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2. Too big to fail - Wikipedia

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   Investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley obtained depository bank holding company charters, which gave them access to additional Federal Reserve credit lines. [22] Bank deposits for all U.S. banks ranged between approximately 60–70% of GDP from 1960 to 2006, then jumped during the crisis to a peak of nearly 84% in 2009 before falling ...

3. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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   The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the " bank bailout of 2008 " or the " Wall Street bailout ", was a United States federal law enacted during the Great Recession, which created federal programs to "bail out" failing financial institutions and banks. The bill was proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, passed ...

4. 2007–2008 financial crisis - Wikipedia

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   September 21, 2008: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley converted from investment banks to bank holding companies to increase their protection by the Federal Reserve. September 22, 2008: MUFG Bank acquired 20% of Morgan Stanley. September 23, 2008: Berkshire Hathaway made a $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs.

5. Institutional investor - Wikipedia

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   An institutional investor is an entity that pools money to purchase securities, real property, and other investment assets or originate loans.Institutional investors include commercial banks, central banks, credit unions, government-linked companies, insurers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, charities, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts, investment advisors, endowments, and ...

6. Causes of the Great Recession - Wikipedia

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   Recessions. Many factors directly and indirectly serve as the causes of the Great Recession that started in 2008 with the US subprime mortgage crisis.The major causes of the initial subprime mortgage crisis and the following recession include lax lending standards contributing to the real-estate bubbles that have since burst; U.S. government housing policies; and limited regulation of non ...

7. Government intervention during the subprime mortgage crisis

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   On 16 March 2008, J.P. Morgan Chase announced that it would buy Bear Stearns for $500 million or $2 a share; those same shares a year earlier were trading at around $150. Later, on 24 March 2008 J.P. Morgan Chase increased the offer to $1.2 billion or $10 a share and five days later the acquisition was approved.