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The legality of the Bear Stearns "rescue"

An interesting article on the Bear Stearns "rescue":

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"Bear Stearns is trading at $6 instead of $2 because unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own. Very simply, Bear Stearns is still in play. Still, when all is said and done, my own impression is that the ultimate value of the stock will not be $2, but exactly zero."

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PeterL
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I don't see the direct relevance of this message to MIFP. In any case, it appears that Hussman is wrong about the value of Bear Stearns stocks, with JP Morgan having increased its bid from $2 to $10.

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beliavsky

I see quite a bit. Investing is all about risk and return. When a company is sold, such as BARRA, or Peoplesoft, or Palm/US Robotics/3Com, (all companies I went through this same type of thing with) investors need to know what possible outcomes to expect, and who the players are. The players sometimes include governmental/regulatory entities as well as private investors.

I have read only a few other musings of respected financial pundits, some claim the Bear Stearns "save" was critical to avoid major meltdown of the markets (something about not knowing what one's own exposure was, as well as not knowing what one's clients' exposures were).

-Mark Bole

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Mark Bole

Here is such a viewpoint from one of my favorite investment writers.

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His argument is that, like Long Term Capital, letting Bear Sterns go down would have frozen the credit markets, caused a stock market crash, and triggered a mild depression.

He further suggests that the Fed may end up making a profit, but that they do have $30 billion at risk in the meantime.

-- Doug

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Douglas Johnson

I didn't think the Fed's end of the deal was structured for any potential upside. It should be, as was done with Chrysler.

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Gil Faver

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