Tag Archives: Lehman Brothers

Laid Off By Lehman: One Broker’s Story

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Lance

Heh, heh, heh.

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JP Morgan, Lehman and Nightmares

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Lance

I am often asked about individual bank stocks, especially JP Morgan. Generally my answer is that Bank of America, JP Morgan and a few others look to be likely survivors, but how profitable they will be I am really unsure. … Continue reading →

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In Summary

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Lance

Tyler Cowen states his basic views on the crisis. My response in italics:

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When are we being Chicken Littles?

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Lance

Let us look at one of the ways that we are being panicked unnecessarily, and why incidentally we can help many of these financial institutions in the fashion I discussed in my post on a potential alternative plan. In my … Continue reading →

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Glass-Steagall : RIP

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Lance

Continuing the discussion on tonight’s podcast, one of the recurring themes of much of the commentary on our current financial crisis is that the cause is too much deregulation. Possibly there is some truth to this, though the evidence is … Continue reading →

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New Era Mergers

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Lance

From Craigs List, though it has since been removed: H/T- Alphaville

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