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The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Bad News Bear Stearns The pain continues for Bear Stearns. After announcing that two hedge funds had officially filed for bankruptcy, recent reports indicate that now a third is in trouble.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Hits the Panic Button Investment bank Bear Stearns liquidity woes prove to be true; the bank announces that it will receive short-term financing from the Federal Reserve and rival JPMorgan Chase.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Bear Stearns: Ouch! Many investors expected it to be a nasty quarter for investment bank Bear Stearns, and a nasty quarter is what they got.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Goldstein & Henry	On the Subprime Endangered List Which CEO will be catching subprime heat next now that Citigroup's Chuck Prince is out? Bear Stearns' Jimmy Cayne may be vulnerable.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	No Hibernating at Bear Stearns Investment banks have been hot. The run might not be over yet and Bear Stearns is a generally risk-averse company that still has some global expansion potential. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Credit Crunch Cuts Down Bear Stearns Bear Stearns sells itself to avoid filing for bankruptcy.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns: 1 Year Later One year ago today, markets learned that Bear Stearns had gone kaboom, agreeing to be sold to JPMorgan Chase. What have we learned since then?
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Alex Dumortier	No Hibernating for Bear Stearns The brokers' honeymoon period continues, breaking records with its third-quarter results. But is the stock a buy?
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Welcome to the Hedge Fund Maelstrom Who will get sucked down next? As the volatility in the hedge fund market increases, more hedge funds are claiming big losses on the year. Some have taken bad enough losses to discuss closing out funds.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Investment Banking Business: Money Management These days, investment banks do much more than just investment banking. In addition to traditional asset management they're getting involved in hedge funds and private equity.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007	From CDO to Credit Crunch The Bear Stearns hedge funds became central players in the mortgage mess. Read on to see how.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Investment Banking Wrap-Up A look back at an eventful week in the investment banking segment: Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Bear Sterns all report; the results are mixed.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Bear Stearns Not in Hibernation Surprising strength in the fixed income business powered a strong quarter. However, investors may want to look elsewhere for a bargain.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Seth Jayson	Bernanke Bails Out Bear Has Bernanke saved the financial system, or has he guaranteed that we pay for Wall Street's mistakes?
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Morgan Housel	Classy Goldman Shows How It's Done Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's largest investment bank, is the shining light in an ugly industry.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Stretching for Good News at Bear Stearns Bear Sterns recently announced that it was ranked in Alpha's inaugural top equity trading firms survey.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Bearish on Bear Stearns Though perhaps not a dirt-cheap bargain, it doesn't appear that wild expectations are built into the investment bank's price. The stock looks a little interesting here.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Michael Leibert	A Look at Bear Stearns As the strategic landscape evolves in ways that do not always favor Bear's strengths, the firm is unlikely to continue to outperform its peers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Rich Smith	Banks Gone 'Rupt What can you do to protect yourself from a potential bankruptcy of your bank?
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	This Week in Banking Many are speculating whether it's time to get back into financial stocks.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Morgan Housel	Goldman's New Golden Boy? Fortune magazine reports there's a 50-50 chance Alan Schwartz -- Bear Stearns' CEO at the time of collapse -- will be Goldman Sachs' newest investment banking employee.
Registered Rep. August 4, 2008 Nancy N. DiCostanzo	The Bear Talks The first book about the demise of Bear Stearns, titled Bear Trap, is to be published in September by Brick Tower Books and has been co-authored by an anonymous former Bear exec.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Goldstein et al.	Mutually Assured Mayhem Wall Street is on edge, scrambling to buck up Bear Stearns and avert a domino-effect debacle.
InternetNews June 22, 2007 Paul Shread	Stocks Plummet on Rate Fears Rising interest rates and oil prices and subprime mortgage losses at a Bear Stearns hedge fund sent stocks tumbling again on Friday... Jabil was a standout... Cognos fell on its results... etc.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Gets Sweeter JPMorgan ups its bid for the embattled investment bank to $10 per share, a five-time jump above its original, paltry offer.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Holly Sraeel	In a Global World, is the Blame Game Outmoded? James Cayne's slow response to Bear Stearns' mounting crisis is indicative of his willingness to let things run their course. Until, that is, things got woefully off course.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Goldman Feels the Heat Though it wasn't a terrible quarter for Goldman Sachs, it's become apparent that banking is a terrible industry right now. And after a crazy week, some question even Goldman Sachs' future.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Goldman Sachs Still Has Luster Investors, forget the analyst chatter -- Goldman is still a winner.
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The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dumortier & Khattab	Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc.
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Roben Farzad	The Street's Next Big Scandal Are traders and hedge funds colluding to profit from privileged information?
The Motley Fool November 21, 2008 Rich Duprey	Hedge Funds Ask: Where's the Love? It's been a long, strange trip since the hedge fund industry's summer-of-love confab.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Bruised but Ready for Another Round JPMorgan Chase is setting itself up to become Wall Street's next dominant force.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Will Bear Stearns Receive a Rival Bid? Two days after JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Bear Stearns for $2 per share, BSC stock is trading for slightly more than $5 per share. How could this be? Because the market is factoring in the possibility of a rival offer from another bidder.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Good News Bear Bear Stearns defies expectations and posts a pretty solid quarter. With a current P/E of about 10, investors who think this company can maintain a long-term double-digit pace of growth might see these shares as a bargain today.
Reason July 2009 Tim Cavanaugh	Sympathy for the Investment Banker Who killed Bear Stearns? If you want a compelling rendition of the fall of a once-proud investment bank, Bear Trap and House of Cards are both worth reading.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 Michael Mancini	Lehman: Size Doesn't Matter In what is shaping up to be a record year for most securities firms, Lehman Brothers today announced its fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results to less fanfare than its investment-banking brethren had earned.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Hedge Funds Are Here to Stay The hedge fund industry has been broadsided recently by erratic markets, as well as major losses for some funds. Getting negative on the entire industry may be misguided, though. Not all hedge funds will be successful, but the top ones will continue to be a major force in the markets.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Michael Leibert	More Happy Bankers at Bear The smallest of the big, publicly traded securities houses, Bear Stearns posted its best quarter ever, with net income of $563 million or $4 per diluted share, a 38% increase from the fourth quarter of 2005.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Not a Bearish Quarter for Stearns Bear Stearns announced strong results for its fiscal first quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Seth Jayson	Bear and the Housing Carcass Investors, do you think Ben Bernanke's half-point rate cut can save housing, like the folks at the National Association of Realtors claim? Then take just the briefest peak at the earnings release from Bear Stearns.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Who Will Buy Lehman? The investment bank's days of independence are numbered.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Alex Dumortier	The Only Investing Strategy for a Bear Market Investors should ask themselves: in this new "bear" reality, where no one knows which way the market is heading, what works and what doesn't and, most importantly, how can I protect my assets against further losses?
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Much Lovin' for Lehman Investment bank stocks are often proxies for the market; that's not so good right now. Even with the steep declines in May, Lehman doesn't look like a tremendous bargain for investors.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	What Can JPMorgan Do With Bear Stearns? If JPMorgan can pull Bear back to even a fraction of its former self, the acquisition will go down in history as one of the most lucrative deals ever made.
BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 Norman Pearlstine	Alan C. 'Ace' Greenberg's 'The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns' In his new book, The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns, the former head of Bear doesn't pull any punches -- as usual.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Morgan Housel	Waiting for the Next Bear Stearns A new survey shows that nearly 60% of 146 institutional investors polled expect another major financial firm to collapse in the next six months.