And Then the Roof Caved In

CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and
consequences of the recent financial collapse

And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the
credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed,
and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government
in letting that greed rule the day. Written by CNBC's David Faber,
this book painstakingly details the truth of what really happened
with compelling characters who offer their first-hand accounts of
what they did and why they did it.

Page by page, Faber explains the events of the previous seven
years that planted the seeds for the worst economic crisis since
the Great Depression. He begins in 2001, when the Federal Reserve
embarked on an unprecedented effort to help the economy recover
from the attacks of 9/11 by sending interest rates to all time
lows. Faber also gives you an up-close look at where the crisis was
incubated and unleashed upon the world-Wall Street-and introduces
you to insiders from investment banks and mortgage lenders to
ratings agencies, that unwittingly conspired to insure lending
standards were abandoned in the head long rush for profits.

• Based on two years of research, this book provides deep
  background into the current credit crisis

• Offers the insights of experienced professionals-from Alan
  Greenspan to prominent bankers and regulators-who were on the front
  lines

• Created by David Faber, the face of morning business news on
  CNBC, and host of the network's award winning documentaries

From regulators who tried to stop this problem before it swung
out of control to hedge fund managers who correctly foresaw the
coming housing crash and profited from it, And Then the Roof
Caved In shows you how the crisis we currently face came to
be.

Autorentext
DAVID FABER, an Emmy, Peabody, and duPont Award winner, is the anchor and coproducer of CNBC's acclaimed original documentaries and long-form programming as well as a contributor to CNBC's Squawk on the Street. He has been reporting on Wall Street and corporate America for over twenty-two years, sixteen of them as the foremost reporter at CNBC. Faber has broken numerous stories including the massive fraud at WorldCom and News Corp.'s hostile bid for Dow Jones. He was a founding member of CNBC's signature morning show, Squawk Box. Faber also blogs at FaberReport.cnbc.com.

Zusammenfassung
CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. Written by CNBC's David Faber, this book painstakingly details the truth of what really happened with compelling characters who offer their first-hand accounts of what they did and why they did it.

Page by page, Faber explains the events of the previous seven years that planted the seeds for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He begins in 2001, when the Federal Reserve embarked on an unprecedented effort to help the economy recover from the attacks of 9/11 by sending interest rates to all time lows. Faber also gives you an up-close look at where the crisis was incubated and unleashed upon the world-Wall Street-and introduces you to insiders from investment banks and mortgage lenders to ratings agencies, that unwittingly conspired to insure lending standards were abandoned in the head long rush for profits.

• Based on two years of research, this book provides deep background into the current credit crisis
• Offers the insights of experienced professionals-from Alan Greenspan to prominent bankers and regulators-who were on the front lines
• Created by David Faber, the face of morning business news on CNBC, and host of the network's award winning documentaries
  From regulators who tried to stop this problem before it swung out of control to hedge fund managers who correctly foresaw the coming housing crash and profited from it, And Then the Roof Caved In shows you how the crisis we currently face came to be.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments. Prologue "On the Verge".

Chapter 1 Bubble to Bubble.

Greenspan's Shock and Awe.

Houses Built on Cow Dung.

Chapter 2 Home Sweet Home.

Opening Doors.

An Industry Is Born.

Subprime Returns.

Chapter 3 The Subprime Machine.

From Delivering Pizza to Delivering Mortgages.

Living the Dream.

Diving into Deep Trouble.

Chapter 4 Eyes Wide Shut.

A Warning Unheeded.

A Dream No More.

Chapter 5 The Great Enabler.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Hit the Scene.

Fannie and Freddie Get a Timeout.

Wall Street Takes Over.

A Tsunami of Mortgages.

From Ownit to Out of It.

Back from the Grave.

Chapter 6 Complicity.

Moody's the Money Maker.

Repeat Customers.

Chapter 7 The Securitization from Hell.

The Making of a CDO.

Tough to Kill.

Turning Crap into Triple-A.

From CDS to CDO.

Insanity Sets In.

Chapter 8 Narvik and Me.

CDOs: An American Export.

The Truth RevealedBut Does It Matter?

Chapter 9 Mortgaging Merrill's Future.

Climbing Out of Poverty.

A Strong Start.

The Secret Weapon.

Raking It In.

Taking Big Risks.

Chapter 10 A House of Cards.

Digging for Gold.

Building a Case.

The Investment of a Lifetime.

Chapter 11 And Then the Roof Caved In.

The Wheels Coming Off.

The Call.

A Crisis Begins.

The CDO Blues.

Lights Out.

Epilogue.

A Note on Sources.

Resources from CNBC.

Index.