Just when you think there is a glimmer of hope that some of these ne’er do well, lying, cheating, sniveling, cowardly bank CEOs...
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A long/short hedge fund manager of my acquaintance went to short some Morgan Stanley (MS) via a B/D that clears through Wachovia: The...
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Via Portfolio, comes this list of great CEOs quotes: 1. John Thain, Merrill Lynch "We’re very confident that we have the...
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Despite (or maybe because of) my recent SEC criticisms, I was surprised to get a personal email from someone at the agency telling me...
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Yesterday’s missive — Rinse. Lather. Repeat — was, apparently, widely circulated. That’s according to a WSJ...
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We have been noting that earnings expectations are way too high for the second half of the year (Q3 +20%, Q4, +50%). It turns out that...
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David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the Index Committee at Standard and Poor’s, discusses the latest S&P/Case...
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My last Merrill post until the next big writedown (or investigation / indictment): The Merrill sale involved "U.S. super senior ABS...
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