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The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Morgan Housel	Goldman's New Golden Boy? Fortune magazine reports there's a 50-50 chance Alan Schwartz -- Bear Stearns' CEO at the time of collapse -- will be Goldman Sachs' newest investment banking employee.
Financial Advisor May 2008 Evan Simonoff	After The Storm As the mushrooming subprime loan crisis enters its tenth month, a growing list of questions begs answers.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Credit Crunch Cuts Down Bear Stearns Bear Stearns sells itself to avoid filing for bankruptcy.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	No Hibernating at Bear Stearns Investment banks have been hot. The run might not be over yet and Bear Stearns is a generally risk-averse company that still has some global expansion potential. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Still Bullish on This Bear Although fixed income could be a tougher market next year, Bear Stearns has other ways to grow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Bearish on Bear Stearns Though perhaps not a dirt-cheap bargain, it doesn't appear that wild expectations are built into the investment bank's price. The stock looks a little interesting here.
Investment Advisor May 2008 McBride & Waddell	Seismic Shift The Treasury Secretary floats a regulatory plan that -- if implemented -- will change the financial services world as we know it.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Seth Jayson	Bear and the Housing Carcass Investors, do you think Ben Bernanke's half-point rate cut can save housing, like the folks at the National Association of Realtors claim? Then take just the briefest peak at the earnings release from Bear Stearns.
Financial Advisor November 2008 Evan Simonoff	The Landscape Is Shifting, Not Shaking Two 40%-plus bear markets in one decade, an event not witnessed since the 1970s, coupled with a bursting housing bubble that triggered a credit crisis, will change investor behavior in ways that are only starting to emerge.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Congress Grills Bernanke Over Bear Recent hearings debated the Fed's role in bailing out Bear Stearns.
Registered Rep. August 4, 2008 Nancy N. DiCostanzo	The Bear Talks The first book about the demise of Bear Stearns, titled Bear Trap, is to be published in September by Brick Tower Books and has been co-authored by an anonymous former Bear exec.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Bear Stearns: Ouch! Many investors expected it to be a nasty quarter for investment bank Bear Stearns, and a nasty quarter is what they got.
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Jody Shenn	Bear Stearns Alumni Are All Over Wall Street The financial crisis hasn't damaged the careers of many former Bear Stearns executives who have found new high-level jobs on Wall Street.
Finance & Development September 2010 Ashok Vir Bhatia	After the Supernova Crisis management lessons from the IMF's assessment of the U.S. financial system.
Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell	Wheels of Blueprint In Motion The SEC and the Federal Reserve Board's recent Memorandum of Understanding marks a first step; but Congress says more stringent financial services regulations are warranted.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Lehman Brothers Next To Go? After Bear Stearns' collapse, Lehman's future could be on the chopping block.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 William Trent	What Can the Fed Do? The Federal Reserve did not "bail out" Bear Stearns. Read on to learn more about what the Fed can, and cannot, do.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	What Lurks Beneath There are many registered independent advisors and broker/dealers for whom the Bear Stearns debacle is much more than an academic exercise.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Morgan Housel	Classy Goldman Shows How It's Done Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's largest investment bank, is the shining light in an ugly industry.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Bear Gets Mauled The financial services sector has been under pressure lately, but Bear has taken a bigger hit than average -- it's now down 18% since the beginning of the year. At this point, it looks like Bear may have a raft of hedge fund investor lawsuits to look forward to.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Will Bear Stearns Receive a Rival Bid? Two days after JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Bear Stearns for $2 per share, BSC stock is trading for slightly more than $5 per share. How could this be? Because the market is factoring in the possibility of a rival offer from another bidder.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	Why Paulson's Plan Works Saluting the Secretary of the Treasury's proposed overhaul of financial institution regulations.
Registered Rep. July 24, 2008	SEC Versus Fed: Who Should Regulate Investment Banks? In the wake of the sub-prime crisis and near-collapse of Bear Stearns in mid-March, regulatory reform for investment banks has become a popular topic in Washington and on Wall Street.
U.S. Banker May 2008 Joseph Rosta	Moral Hazard? A Greater Hazard Lurks. Not getting regulations correct after today's crisis would be the true moral hazard.
Reason July 2009 Tim Cavanaugh	Sympathy for the Investment Banker Who killed Bear Stearns? If you want a compelling rendition of the fall of a once-proud investment bank, Bear Trap and House of Cards are both worth reading.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2008 Kristen French	Post Bear, Regulatory Reform May Squeeze Brokerage Margins Could increased regulation of the brokerage industry in the wake of the subprime crisis and Bear Stearns debacle tighten the screws on brokerage business revenues and margins?
Registered Rep. March 17, 2008 Kristen French	Bear Sells To JP Morgan, Advisors Prepare For Flight Recruiters say Bear advisors are very determined to leave, but the deal at least buys them some time to look for a new home.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007	From CDO to Credit Crunch The Bear Stearns hedge funds became central players in the mortgage mess. Read on to see how.
U.S. Banker February 2002	What if Bank One Bought Bear Stearns? Sean Ryan, the former Bear Stearns bank stock analyst who now is an analyst at Fulcrum Global Partners, a securities brokerage firm, is reporting rumors that Bank One is considering buying Bear Stearns. This rumor probably is as baseless as most, but the idea may not be a bad one...
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Hits the Panic Button Investment bank Bear Stearns liquidity woes prove to be true; the bank announces that it will receive short-term financing from the Federal Reserve and rival JPMorgan Chase.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Michael Leibert	More Happy Bankers at Bear The smallest of the big, publicly traded securities houses, Bear Stearns posted its best quarter ever, with net income of $563 million or $4 per diluted share, a 38% increase from the fourth quarter of 2005.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Stretching for Good News at Bear Stearns Bear Sterns recently announced that it was ranked in Alpha's inaugural top equity trading firms survey.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Gets Sweeter JPMorgan ups its bid for the embattled investment bank to $10 per share, a five-time jump above its original, paltry offer.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Is Bear Stearns Doomed? The market's betting against this notable firm, as rumors permeate Wall Street that the company faces an impending liquidity crisis.
U.S. Banker May 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Plan Draws Lukewarm Response The Treasury Department's proposal to reorganize regulation of the financial-services marketplace drew mixed reviews.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Good News Bear Bear Stearns defies expectations and posts a pretty solid quarter. With a current P/E of about 10, investors who think this company can maintain a long-term double-digit pace of growth might see these shares as a bargain today.
Insurance & Technology April 3, 2008 Katherine Burger	No Surprises in Insurance Industry's Mixed Reception for Treasury Department's Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Concerns about competitive advantage inspired the life insurance industry's welcome of the Treasury's call for an optional federal charter as part of broad regulatory reform proposals for financial services.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Bill Mann	A Wish for Bear Stearns: New Coaches at NY & Co. It's time for new management at New York & Company. And since Bear Stearns controls the majority of the stock and much of the board, it won't happen unless Bear says so.
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.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Bad News Bear Stearns The pain continues for Bear Stearns. After announcing that two hedge funds had officially filed for bankruptcy, recent reports indicate that now a third is in trouble.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Morgan Housel	Waiting for the Next Bear Stearns A new survey shows that nearly 60% of 146 institutional investors polled expect another major financial firm to collapse in the next six months.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Paulson Calls a Bottom in the Mortgage Market It's worth listening to a hedge fund manager who has a clue.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 James Pressley	The Meltdown According to Hank Paulson How the former Treasury Secretary, exhausted and careworn, labored to save the financial system -- and made plenty of mistakes.
Reason March 2009 Gillespie & Welch	'I Think the SEC Was Distracted' Outgoing Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins talks about bailouts, hedge funds, and what he thinks the SEC should have been regulating.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Bear Stearns Not in Hibernation Surprising strength in the fixed income business powered a strong quarter. However, investors may want to look elsewhere for a bargain.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns: 1 Year Later One year ago today, markets learned that Bear Stearns had gone kaboom, agreeing to be sold to JPMorgan Chase. What have we learned since then?
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Bear Stearns' Flesh Wound How deep do the problems at Bear Stearns run? Even in the best-case scenario -- where it really is just the hedge funds with heavy losses -- the ramifications will still likely be painful.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Alex Dumortier	No Hibernating for Bear Stearns The brokers' honeymoon period continues, breaking records with its third-quarter results. But is the stock a buy?
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.