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Bailout Nation

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by Barry Ritholtz


  Crisis psychology

  Crony capitalism

  Crude oil prices 82

  Currencies:

  counterfeiting

  fiat

  historical perspectives

  Mexican peso crisis

  Thai baht

  U.S. dollar, see U.S. dollar

  Currency crisis

  Daniels, Seth

  Danske

  Dash, Eric

  Davis, Ned

  Day trading

  Debt, see specific types of debt

  long-term

  non-investment grade

  securitized

  Debt-to-net-capital ratio

  Debtor in possession (DIP) financing

  Decision-making process:

  market-based

  taxpayer subsidies and

  Default:

  on foreign debt

  on mortgage loans

  securitization process

  on subprime mortgages

  swaps. See also Credit default swaps (CDSs)

  Defense Plant Corporation (DPC)

  Deficits

  Deficit spending

  Deflation

  Dell

  Democratic Party ideology

  Depository banks, business model

  Depreciation

  Depression, see Great Depression

  influential factors

  recovery from

  Deregulation, radical

  Derivatives:

  characteristics of

  debacle

  explosion

  market

  regulation of

  trading

  types of

  unregulated

  value of

  Destabilization, financial

  Deutsche Bank AG

  Digital Millennium Copyright Act

  Dimon, Jamie

  Disclosure requirements

  Dollar-gold relationship

  Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ)

  Donaldson, William

  Dot-com(s):

  booms

  bubble

  “stock option penis envy,”

  stocks

  Dow Jones Industrial Average

  Downey Savings

  Drexel Burnham Lambert

  Due diligence

  Dutch tulip craze

  Earnings manipulation

  Easterling, Ed

  “Eat what you kill” system

  Economic catastrophe

  Economic contraction

  Economic distress

  Economic downturns

  Economic expansion

  Economic expediency

  Economic numbers

  Economic slowdowns

  Efficient markets

  Einhorn, David

  Eisinger, Jesse

  Electric car manufacturers

  Electronics industry

  EMC Corporation

  Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. See also Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)

  Emergency Loan Guarantee Act

  Emergency loans

  Emergency relief, historical perspectives

  Eminent domain

  Employment rates, economic impact of . See also Unemployment rates

  Energy crisis

  Energy futures

  Enron:

  characteristics of

  loophole

  Environmental conditions, economic impact of

  Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974

  Equity bubble

  Equity markets

  eToys

  European banking system, historical perspectives

  Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF)

  Excite

  Executive compensation. See CEOs/executives

  Exotic derivatives

  Exotic loans

  Exotic mortgages

  Expected returns

  Expenditures, big budget government

  Expensive money

  Fair Housing Act of 1968

  Falco, Armando

  Fannie Mae

  Farrell, Vince

  FDIC-mandated prepackages/workouts

  Federal debt

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC):

  bailout costs

  conservatorship

  Continental Illinois bailout

  guarantees

  Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP)

  receiverships

  roles of

  Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)

  Federal funds rate

  Federal Home Loan Bank Board

  Federal Housing Administration

  Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

  Federal Reserve Board

  Federal Reserve System:

  authority of

  bailout costs

  blame/responsibility of

  cash reserve

  central banking operations

  creation of

  evolution of

  historical bailouts

  inflation measurement

  interest rate cuts

  leadership, see Bernanke, Ben; Greenspan, Alan; Volcker, Paul

  public attitude toward

  purpose of

  registration of

  rescue plans

  response to market crash of 1987

  roles of

  stock market interventions

  Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)

  Fees, rating agencies

  Fiat currency

  FICO score

  Fiduciary responsibility

  Financial bubble

  Financial democracy

  Financial engineering

  Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC)

  Financial leadership

  Financial sector

  Financial Services Modernization Act

  First American CoreLogic

  First Bank of the United States

  First Franklin Financial

  First-time home buyers

  Fishman, Alan

  Fitch Ratings

  Fixed-income securities

  Fixed-income traders/trades

  Fixed-rate mortgage loan

  Fixing Housing & Finance: 30/20/10 Proposal,”

  Flipping

  Floor specialists

  Food prices, inflation and

  Ford Motor Company

  Foreclosure:

  ARMs and

  crisis

  in 1929

  prevention strategies

  rate of

  Foreign investors, in U.S. treasuries

  Frank, Barney

  Fraud:

  identification strategies

  real estate-related

  Freddie Mac

  Free market system

  Free money

  Frew, Scott

  Friedman, Thomas

  Fuld, Richard/Dick

  Full employment

  Fund management. See Hedge funds;

  Money market funds; Mutual funds

  Futures exchanges

  Geithner, Timothy

  Gene therapy research

  General Electric

  General Motors (GM)

  GI Bill

  Gilleran, James

  Gingrich, Newt

  Glaeser, Edward L.

  Glass-Steagall Act

  Global credit/financial meltdown

  Global Crossing

  Global economy

  Global fund management

  Global liquidity

  Going naked

  Gold prices

  Gold standard

  Goldman Sachs, failure of

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

  Gongol, Brian

  Goodman, Peter

  Google

  Gorman, Paul

  Gott, Marc

  Government-funded Chapter 11

  Government guaranteed loans

  Government interv
ention:

  historical perspectives

  impact of

  systemic risk

  Government policy

  Government regulation

  Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)

  Gramlich, Ed

  Gramm, Phil

  Gramm, Wendy, Dr.

  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

  Great Depression:

  characteristics of

  compared with current economy

  housing finance system

  Great Depression era

  Greed

  Greenberg, Alan “Ace,”

  Greenberg, Hank

  Greenspan, Alan

  Greenspan put

  Gross, Dan

  Gross domestic product (GDP)

  Guaranteed investment contracts

  Gulf states

  Gulf War II, cost of

  Haefling, Carl

  Haughton, Daniel

  Hedge funds

  Helicopter Ben. See Bernanke, Ben

  Hirsch, Jeffrey

  History of bailouts, see also specific corporations

  banking industry

  credit market in 2007

  early twentieth century

  Great Depression to World War II

  housing market in 2008

  1970s

  1980s

  19990s

  nineteenth century to pre-Great Depression era

  post-World War II

  stock market rescue in 2000

  Holding companies, toxic

  Home builder incentive fraud

  Home equity line of credit (HELOC)

  Home equity loans, refinancing

  Home inventory

  Home loans. See also Mortgage loans

  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975

  Home Owner’s Act of 1933 (HOLA)

  Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC)

  Home ownership

  Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan

  Honda

  Hoover, Herbert

  Hope for Homeowners

  House of Representatives, bank bailout rejection

  House Oversight Committee

  Housing cycle

  Housing market:

  bailout in 2008

  boom

  boom and bust cycle

  bubble

  collapse in

  crisis in

  debacle

  during Great Depression

  property taxes

  stabilization strategies

  Housing prices

  HSBC

  Iceland

  Ideological idiocy

  Illinois Central Railroad

  Immigration, as economic recovery strategy

  Incentive programs:

  how they work

  impact of

  stock options

  Incompetence

  Industrial capacity

  Industrial-era bailouts (1971-1995):

  Chrysler Corporation

  Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

  Penn Central Railroad

  Industrial expansion, economic impact of

  IndyMac

  Inflation:

  ex-inflation

  historical perspectives

  influential factors

  Inflationary pressure

  InfoSpace

  Initial public offerings (IPOs)

  Insolvency

  Institutional investors, blame/responsibility of

  Intel

  “Interested party” agitation

  Interest rate risk

  Interest rates:

  cuts in

  European banks

  historical policies

  housing boom and

  housing crisis and

  impact of

  increase in

  maintenance of

  mortgage loans

  risk management and

  ultralow

  Interest-only mortgage loan

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

  International investors

  Internet companies

  Investment banks

  Investment-grade ratings

  Investor(s):

  confidence

  psychology

  Investor Village

  Iraq, invasion of

  Irrational exuberance era

  Japan:

  as bailout lender

  deflation in

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Joint ventures

  Jonung, Lars

  JPMorgan Chase:

  acquisition of Washington Mutual

  Bear Stearns takeover

  loan processing software

  performance of

  Junk bonds

  Kass, Doug

  Kelleher, Colin

  Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

  Korean War, cost of

  Kroszner, Randall S.

  Krugman, Paul

  Kuwait, invasion of

  Labor unions:

  economic impact of

  United Auto Workers (UAW)

  Lang, Richard

  Layoffs

  Lazard Freres

  Leadership, lack of

  Legislation:

  Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

  Commodity Futures Modernization Act (CFMA)

  Communications Act of 1934

  Digital Millennium Copyright Act

  Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

  Emergency Loan Guarantee Act

  Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974

  Fair Housing Act of 1968

  Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)

  Financial Services Modernization Act

  Glass-Steagall Act

  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. 138, 213, 235, 237

  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975

  Home Owner’s Act of 1933 (HOLA)

  National Banking Act

  National Currency Act

  National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

  New Deal

  Patriot Act

  Rail Passenger Service Act

  Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973

  Sarbanes-Oxley

  Securities Exchange Act

  Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

  Social Security Act

  TARP, see Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)

  Tax Relief Act of 2001

  Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996

  Wagner Act

  Lehman Brothers:

  acquisition by Barclays

  failure of

  Lending standards

  “Lend to securitize,”

  Lenzner, Robert

  Leverage

  Leveraged buyouts

  Levitt, Arthur

  Lewis, Kenneth

  Liability

  Liar loan

  Liddy, Edward

  Life insurance

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lines of credit. See Credit lines

  Liquidation

  Liquidity

  Literature review:

  Bad Money (Phillips)

  Big Bets GoneBad (Jorion)

  Black Monday (Metz)

  Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, The (Taleb)

  Creature from Jekyll Island, The (Griffin)

  Financial Armageddon (Panzer)

  History and Policies of the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (Harriss)

  Nation of Counterfeiters, A (Mihm)

  Panic of 1907 (Bruner/Carr)

  Pop! Why Bubbles Are Great for the Economy (Gross)

  Subprime Mortgages: America’s Latest Boom and Bust (Gramlich)

  When Genius Failed (Lowenstein)

  Lloyds Banking Group

  Loan(s):

  guarantees

  modification

  originators of, see Loan originators

  Loan originators:

  blame/responsibility of

  nondepository

  roles of

>   traditional depository banks

  Loan processing software

  Loan-to-value (LTV) ratio

  Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

  Lone Star

  Long Term Capital Management (LTCM)

  Losses:

  during Great Depression

  socialized

  Louisiana Purchase, cost of

  Low-grade corporate bonds

  Low-interest-rate loans

  Mack, John

  Macroeconomics

  Madoff, Bernie

  Maestro. See Greenspan, Alan

  Manhattan Project, for energy technology

  Manufacturing industry/sector

  Margin:

  applications

  requirements

  Market, generally:

  bottoms

  bubbles

  capitalization

  correction

  downturns

  failure, see Market failure

  manipulation

  rallies

  recovery

  values

  whisperers

  Market-driven events

  Market failure:

  deregulation and nonfeasance

  legislative policy

  moral hazard

  subprime mortgages

  Markopolos, Harry

  Mark to make-believe

  Mark to market

  Marshall Plan, cost of

  Matthews, Steve

  Mauldin, John

  MBIA Insurance Corporation

  MBNA

  McCain, John

  McClatchy Company

  McDonough, William J.

  McGuire, Thomas

  Medicaid/Medicare

  Meltzer, Allan

  Mercedes-Benz

  Mergers and acquisitions (M&As). See also specific acquisitions and mergers

  Meritocracy

  Meriwether, John

  Merkel, David

  Merrill Lynch

  Merton, Robert

  Metz, Tim

  Mexico:

  economic conditions

  peso crisis

  Microsoft

  Microstrategy

  Military spending. See also Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

  Minor ownership

  Mismanagement, economic impact of

  “Mission creep,”

  Modern finance

  Moffett, David

  Moglia, Joe

  Momentum

  Momeny Market Investor Funding Facility (MMIFF)

  M1 money supply, currency components

  Monetary policy

  Monetary system, historical

  Money flow

  Money management

  Money market funds

  Money supply

  Monolines

  Montier, James

  Moody’s Investor Service

  Moral hazard

  Morgan Stanley

  Morgenson, Gretchen

  Morse, Samuel F. B.

  Mortgage-backed bonds

  Mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) 109-110

  Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)

  Mortgage brokers:

  blame/responsibility of

  roles of

  Mortgage equity withdrawals (MEWs)

  Mortgage fraud

  Mortgage interest deduction

  Mortgage loan:

  approval for

  default on, see Foreclosure

  documentation requirements

 

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