Who is to Blame for Bear Stearn’s Demise?
From our Things that make you go Hmmmm department: There is a meme going around about the death of Bear Stearns (BSC). According to some...
Dick Bove: Buy Banks, Avoid Brokers
Why Australia is Insulated From US Sub-Prime Woes
Since its the last day of the trading week, how about a little humor from down under? > Clarke and Dawe: the comic duo you can bank...
Is This The Real Price?
This is circulating trading desks via email: SING TO THE TUNE OF ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ BY QUEEN Is this the real price?Is this...
Why Has Bear Stearn’s Stock Been Rallying?
Bear Stearns (BSC) 1 minute chart, March 17-18, 2008 Note the red horizontal line above is at the $2 mark. >>Since the...
Chart(s) of the Day: Bear Stearns & Lehman Bros
Uh-oh: The two of these charts — both have been on a sell signal for weeks — seem to be trading about a day apart: >Lehman...
Derivative Exposure
Here is the full Derivative exposure for iBanks, via Jesse’s Café Américain: >click for jumbo table > Hat tip Mish UPDATE:...
More thoughts on the Fed & JPM’s BSC Liquidation
Anyone get a great night sleep? Not me. I kept waking up, mind racing, thinking about what all this means going forward. I have Kudlow...
Two Dollars/share, or an “Orderly Liquidation” ?
You call this a rescue? Bear Stearns Cos. reached an agreement to sell itself to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., as worries grew that...
‘Remain Calm! All Is Well!’
Nothing really surprises me anymore. I may shake my head in disgust and wonder — Eliot Spitzer’s horrific judgment, or the...