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Ever wanted to know what causes a major investment bank to go belly-up? On January 29, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“LBHI”) reported record revenues of nearly $60 billion and record earnings in excess of $4 billion for its fiscal year ending November 30, 2007. During January 2008, Lehman’s stock traded as high as $65.73 [...] You know what I find frustrating? From today’s Wall Street Journal: And now, for what you’ve all been waiting for: Morgan Stanley’s compensation totals: Sure, the bank’s swing to a fourth-quarter profit of $617 million gets all the headlines, but here at Deal Journal, our eyes naturally seek out the compensation line on that profit [...] David Weidner’s Writing on the Wall: Bill Clinton’s legacy is our financial disaster – MarketWatch … the biggest mistake of the Clinton years regarding Wall Street and the one that rings loudest today was the repeal of Glass-Steagall, a 1933 law that effectively split investment banking and brokerages from commercial banks. In the years leading [...] Not entirely happy by the potential dilution to my stake in my company, but certainly happy that if all goes as planned, we will be able to exit TARP by month-end. Morgan Stanley to Raise $2.2 Billion in Bid to Exit TARP – WSJ.com Morgan Stanley plans to raise $2.2 billion stock offering, in a [...] Okay; I can honestly say that I didn’t see this happening. I figured that Citigroup, like Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, would both be strong enough to weather almost anything the economy could throw at them, but their recent stock movements are highly precipitous. Citi Weighs Its Options, Including Firm’s Sale – WSJ.com [...] |
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