Before the Call: Bearish on Bear Stearns
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CAPS players have a dour outlook on this finance giant.
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Morgan Stanley (MWD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , two of Wall Street&#39;s biggest
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Investors in Bear Stearns Cos.  hedge funds that were virtually wiped out from large bets on risky mortgages are planning to sue the company as early as Monday, television channel CNBC reported on Friday.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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The recent bleak returns on Wall Street have prompted many investment advisers to prescribe the same bromide: switch to defensive stocks and cut back on bonds.
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Joseph C. Lewis, who became a billionaire trading currencies, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc &lt;BSC.N&gt;, snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock over the past two months.
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Futures on benchmark equity indexes were in the red before Wall Street's opening on Wednesday, with eyes on Merrill Lynch  after media reports of bigger write-downs than the brokerage has flagged.
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Some think the market's travail is a short-term correction. They are kidding themselves. Hide in T bills until it's safe.
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Spotting the clues to buy before stocks rise.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the near-collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that made bad bets on the mortgage market.
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Investors were reminded of the uncertainty plaguing Wall Street.
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Stock index futures fell on Wednesday as news that deep losses on subprime mortgage bonds have left two Bear Stearns hedge funds almost worthless further worried investors already edgy after lackluster results from Intel Corp.  and Yahoo Inc.
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U.S. stocks were expected to nudge  higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from  investment banks Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns Cos.  Inc. BSC.N taking center stage.
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Bear Stearns shares rose 7.7 percent yesterday on speculation that investors including Warren E. Buffett may buy all or part of the company.
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Investors in two struggling Bear  Stearns Cos.  hedge funds that made bad bets on risky  mortgages will almost surely file lawsuits in hopes of  recouping losses, but legal experts say they could have a tough  time proving their case.
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Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , one of the nation's largest mortgage bond underwriters, said on Thursday quarterly earnings fell by a third as trouble in the mortgage market hurt bond trading revenue and it wrote down assets.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday, boosted by surprisingly high earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. and economists' bullish estimates for stock indexes performance next year.