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A Conspiracy to Kill Bear Stearns?

The worst part is its all legal! The investment side shorts BSC the ratings side down grades BSC while the corperate side refuses to lend to BSC because of the downgrade. All the big players get paid off insurers bond holders board members etc, while the stockholders get screwed. Business as usual in corperate America for the little guy.

Profiting From the Bear Stearns Buyout

You first!

The Worst Trade Of All Time

I agree with serious bull this goes to the Supreme Court

Bear Stearns Shareholders Sacrificed for the Economy

It comes back to the arguments MORAL HAZARD VS GREATER GOOD theory. Case one: Better to have the Fed action than to loose the economy. We see all people through the fed taking action for all people to be rewardwd/protected ie the economy. Case two: Not so in Bear the greater good is being applied but Bear is forced to take the greater pain. The ability to access the discount window was offered to other investment banks like GS but only after the deal was struck. If this same openig had been made only hours earlier Bear would not have gone down and the shareholders pension etc whould not be carrieing the burden pain for the greater good.

The Bear Necessities: Law of the Jungle Rules

Now word is now out that JP Morgan put a bear squeeze on Bear Stern. Not enuf to get the assets on the cheap lets steal them instead. Can't imagine where the liquidity rumors were comming from and they've (Morgan) allready told the clients to hold pat since the'll soon be running the show. Sound like Bear has every reason to hold out go bankrupt and reconsolidate then go after Morgan for yelling fire in a crowded theater. Thanks Jamie

The Bear Necessities: Law of the Jungle Rules

The Fed is opening the door to accepting this morgage debt and for an eventual extension of Fanny and Freddie. Why was bear down to $26 then up to $30 on late day buying before close of business 3/14 and why was every share figuratively traded. If there worthless they should have gone to 10$ and stayed there. They'll be worth alot more when the debt is made tradeable. Lets start the bidding @ $50.
Secondly inflation and devalueing the dollar reduces the foreign debt and payments to SS . George Bust said he was gona fix SS, well be getting pennies on the dollar at retirement. Two ways to skin a cat. Lastly all the big industrial multy nationals are on sale and are continueing to be bought on down days and up days. Lots of foreign interest with cheap US greenbacks. Dont sell this market short.