Word: bear
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...Morgan had the opportunity to potentially pick up businesses that were extremely profitable,” Bergstresser added, “but the question then and now is whether it was worth the risk that was taken on as well as the price paid for Bear. That remains to be seen...
...Talented employees will go elsewhere and clients who don’t want to deal with the turmoil will look to other firms to do business,” Rose said. “In addition, there are big cultural differences between Morgan and Bear, and solving these issues is a big exercise of time and attention...
However, according to Bergstresser and Rose, the reasons to purchase Bear in the end seemed to outweigh the risks...
...addition, it was clear that buying Bear was important to the financial system, and this weighed heavily on any decision,” Rose said...
...Paulson knows this as well as anyone. He and his team had been working on his proposal for more than six months, in the event that more piecemeal approaches like the bailout of Bear Stearns or the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn't stop the bleeding. When things looked like they were headed for a crisis at the beginning of last week, he had a team up literally all night working with the Federal Reserve to frame a deliberately vague proposal that could make it through Congress. The key issue was to get something that could pass...