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The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Bear Gets Mauled The financial services sector has been under pressure lately, but Bear has taken a bigger hit than average -- it's now down 18% since the beginning of the year. At this point, it looks like Bear may have a raft of hedge fund investor lawsuits to look forward to.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Lehman Brothers Next To Go? After Bear Stearns' collapse, Lehman's future could be on the chopping block.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Jody Shenn	Bear Stearns Alumni Are All Over Wall Street The financial crisis hasn't damaged the careers of many former Bear Stearns executives who have found new high-level jobs on Wall Street.
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.
U.S. Banker February 2002	What if Bank One Bought Bear Stearns? Sean Ryan, the former Bear Stearns bank stock analyst who now is an analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners, a securities brokerage firm, is reporting rumors that Bank One is considering buying Bear Stearns. This rumor probably is as baseless as most, but the idea may not be a bad one...
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.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Orderly Deleveraging at Bear Stearns Here is an investor's tour of the mess at Bear Stearns, which has been figuring out what to do about a couple of its hedge funds that have made some not-so-successful bets on the subprime mortgage market.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2007 Emil Lee	Is the Carry Trade for You? A carry trade can be defined as borrowing at a low interest rate and then lending at a higher rate. Because carry trades are at the mercy of the liquidity of the markets, they are highly risky. Investors, beware.
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 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 August 7, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Bear Stearns' Flesh Wound How deep do the problems at Bear Stearns run? Even in the best-case scenario -- where it really is just the hedge funds with heavy losses -- the ramifications will still likely be painful.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Jeff Joseph	The Far Reach of Subprime Woes Leveraged loans to companies are likely to be adversely affected by hedge fund losses from collateralized debt obligations.
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.
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Did Bear Stearns Soft-Pedal The Risks? Investors claim they were misled by Bear Stearns hedge funds' sales managers' assurances.
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 17, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Credit Crunch Cuts Down Bear Stearns Bear Stearns sells itself to avoid filing for bankruptcy.
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.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 D. Henry & M. Goldstein	Citi May Have a New Mess on Its Hands Citibank could take another billion-dollar hit from bad debt tied to the CDO commercial paper market.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Bernard J. Haddigan	A Structured Finance Hangover At the height of the commercial real estate market's historic up cycle in 1999, collateralized debt obligations emerged on the scene.
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 November 14, 2007 Emil Lee	Can the Super SIV Save the Day? Bankers from Citigroup, JPMorgan, and Bank of America have reportedly agreed upon the terms and structure of a to-be-raised gigantic fund to help alleviate the funding problems currently plaguing structured investment vehicles.
Registered Rep. March 17, 2008 Kristen French	Bear Sells To JP Morgan, Advisors Prepare For Flight Recruiters say Bear advisors are very determined to leave, but the deal at least buys them some time to look for a new home.
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.
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?
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Goldstein & Henry	Bear Bets Wrong Two Bear Stearns hedge funds soared by specializing in exotic securities and unorthodox practices. Then they imploded and helped set off a global credit market meltdown.
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Greg MacSweeney	The Fallout From CDOs Will Last Through 2008 Banks' inability to price and measure risk on complex financial products is alarming and needs to be improved to avoid another market meltdown.
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.
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.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	What Lurks Beneath There are many registered independent advisors and broker/dealers for whom the Bear Stearns debacle is much more than an academic exercise.
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 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.
Registered Rep. March 24, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Will Dimon Offer Retention Package To Coveted Bear Advisors? JP Morgan's chief may have asked rival firms to back off from hiring Bear Stearns advisors, but that doesn't mean competitors have stopped offering recruiting deals to anxious Bear reps.
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2007 Dees Stribling	Coming into Focus Mortgage REITs of all stripes tighten their lending practices to improve their outlook going forward. The subprime event may mark a permanent change in the business environment for mortgage REITs, as well as mortgage lenders and investors.
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.
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Henry & Goldstein	The Subprime Mess: "It's Just Going To Get Worse" Many more borrowers could default when ARM rates rise.
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.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Roids: Not Just For Baseball Bear Stearns attempted to impose a temporary restraining order on departed broker Doug Sharon. Sharon left for Morgan Stanley on March 17 -- the day after J.P. Morgan made a deal to buy the embattled Bear Stearns. Bear's TRO was rejected by a Massachusetts court.
BusinessWeek August 7, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Bullish On Bear Stearns Volatility is a broker's friend, and the market's recent swings have produced outsize gains for some of the biggest brokerages.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Seth Jayson	A Conduit to Chaos Investors, think your bank has no exposure to the problems in housing? Think again.
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.
National Real Estate Investor March 3, 2003 Parke Chapman	Bear Stearns to remain in Brooklyn Despite periodic threats to move thousands of its New York City employees out of the city, Bear Stearns has announced that it will renew its 300,000 sq. ft. lease at Brooklyn's Metro Tech Center for a 20-year term.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Is Bear Stearns Doomed? The market's betting against this notable firm, as rumors permeate Wall Street that the company faces an impending liquidity crisis.
Registered Rep. March 16, 2006 John Churchill	Bear Stearns Fined $250 Million for Securities Fraud The SEC's investigation found that from 1999 through September 2003, the firm provided technology, advice and deceptive devices that helped market timers and late traders evade the firm's own systems as well as those of mutual funds.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Bear (Stearns) Hug for Calpine Will forming an energy trading business with Bear Stearns help Calpine resolve its troubles? That seems to be the philosophy embraced by investors, speculators, and traders.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 John Rosevear	Is It Time to Buy a House Yet? The subprime mortgage mess has created a mixed blessing for potential homebuyers.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	GM's Divorce From Allison Gets a Flat The General Motors deal to arrange a leveraged buyout of its Allison Transmission division is delayed as the private equity group has trouble finding financing. Its one of many deals disrupted as investors grow increasingly wary of private equity deals.