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Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 John Churchill |
Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results.  |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 |
Merrill Reps: Waiting For Retention News Brokers were told they would be offered retention packages, but no further details have been offered so far.  |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 |
AIG Saved; Biz As Usual For Its B/Ds The government bailed out AIG from near failure with a two-year loan of $85 million in exchange for a nearly 80-percent stake in the company.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
What's Next for WaMu? There's no indication Washington Mutual is about to fail or file for bankruptcy anytime soon. What is clear is that turmoil in the markets puts every leveraged bank in the spotlight, and WaMu is now one of the top names attracting attention during these sea-changing events.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Has a Run on Goldman and Morgan Begun? NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini may have been right. We could very well be witnessing the death throes of the modern U.S. investment bank.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Dazzles, Sort Of A good quarter, sure, but I'm interested on where the bank can go from here.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Barclays Guts Lehman Barclays announced today that it would acquire Lehman's U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary for $1.75 billion. The deal gives Barclays immediate heft in the U.S. debt and equity capital markets.  |
Registered Rep. September 16, 2008 |
Barclays Picking At Lehman Carcass; Clock Is Ticking Barclays Capital, one of Britain's largest banks, is nearing a deal with Lehman Brothers to buy its core broker/dealer business, and is in talks to sell its investment management unit to one or more private equity firms.  |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
The BofA/Merrill Deal Won't Happen The current stock prices of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America imply that either the market doesn't believe the deal will happen, or it doesn't believe it will happen on the current terms. Read on to see why.  |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Barker et al. |
The Lesson We Can Learn From Lehman If there's only one thing you take away from the Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG stories of the past few days, let it be this: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.  |
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