Credit crisis

Slow period in market after December peak

Daniel P. Collins
January 19, 2017
Dan Collins, editor-in-chief at Modern Trader magazine, discusses how the Dow has more than tripled since the credit crisis of 2009.

'Nothing changed' Jefferies CEO warns

Elizabeth Dexheimer, Bloomberg
July 8, 2014
Bankers and investors need to ensure they don’t repeat “bad behaviors” that contributed to the credit crisis as the financial-services industry embraces greater risk, said Richard Handler, chief executive officer of Jefferies Group LLC.

NBA and the Federal Reserve: A tale of two blunderers

Ronald M. George and William J. Taylor
June 6, 2014
It was the best of times; it might be the worst of times for the NBA. But the “Dickens” you say, what about the tale of the blundering Fed? Can there be any resemblance to the NBA fiasco?

2 ways to actually cure the financial crisis

Will Bancroft
June 19, 2013
A huge amount of air time has been given to how to fix the financial crisis. Within this we’ve heard lots of hot air, sound bites but few real answers. There is one man who you should really listen to though.

Printing money laid bare: The "goldbugs" reply

Adrian Ash
January 30, 2013
Back in the final, dying days of 2012, Paul Tustain here at BullionVault offered a little fable to explain why money exists, how it is created by banks today, and why things could get very ugly tomorrow.

FDIC’s Hoenig says banks may revisit pre-2008 risky behavior

Jesse Hamilton, Bloomberg
September 19, 2012
If big U.S. banks are not forced to sever their investment arms from traditional banking, they will return to behavior that led to the 2008 credit crisis, said FDIC's Hoenig.

AIG wagers on subprime betting second time different

Jody Shenn, Zachary Tracer and Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg
May 16, 2012
American International Group Inc., the insurer that needed a $182.3 billion bailout from the U.S. government in 2008 after failed mortgage investments, is betting this time it’s different.

Finding the culprits of the crisis

Jane Wollman Rusoff
May 15, 2012
Through her independent research into the global financial crisis, Janet Tavakoli uncovered what she calls massive, widespread fraud committed by a network of mortgage originators, securitizers, and rating and regulatory agencies, among others.

It's about time: S&P sued over mortgage ratings

Michael McFarlin
January 26, 2012
It only took four years, but S&P finally is being sued over the high ratings it gave to mortgage-backed securities leading up to the nation's ...

Escaping the economic crisis

Michael McFarlin
September 29, 2011
Economists can be an interesting group of people. Although they don't like to be wrong, occasionally they will fess up when they've been way off ...