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Still a sell although benefitting by XLF ETF buying Graphic_rating_sell BSC
11235
70%
 +0.58%
in 21 days
(closed on 05/09/08)
Still a sell although BSC has been a beneficiary this week by XLF ETF buying and put options expiring today.  SELLLLL..
By  thebigkill   (-0.18%  risk: conservative)  04/18/08 Comment


Step away from the Craps Table Graphic_rating_sell BSC
Barbaro
74%
 +11.38%
in 1 hour
(closed on 03/18/08)

If you want to buy Bear Sterns look at the bonds. The bail out deal is about preserving the bonds and other debts - NOT the equity. Bear Stearns bonds are now trading at about 6% with a 2 percent discount. That leaves a potential profit of 8%. bonds can be leverage to the hill. If you take $10,000 and borrow $90,000 from your broker at 5% that will leave a nice profit on your $10,000 equity - NOW KEEP IN MIND THE BEAR STEARN PROS APPLIED THIS PRINCIPLE IN BUYING DEBT FROM COUNTRY WIDE AND NOW THEY ARE BROKE!!!!

Of course it is hardto recomend the bonds the day after all the bond t

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By  dogcrap   (-0.77%  risk: moderate)  03/18/08 Comment


Bearish on BSC ... Graphic_rating_sell BSC
Sr_small
54%
 +28.74%
in 262 days
Nice explanation. Thanks! I love Cramer's quote last Wed regarding selling it - "Bear Stearns is not in trouble. No no no!" LOL LOL LOL!
By  Scott R   (-7.10%  risk: conservative)  03/18/08 Comment


Who the Phuck knows... Graphic_rating_sell BSC
Barbaro
74%
 +7.89%
in 1 hour
(closed on 03/18/08)

JP Morgan did not offer to buyot BSC for $2.00 a share. What is happening is JP Morgan presented a plan to bring the liquidity ratio high enugh to insure there would be no default!!!!

$30 BILLION is the true price tag.

If Bear Stearns can raise $30 BILLION they will then tell JPM to fuck off. If someone out there wants to deposit $30 billion with BSC with a interest free loan they can buyout BSC for 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15, or 20 dollars a share. But before the bidding on BSC starts the debt to liquidity ratio has to be fixed.

Maybe it will happen. Maybe it won't

By  dogcrap   (-0.77%  risk: moderate)  03/18/08 Comment


BSC GOES UP Graphic_rating_buy BSC
53%
 -4.00%
in 262 days
BSC will be the target of bargain hunters, and most people still holding this stock wont want to sell after losing 90% value, therefore pushing buyers over sellers
By  brettangell   (-43.44%  risk: aggressive)  03/18/08 Comment




From the Blogosphere

Former Bear Stearns chief risk officer joins New York Fed

Filed under: Bear Stearns Cos (BSC)

Here's a scary bit of news: the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has hired (subscription required) Michael Alix as a senior vice president in the Bank Supervision Group. His qualification? He was Bear's chief risk officer from 2006 until 2008 when the firm imploded -- due to too much risk. That disaster led to a taxpayer funded emergency sale to JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM).

But I guess it makes sense in a way. If you want to understand the dangers of excessive risk and leverage, who better to help than the guy who helped blow up one of America's most respect...
By  Zac Bissonnette   (+13.52%  risk: moderate)  11/05/08 Comment


@ VIC Leon Cooperman: Omega Advisors
 8 %
Leon Cooperman presented on "The Investing Climate and All-Weather Stocks"


Climate:
* Thinks we have "leadership by crisis" in the US
* Thinks the Fed is not out of options and is being very creative
* Sees the rate of decline in housing falling
* S&P 500 (ex. financials) with a yield higher than 10 yr. notes is at 13%, an all-time high.
* Corporate America is very liquid, cash to debt at 30 yr. high.
* Expects dividends to grow rather than cash being used for stock repurchases.
* Companies have "pissed away cash" on buybacks the last year buying stock at high prices
* The average recession lasts 10...
By  Todd Sullivan   (-22.76%  risk: conservative)  10/08/08 Comment


@ VIC Leon Cooperman: Omega Advisors
Leon Cooperman presented on "The Investing Climate and All-Weather Stocks"


Climate:
* Thinks we have "leadership by crisis" in the US
* Thinks the Fed is not out of options and is being very creative
* Sees the rate of decline in housing falling
* S&P 500 (ex. financials) with a yield higher than 10 yr. notes is at 13%, an all-time high.
* Corporate America is very liquid, cash to debt at 30 yr. high.
* Expects dividends to grow rather than cash being used for stock repurchases.
* Companies have "pissed away cash" on buybacks the last year buying stock at high prices
* The average recession lasts 10...
By  Todd Sullivan   (+0.00%)  10/08/08 Comment


The beggars of Wall Street
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53%

Filed under: Rants and raves, Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Merrill Lynch (MER), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Countrywide Financial (CFC), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Wachovia Corp (WB), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), Recession

Everything is upside down these days. The folks with all the money and multi-million dollar bonuses are begging for a handout on the pretext that the economy will crash if they do not get one. We're not talking money for coffee or a snack, we're talking billions of dollars.

It is crashing anyway, or at least sinking. It is just a m...
By  Sheldon Liber   (-13.15%  risk: conservative)  10/06/08 Comment


SEC focuses on rumors in probe of Bear and Lehman trading

Filed under: Scandals, Lehman Br Holdings (LEH), Bear Stearns Cos (BSC)

The Securities and Exchange Commission, or NAMBLA for short, is focusing its resources on an investigation of whether gossiping short sellers hastened the collapses of Lehman and Bear Stearns by spreading rumors.

The SEC is looking into a variety of rumors that spread in the days and months before the companies collapsed, including suggestions that some counter-parties had stopped trading with the firms.

I'll quote DealBreaker's brilliant commentary on the collapse of Bear Stearns:
Let's just say they did spread the rumors
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By  Zac Bissonnette   (+13.52%  risk: moderate)  10/02/08 Comment



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