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Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM)

bailout bid (Goldman Sachs/AIG)

Buffett bid, refusal

dollar investment

excuse

fundraising

performance, Berkshire Hathaway performance (contrast)

rejected bid (Buffett)

Lowenstein, Roger

Low-fee index funds, purchase (ability)

M

Madigan, Lisa (lawsuit)

Major, John

Mandelbrot, Benoit

fractal finance

gray swan

Manufactured housing industry, consumer financing practices

Marcus, Magen

Margin call

Marin, Richard

blog writing

Marino, Daniel (guilty charge)

Markowitz, Harry

Mark-to-management estimates

Mark-to-market accounting, value

Mark-to-model, usage

Mark-to-myth, usage

Marquez, James

Martin, Judith

Martin, Steve

MBIA

capital, raising

securities

McLean, Bethany

McNamara, Robert Strange

McVeigh,Timothy

Mead, Scott

Meissner,W.

Melcher, Jim

CNBC appearance

Merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities

Meriwether, John

Merrill Lynch

collateral, seizure

O’Neal relationship

Merton, Robert

Miller, Bill

Mindich, Eric (Eton Park Capital Management)

Minority homeownership

bad lending, excuse

increase (Bush announcement)

Mitchell, Edson

Moffett, David

Mohammed, Islam founder

Molinaro, Sam (CNBC appearance)

Money

definition

government, impact

types

Money market funds, ratings reliance

Money market securities, pension fund investments

Montag,Tom,

Monte Carlo models, investment bank usage

Monte Carlo simulation, usage

Moody’s Corporation (rating agency)

Berkshire Hathaway shares, ownership

problems

rating awards

Morali,Veronique

Morgan Stanley

Mortgage borrowers (rights), defense (state inability)

Mortgage broker, objectivity

Mortgage companies, fees (problems)

Mortgage lenders

fees, siphoning

loans, takebacks (obligation)

Mortgage lending crisis, swindle

Mortgage-related assets, Fed acceptance

Mortgages

direct/indirect taxpayer costs

losses, increase

meltdown

modification, preference

overdue, timing

re-aging

Moses, Jennifer

Mozer, Paul

Mozilo, Angelo

lawsuit

Mozilo, Eric

Mr. Market, manic depressiveness

Mullins, David

Munger, Charlie

earnings

Gen Re value, realization

Gutfreund rescue

intrinsic value, increase

leverage, avoidance

stock options, absence

tax efficient average annual return

Municipal bonds, bond insurer guarantees

Murphy, Tom

Mussaddiq Mohammad

Mutually assured destruction (MAD)

N

Naked Shorts (Newton)

National Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSRO) designation

revocation

Negative amortizing ARM, problems

New Century Capital Corp.

Bear Stearns, relationship

credit lines, disappearance

loans

shares, decline

New Century Financial Corporation, fraud/bankruptcy

Newton, Greg

Ng, Serena

NINA program

NINJA loan

No-cost loan, nonexistence

Nonbank investment banks, protection

Nonbank primary dealers, protection

Non-Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac securitizations, purchase

No-Ratio program

Norris, Floyd

O

Oakwood Homes

Berkshire Hathaway loss

Credit Suisse lawsuits

Off balance sheet vehicles, hidden risks

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), impact

O’Leary, Kevin

Old Lane Partners

Olick, Diana

O’Neal, Stan

problems

Wall Street Journal opinion piece

O’Neill, Paul

Onaran,Yalman

Open Source, usage

Operation Malicious Mortgage, mortgage fraud cases

Option ARMs

negative amortization, allowance

product, toxicity

Options

holders, backdating advantage

pricing model, corporation usage

value manipulation

Othmer, Donald/Mildred

Outcomes, discovery

Ownit Mortgage Solutions

arms-length transaction

implosion

Merrill Lynch (part-owner)

P

Pahlavi, Reza

Pallotta, James

Pandit,Vikram

Parmalat, scandal

Parseghian, Greg

Partridge-Hicks, Stephen

Patel, Beejal

Patton, George S.

Paulos, John Allen

Paulson, Jr., Henry Merrit

FNMA/FHLMC purchase request

shares purchase, authority

Paulson, John

Bear Stearns credit default swaps statement

collateral prediction

U.S. housing market bet

Paulson Plan

Pay option ARM, problems

Peloton Partners

ABS fund

credit