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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Lehman took itself, and others, off death watch

 Apr 02, 2008 08:55 AM UTC
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Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
WM Positive 04/02/08 +186.26% --
WB Positive 04/02/08 -41.73% 06/20/08
C Positive 04/02/08 +3.61% 04/24/08
LEH Positive 04/02/08 -1.28% 04/24/08
MER Positive 04/02/08 -1.96% 04/24/08
UBS Positive 04/02/08 -36.86% 08/12/08
MS Positive 04/02/08 -9.41% 08/12/08
BSC Positive 04/02/08 +1.40% 05/05/08

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says that by offering a good yield, Lehman helped transform the case on a number of financials.

In a world of virtually no fixed-income return, when you offer a 7% piece of paper with terrific upside, as Lehman (NYSE: LEH) (Cramer's Take) did, you can bet you will get takers.

Sure the yield wasn't as good as Merrill's (NYSE: MER) (Cramer's Take), but Merrill's balance sheet isn't as good as Lehman's.

I know there was a lot of rejoicing yesterday about taking Lehman off the table and also UBS (NYSE: UBS) (Cramer's Take) off the table as patients that could die. One by one we stabilize them.

Yes, we can still worry about Wachovia (NYSE: WB) (Cramer's Take), Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) (Cramer's Take) and yes, Citigroup (NYSE: C) (Cramer's Take) (I am removing Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) (Cramer's Take) because I think they could offer the same terms as Lehman), but the more you ensure that other firms won't meet Bear's (NYSE: BSC) (Cramer's Take) fate, the more you want to put money with WM, C and WB no matter how bad you think they are.

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