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The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Investment Banking Wrap-Up A look back at an eventful week in the investment banking segment: Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Bear Sterns all report; the results are mixed.
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Wall Street & Technology July 26, 2004 Jonathan Beyman	Dear CIO... The author is chief of operations and technology at Lehman Brothers, as well as an executive vice president. In addition, he has served as the firm's CIO since 2000. Read some questions and answers from his point of view.
Bank Technology News November 2004 Shane Kite	Trading: Direct Execution Players Get Beefy Banks and brokers are stocking up on tech and management tools, bundling direct access with algorithmic trading, as the industry gets more competitive than ever.
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The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The I-Banks Ain't Done Yet: Lehman's Earnings Lehman Brothers reported standout second-quarter earnings. For those concerned about the way the major investment banks are financing themselves, the report from Lehman provided little comfort. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Much Lovin' for Lehman Investment bank stocks are often proxies for the market; that's not so good right now. Even with the steep declines in May, Lehman doesn't look like a tremendous bargain for investors.
Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Ivy Schmerken	Black-Box Trading Raises Risk As black-box trading increases, hedge funds are executing orders at a rapid pace by drawing on their credit relationships with prime brokers.
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BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Roben Farzad	Lehman: A Bank In Bondage Lehman Brothers Inc.'s growth astounds, but its fixed-income fixation may tie it down.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Paul Allen	Trading Gets Exotic As the search for higher returns and diversification has sparked a surge in alternative investments, financial firms are working to establish a technology infrastructure capable of managing an acceptable balance between risk and reward.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Lessons From Amaranth There's a lot to learn from the hedge fund's prodigious collapse. Amaranth's stunning demonstration of the speed with which a hedge fund can come undone will certainly have cooled investor enthusiasm for other such offerings.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Merrill Brings Home the Bacon The firm's solid third-quarter performance comes as no surprise to investors.
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The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Merrill's Running of the Bull What kind of risks is this firm taking to grow its earnings? Are investors willing to let management's plans unfold?
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Wall Street & Technology February 27, 2005 Paul Allen	Hedge Fund Services Heat Up "In my view, prime brokers and [hedge] fund administrators will increasingly find themselves competing in the same space in terms of the services they can offer," says Rob Schultz, head of HSBC's alternative fund services for North America.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Glenn S. Curtis	War, What Is It Good For? War, or rather the prelude to war, has been, historically, bad for the stock market. One group of stocks harder hit than most during these saber-rattling times is the brokerage sector.
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BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian	Bond Woes Add To Banks' Problems With even the fixed-income business faltering, bank earnings are looking dismal.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004 Ivy Schmerken	Online FX Systems Eye STP As e-foreign-exchange-trading portals vie for volume, hedge funds and STP solutions are on the radar screen.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Leapin' Lehman! The brokerage reports a fabulous first quarter. Things are looking good for brokerage companies, and their stocks reflect that.
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Wall Street & Technology April 11, 2008 Cory Levine	Hedge Funds Say Technology Is Critical to Business Hedge funds are focusing their technology efforts on improving automation around OTC derivatives, as well as adding collateral management technology and exerting better control over prime brokerage charges and rates, according to a new Aite survey.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Feelin' All Right at Lehman All in all, stakeholders in Lehman Brothers should be pretty pleased with the way the firm has held up during the market turmoil. Lehman may be quietly doing a lot of things right.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Michael Leibert	A Look at Bear Stearns As the strategic landscape evolves in ways that do not always favor Bear's strengths, the firm is unlikely to continue to outperform its peers. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Tom Taulli	Goldman: Into the Private Equity Stratosphere Goldman is expected to raise a $19 billion private equity fund, which should be a nice boost for the firm's bottom line. Investors, take note.
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Wall Street & Technology July 1, 2005 Ivy Schmerken	The New Sell-Side Trader: Execution Consultant Brokers are morphing into execution consultants to advise the buy side on selecting algorithms and measuring performance. But how will the sell side reinvent the institutional sales trader?
The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Morgan Stanley Trades Up The bottom line for investors: in an environment where industrywide valuations are creeping higher, there are better bank ideas out there.
Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Jonathan Beyman	Dear CIO... The chief of operations and technology at Lehman Brothers discusses data latency issues, which are a concern for institutional traders.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2006 Tom Taulli	Goldman's Profit Explosion Goldman hasn't lost its golden touch, as seen with its end-of-the-year results for 2006. It's tough for individual investors to participate in these areas, but investing in Goldman Sachs is one way to get some exposure to them.
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