Bear Stearns

June 21, 2008

  • Bear Stearns executives arrested

    Oh boy, these kinds of headlines are never good.
    Two former Bear Stearns portfolio managers were arrested this week, not because they did a poor job of managing money. (…)

March 25, 2008

  • Recession Worse than Expected?

    There was an article distributed nationwide, written by the Associated Press, and carried locally in the Asbury Park Press on March 22, 2008. (…)

March 22, 2008

  • Goldman Stearns and Lehman Sachs

    All these firms hold the same investments.
    There is STILL considerable risk in the group.
    Why did this happen to just Bear Stearns? (…)

March 16, 2008

  • Bear Stearns, part II

    UPDATE: Sunday evening, 03/16/2008: Bear Stearns to be acquired by JPMorgan Chase for $2.00 in stock swap deal.
    That is NOT a typo!
    The stock closed at $30 on Friday. On Thursday, it was $57.00. (…)

March 15, 2008

  • Bear Stearns, part I

    The news surrounding Bear Stearns on Friday morning was not good! There are several important elements to this story. (…)

September 16, 2007

  • Wall Street Brokers

    The big reason why the market fell apart this summer was because the financial stocks — the brokerage firms in particular — really struggled. (…)