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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bear_StearnsBear Stearns - Wikipedia

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   Bear Stearns' former offices at 383 Madison Avenue. Bear Stearns was founded as an equity trading house on May 1, 1923, by Joseph Ainslie Bear, Robert B. Stearns and Harold C. Mayer with $500,000 in capital (equivalent to $8,941,406 in 2023). Internal tensions quickly arose among the three founders.

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3. www.investopedia.com › terms › bBear Stearns: Its Collapse, Bailout, Winners & Losers

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   Apr 30, 2023 · Learn how Bear Stearns, a global investment bank, failed during the 2008 financial crisis due to its exposure to mortgage-backed securities. Find out how JPMorgan Chase bought Bear Stearns, what happened to its investors, and what role deregulation played in the collapse.

4. www.cnn.com › 2018/09/30 › investingThe stunning downfall of Bear Stearns and its bridge-playing ...

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   Sep 30, 2018 · Bear Stearns was the first domino to fall in the 2008 financial crisis. Chairman Jimmy Cayne is blamed for missing bad bets. Risky mortgages, too much debt and poor oversight led to Bear’s ...

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   Is Bear Stearns a bank?

   • It if quacks, it is a duck. If it borrows short and lends (or invests) long, it is a bank. Officially, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers were investment companies; Washington Mutual was a savings & loan; AIG was an insurance company, GMAC and GE Capital were subsidiaries of industrial corporations; the Reserve Fund was a money market mutual fund.

   Lessons from the collapse of Bear Stearns - Financial Times

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   How much is Bear Stearns worth?

   • By Saturday, J.P. Morgan Chase concluded that Bear Stearns was worth only $236 million. Desperately seeking a solution that would stop Bear’s failure from spreading to other over-leveraged banks (such as Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Citigroup) the Federal Reserve called its first emergency weekend meeting in 30 years.

   Bear Stearns collapses, sold to J.P. Morgan Chase - HISTORY

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   Who founded Bear Stearns?

   • Bear Stearns was founded as an equity trading house on May 1, 1923, by Joseph Ainslie Bear, Robert B. Stearns and Harold C. Mayer with $500,000 in capital (equivalent to $8,941,406 in 2023). Internal tensions quickly arose among the three founders.

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   How did Bear Stearns avoid bankruptcy?

   • On March 16, 2008, Bear Stearns, the 85-year-old investment bank, narrowly avoids bankruptcy by its sale to J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. at the shockingly low price of $2 per share. Bear Stearns seemed to be riding high with a stock market capitalization of $20 billion in early 2007.

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6. www.investopedia.com › insights › great-financialThe Great Financial Crisis 10 Years On: Bear Stearns Acquired ...

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   Nov 9, 2022 · Learn how Bear Stearns, a leading investment bank, failed in 2008 amid the global financial crisis. Explore the role of its two hedge funds, the subprime mortgage market, the liquidity crunch and the JPMorgan acquisition.

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   Jan 19, 2018 · Learn how the investment bank Bear Stearns, one of the first casualties of the subprime mortgage crisis, avoided bankruptcy by selling to J.P. Morgan Chase for $2 per share in March 2008. Find out the causes, consequences and sources of this historic event.

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9. www.investopedia.com › articles › 07Dissecting the Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Collapse - Investopedia

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   Apr 27, 2021 · Learn how two Bear Stearns hedge funds failed in 2007 due to leveraged credit strategies, subprime mortgage-backed securities, and credit default swaps. Find out the key mistakes, the timeline, and the impact of the crisis.

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    Mar 14, 2010 · Officially, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers were investment companies; Washington Mutual was a savings & loan; AIG was an insurance company, GMAC and GE Capital were subsidiaries of industrial ...