More gallows humor from the usual crowd — this time, with a motherlode of Bear Stearn’s mementos on eBay. >click for more...
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Here is the full Derivative exposure for iBanks, via Jesse’s Café Américain: >click for jumbo table > Hat tip Mish UPDATE:...
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LIVE BLOGGING BEAR STEARNS: (in reverse chronological order) ~~~ 5:00pm Final Price: $30 even, down -27.00 (-47.37%) ...
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A few years ago — around 2001-02 — I had strongly recommended Bear Stearns (BSC). They had a great franchise, they had lagged...
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Let the economists, pundits, strategists and talking heads debate all they want. CFOs — the people in charge of Corporate...
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This is the best explanation I have seen as to why the Fed set up the TSLF, and allowed it to accept less than stellar paper: "The...
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> "This product was meant to help people do construction on their house, [and] do debt consolidation — not to take out...
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Riddle Me this Batman: Over the past 2 months, we have seen at least 3 rallies predicated on the rumor of an Ambac (ABK) rescue...
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US Equity markets were ending last week on a down note, when rumors of an Ambac (ABK) rescue plan started circulating (via Charlie...
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Since its a slow Friday before a 3 day weekend, let’s have some fun. As the credit market has gone into the crapper over the past...
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