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Still a sell although benefitting by XLF ETF buying Graphic_rating_sell BSC
11235
66%
 +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   (+0.89%  risk: moderate)  04/18/08 Comment


Step away from the Craps Table Graphic_rating_sell BSC
Barbaro
69%
 +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...
By  dogcrap   (+2.91%  risk: aggressive)  03/18/08 Comment


Bearish on BSC ... Graphic_rating_sell BSC
Sr_small
58%
 -35.76%
in 602 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   (+7.79%  risk: aggressive)  03/18/08 Comment


Who the Phuck knows... Graphic_rating_sell BSC
Barbaro
69%
 +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   (+2.91%  risk: aggressive)  03/18/08 Comment


BSC GOES UP Graphic_rating_buy BSC
60%
 +82.91%
in 602 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   (+6.14%  risk: moderate)  03/18/08 Comment




From the Blogosphere

The Sub-Prime Crisis and the Hedge Fund Collapse
Here as we approach the 20th anniversary of the crash of October 19th, 1987, the academic world is starting to read the entrails of the hedge fund crash of 2007 as it relates to the sub-prime crisis.

In August, the financial world trembled as hedge funds involved in CDO's, most notably two funds of Bear Stearns, collapsed. Even this week, news of potential equity investments by Buffett or perhaps others have led to speculation in Bear Stearns stock (BSC).

What is sometimes missed is how verklempt the financial world got in August. A wave of deleveraging of hedge funds ensued which resulted in...
By  Value Discipline Investor   (-35.55%  risk: aggressive)  09/30/07 Comment


Making Money On The Way Down
On_phone_bw
21%
Futures look awful for tomorrow at roughly a half a percentage point down across all major indexes, along with several bearish charts that I believe can yield some nice profit in the coming week or more. Since I think it is going to be fairly difficult to make money going long on stocks tomorrow and in the near future, short selling should be considered, since it allows traders to make money when the overall market or just a single stock is heading down.

Short selling a stock means borrowing shares from your broker and selling them on the market at the current market price. You get to pocket...
By  pavelpg   (-27.80%  risk: moderate)  12/17/07 Comment


C Is For Shorting
On_phone_bw
21%
More write-downs for Citigroup (C) today, due to underestimation. C is talking of cutting dividends by 40% which is scaring fixed income investors away. C is also commenting that perhaps the other big banks, like JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch, are on a similar path of further write-downs. So keep Morgan Stanley (MS), Bear Stearns (BSC), Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Merrill Lynch (MER), and Bank of America (BAC) on your w<>atch lists for shorting opportunities if further break-downs of those stocks happen. All of those companies have been covered in my ...
By  pavelpg   (-27.80%  risk: moderate)  12/27/07 Comment


Making Money On The Way Down
On_phone_bw
21%
Futures look awful for tomorrow at roughly a half a percentage point down across all major indexes, along with several bearish charts that I believe can yield some nice profit in the coming week or more. Since I think it is going to be fairly difficult to make money going long on stocks tomorrow and in the near future, short selling should be considered, since it allows traders to make money when the overall market or just a single stock is heading down.

Short selling a stock means borrowing shares from your broker and selling them on the market at the current market price. You get to pocket...
By  pavelpg   (-27.80%  risk: moderate)  12/17/07 Comment


C Is For Shorting
On_phone_bw
21%
More write-downs for Citigroup (C) today, due to underestimation. C is talking of cutting dividends by 40% which is scaring fixed income investors away. C is also commenting that perhaps the other big banks, like JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch, are on a similar path of further write-downs. So keep Morgan Stanley (MS), Bear Stearns (BSC), Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Merrill Lynch (MER), and Bank of America (BAC) on your w<>atch lists for shorting opportunities if further break-downs of those stocks happen. All of those companies have been covered in my ...
By  pavelpg   (-27.80%  risk: moderate)  12/27/07 Comment



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