FDIC with four bank closures: one in Georgia, one in South Dakota and two banks in California. The Georgia and South Dakota banks were little-known, small banks....

Article | Jul 17, 2009 | Views: 105 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, banking, banks, fdic, recession, bank failures, financial crisis

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Investing in the VIX could protect your portfolio in volatile markets
Submitted by ktexas  (www.marketwatch.com)

Stock investors who spread money across other markets such as commodities and real estate didn't get much shelter from 2008's meltdown. But tapping the market's "fear gauge" might have helped.

Article | Jul 15, 2009 | Views: 117 | Comments: 0 
Tags: etfs, stock market, stocks, investing, trading, diversification, bear market, mutual funds, risk, stock market crash, investment



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