Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 malinvestment 50 speculative excesses 47 unregulated derivatives 47 systemically risky 47 securitized mortgages 46 Predatory lending 46 moral hazard 45 subprime mortgage fiasco 45 Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme 45 vast sums 45 Keynesian stimulus 45 MBSs 44 overstretched homeowners 44 ponzi 44 hedgies 44 Moral hazard 44 speculative bubbles 44 banksters 44 subprime mortgage debacle 44 Subprime borrowers 43 Mortgage servicers 43 mispricing 43 Loan servicers 43 deflationary depression 43 subprime debacle 43 hedge funds 43 illiquid assets 43 bankster 43 systemic 43 nonbanks 43 greedy bankers 42 AIG counterparties 42 overextending themselves 42 speculators 42 sub prime 42 overexpansion 42 risky 41 Subprime lending 41 USFed 41 overbidding 41 overleveraged 41 GSEs 41 illiquid securities 41 backed securities 41 excesses 41 ethically dubious 41 lax lending 41 banks 41 giants Fannie Mae 41 subprimes 41 financialization 41 USGovt 41 Subprime lenders 41 Freddie Fannie 41 shorting penny 41 monetarists 41 undercapitalised 41 asset bubbles 40 subprime meltdown 40 ruinously expensive 40 Jérôme Kerviel 40 self fulfilling prophesy 40 improvident 40 Carry trades 40 LTCM 40 quant funds 40 unsalable 40 risky subprime mortgages 40 imprudently 40 pyramid schemes 40 morally dubious 40 unscrupulous landlords 40 perverse incentives 40 overinvestment 40 Hedge funds 40 CDSs 40 unpayable 40 foreclosure moratoriums 40 overvaluing 40 microlenders 40 Landesbanks 40 subprime mortgage 40 bankers 40 unscrupulous businessmen 39 bailouts 39 taxpayer bailouts 39 SIFIs 39 Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme 39 collateralized debt 39 fraudster Bernard Madoff 39 exploiting loopholes 39 souring mortgages 39 landesbanks 39 mispriced 39 loosely regulated 39 riskier 39 bond vigilantes 39 illiquid 39 reregulation 39 minibonds 39 financiers