2 Former Bear Stearns Managers Arrested

Perhaps if you’re in foreclosure, you might take heart that two guys from Bear Stearns who wildly traded your mortgage for profit were arrested today in New York. (Photo of Ralph Cioffi courtesy of the NY Times.) The two funds had names as obtuse as the complex subprime securities in their portfolios — High Grade Structured Credit [...]

Saturday Schadenfreude

Our New Feature: Saturday Schadenfreude! ‘Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.’ — Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz, March 10, addressing liquidity-crunch speculation ‘[O]ur liquidity position in the last 24 hours … significantly deteriorated.’ — Schwartz, March 14 Hat-Tip to MarketWatch!

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