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Financial Panic

Obama Creates Panel To Find Cause of Financial Crisis

nytimes.com | Kate Phillips | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Financial Panic, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Subpoena, Signing Statements, Barack Obama, Business News

President Obama on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at curbing financial fraud in the mortgage and other industries, including a provision that crea...

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Even If You Knew What to Do, Your Brain Might Not Let You

Dan Solin | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Investing, Wall Street, Business, Economy, Financial Panic, Economic Crisis, Business News
Dan Solin

Investors are understandably concerned about the markets. Bailing may be appropriate for some. Staying the course may be the right decision for others.

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Buffett's Wrong: Stay Out of Stocks

Diane Francis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Markets, Congress, Unwinding, Leveraged, Economy, Financial Panic, Mccain, Obama, Election Results, Business, Investors, Margins, Investing, Nov. 4 Election, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, Stock Values, Panic, Warren Buffett, Stock Prices, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.

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Anatomy Of A Panic

Ron Insana | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Emergency Rate Cut, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board, Financial Panic, Business News
Ron Insana

It began with the bursting of the bubble in residential real estate here in the United States. It quickly spread to other hot real estate markets around the world. Complex debt instruments that were linked to sub-prime mortgages, both here and abroad, imploded in value.

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