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Credit Crisis Safety Plays: Three Steps to Take to Make Sure Your Bank is Safe

By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - October 6, 2008

[The second installment in an ongoing series detailing strategies that investors can use to insulate themselves and their finances from the ongoing credit crisis.] By Keith Fitz-GeraldInvestment DirectorMoney Morning/The Money Map Report Seeing banks such as Wachovia Corp. (WB) get sold or Washington Mutual Inc. (WM) fail is scary for retail banking customers. But there […]

While Lawmakers Reach Credit Crisis Compromise, Money Morning Bailout Plan Expert Displays Doubt

By Jason Simpkins, Managing Editor, Money Morning - September 26, 2008

By Jason Simpkins, Jennifer YousfiAnd William Patalon IIIMoney Morning Editors Congressional negotiators late yesterday (Thursday) reached a tentative agreement on a credit-crisis compromise that gives the Bush administration about a third of the $700 billion it has requested up front, but made sure half that outlay was subject to a congressional veto, published reports state. […]

The Real Reason for the Global Financial Crisis…the Story No One's Talking About

By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - September 18, 2008

[Part I of a three-part series looking at how so-called "credit default swap" derivatives could ignite a worldwide capital markets meltdown.] By Shah GilaniContributing Editor Are you shell-shocked? Are you wondering what's really going on in the market? The truth is probably more frightening than even your worst fears. And yet, you won't hear about […]

Four Secrets That Will Help You Survive – and Even Profit From – the Whipsaw Stock Market

By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - September 5, 2008

By Keith Fitz-Gerald Investment Director Money Morning/The Money Map Report After zooming about 7% from mid-July to mid-August, U.S. stocks have dropped about 5% – a whipsaw-pattern decline that was punctuated by the 2.99% sell-offs in both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor’s 500 Index yesterday (Thursday). But none of that’s a […]

How Will We Know the Credit Crisis and Banking Fiasco Are Truly Over?

By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - June 12, 2008

By Keith Fitz-GeraldInvestment DirectorMoney Morning/The Money Map Report How will we know the credit crisis and banking fiasco are truly over? We won't. But there's a damn good indicator that will show us the way – the London Interbank Offer Rate, usually referred to as LIBOR. And right now LIBOR tells us that this financial […]

Iceland Ponders EU Membership as the Credit Crunch Sinks its Currency

By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - May 22, 2008

Editor's Note: Despite rising fast financially in the past few years, Iceland is feeling the chilly effects of the global credit crunch – so much so the fiercely independent island nation is considering European Union membership to save its tanking currency. A special report, jointly developed by U.K. affiliate MoneyWeek Magazine and our experts here […]

That Ticking Noise You Hear in Your Wallet is a Credit-Card Time Bomb

By Peter D. Schiff, Money Morning - May 15, 2008

By Peter D. SchiffGuest Columnist For those holding out hope that the American economy can miraculously avoid a long and deep recession, consumer credit is often viewed as the wonder drug that can cure all manner of economic ills. As such, last week's report showing that consumer credit grew by $15 billion was widely heralded […]

As the Write-Downs Wind Down, New Deals Appear in the CDO Market

By Jennifer Yousfi, Money Morning - May 14, 2008

By Jennifer YousfiManaging Editor With 80% of losses from the subprime crisis already reported according to a Fitch Ratings Inc. report released today (Wednesday), the collateralized debt obligation (CDO) market that many had written off for dead could be showing new signs of life. Many have laid the blame for the current credit crunch squarely […]

Rising Tide of Level 3 Assets a "Disaster Waiting to Happen"

By Jennifer Yousfi, Money Morning - April 21, 2008

By Jennifer Yousfi Managing Editor In the first quarter, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) packed another $27 billion worth of illiquid assets onto its balance sheet – a 39% increase that brought the total to $96 billion. And Goldman wasn't alone. Morgan Stanley (MS) reported that these hard-to-value/hard-to-sell assets soared 45%, reaching $32 billion. For […]

Two Ways to Profit From the Looming Credit Card Squeeze

By Guest Editorial, Money Morning - April 8, 2008

Late credit card payments and outright defaults have soared in recent weeks. The most recent data says that "dead" balances written-off as uncollectible by banks have jumped 24% from a year ago. Late payments are up 16%. Can this be linked to the subprime mortgage meltdown? Our research says it is. Nor is it much […]

How to Profit From a Stock Market Bubble

By Investment News Staff, Money Morning - November 20, 2007

Booms turn to bubbles when too many investors cotton on to a good story and buy in. A special report from John Stepek at our U.K. affiliate MoneyWeek Magazine says that investors can still profit from bubbles as long as they get their timing right. Every bubble in history started with a good story. In […]

Banks Create Fund to Help to Fight Woeful Credit Market

By Investment News Staff, Money Morning - October 16, 2007

From staff reports Three of the United States' biggest banks – Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM)- announced yesterday (Monday) that they agreed to start a fund to enhance the liquidity of asset backed commercial paper (ABCP) and medium-term notes by structured investment vehicles (SIVs). The […]

Northern Rock Buys Time Before Getting Bought Out

By Investment News Staff, Money Morning - October 10, 2007

From Staff Reports Citigroup Inc. (C) is preparing to lend Northern Rock PLC – the United Kingdom bank bailed out by the Bank of England – $20.4 billion so it can buy time for a buyout, according to news reports from both Bloomberg News and the Financial Times. Northern Rock desperately needs to refinance 14 […]

The Three Pathways to Profit as Investors Make it All About Earnings

By William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning • @privatebrief - October 8, 2007

By William Patalon III, MBA Managing Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report In the weeks to come, it will be all about earnings. Stock prices soared to a new record high a week ago today (Monday), on a newfound belief that the subprime mortgage mess was contained. We predicted that belief would be short-lived, and […]

Avoid the 'Resurgent' Homebuilding Sector and Go Global for Profits

By William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning • @privatebrief - October 3, 2007

By William Patalon III Managing Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report Invest in the homebuilding sector at your own risk. U.S. homebuilders such as D.R. Horton Inc. (DRI), KB Homes (KB) and Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) capped the sector's biggest two-day advance since August yesterday (Tuesday), thanks to a growing investor belief that the worst […]

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