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Stock Investing > The Longish View

Learning from the Collapse from the People Who Saw It Coming

Tom Hughes | Wed, 12/10/2008 - 4:31pm | bailout, credit crisis, Goldman Sachs, GS, housing prices, investment banks, Morgan Stanley, MS, ratings, regulation, subprime mortgages |  1 comment

With a new Administration in the wings, and the financial crisis, if not resolved, somehow moving into a state where we can think about something besides today's Dow Jones, thought leaders are starting to emerge with suggestions on lessons learned and what to fix.  Some of the most interestin ... Read more

Stock Investing > The Longish View

The Future of Financial Services and the End of Trading-profits Businesses

Tom Hughes | Wed, 11/19/2008 - 11:42am | AB, Alliance Bernstein, C, Charles Schwab, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, GS, Morgan Stanley, MS, SCHW |  1 comment

Financial services, as a sector, has been clobbered.  Bankruptcy, forced takeover, government support -- no news here, the situation is dire.  Basically, if a firm is associated with subprime or CDS or, now, consumer credit, the news is horrible.  I'm not telling you anything you do ... Read more

Stock Investing > Finance Professor

Morgan Stanley: Blame Market Consolidation For The Soaring Cost Of Beer

Mahar | Mon, 11/16/2009 - 12:25pm | Morgan Stanley, MS |  1 comment

Finally a finance article that students will care about! Clusterstocks's Business Insider posts on the price of beer in various countries as tied to market power of the top beer producers. Morgan Stanley: Blame Market Consolidation For The Soaring Cost Of Beer: "Morgan Stanley shows pretty convincin ... Read more

Stock Investing > The Longish View

Corporate Governance versus Risk Management

Tom Hughes | Fri, 11/07/2008 - 12:12pm | Bear Stearns, corporate governance, GS, Hedge Funds, Lehman Brothers, Long-Term Capital Management, MS |  1 comment

The news that the former risk manager for Bear Stearns, Michael Alix, is now working for the New York Federal Reserve in a senior risk-management role has inspired some negative commentary.  An Associated Press story carried this quote:  ''That's incredible,'' said James Cox, whom the ... Read more