Tag Bear Stearns

Why Bear Stearns failed

Naked Capitalism details the multiple reasons for the collapse, the precipitating event being rumors of financial problems at Bear caused massive withdrawals of cash by hedge funds and other institutions. Did others deliberately push Bear and that Carlyle hedge fund…

Bear Stearns craters

Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns received emergency 28 day funding today from JP Morgan and the NY Fed. BSC cratered on the news and closed at 30, down 27 points, a whopping 47% drop in just one day. Reports…