Re: [RT] Bear Sterns Question, RealTraders Email List Archive

CNBC showed an interesting time line slide show of financial related activity of BS since mid 07.

If I remember correctly, they reported significant losses for a couple quarters, had assets seized by Merrill if memory serves due to non payment of a loan I think, defaulted on other loans, top executives leaving etc. After seeing this slide show, BS was screaming for 9 months that it was in real serious trouble. Im curious as to how its stock maintained such a high price while all this was going on?

Lee

In a message dated 3/21/2008 5:11:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ketayun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Thanks Tim..I was just wondering if there had been a way that the staff could have got a better deal. Of course I know that JPM is hiring many of the top execs back to BS..

----- Original Message -----

From: Timothy Morge

To: realtraders@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:06 PM

Subject: Re: [RT] Bear Sterns Question

This never got that far. The credit concerns forced
the Fed to choose a partner for BS and then indemnify
that partner. I was involved in three of these deals
in the 1987 crash, where my bank washed the credit
until the deals were announced after the market
closed.

There was no choice.

And no, in bankrupcy court, shareholders stand in line
and they are last in line. The emplyees, unless they
have an unusual clause in their contract [think golden
parachute with protection] are at best one step above
that, but generally are at the same level.

Tim Morge

www.marketgeometry.com
--- ketayun <ketayun@xxxxxxxxxxnet> wrote:

> If BS had gone into Bankruptcy would the employees
> have been better off as in being first creditor?
> Clearly the shareholders lost anyway.
>

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