More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad TimesISBN: 978-0-470-50340-9
Hardcover
320 pages
May 2009
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Part One: What Happened and Why, Where Are We Now, and What Does the Future Hold?
Chapter 1 What Happened during the Housing Bubble? 3
Chapter 2 What Caused the Bubble? 29
Chapter 3 What Are the Consequences of the Bubble Bursting? 49
Chapter 4 What Are the Problem Areas? 67
Chapter 5 What’s Next? 97
Part Two: Profiting from the Meltdown
Chapter 6 Advice for All Investors 121
Chapter 7 A False Alarm on Derivatives 149
Case Study: Berkshire Hathaway
Chapter 8 A Battered Blue Chip 179
Case Study: American Express
Chapter 9 Bottom Fishing in Microcaps 199
Case Study: Resource America
Chapter 10 Opportunities in Pools of Distressed Mortgages 215
Case Study: Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-8
Chapter 11 An Introduction to Shorting 227
Chapter 12 A Case of Questionable Reserves 241
Case Study: MBIA Inc
Chapter 13 An Ill-Fated Acquisition? 265
Case Study: Wells Fargo
Conclusion 287
Notes 291
Index 299