BEAR STEARNS

Talk show host John Oliver has shared commentary on Jim Cramer previously and held nothing back when discussing the CNBC host's past comments about cryptocurrency and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. What Happened: During an episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” the...

The U.S. stock market officially entered a market correction recently with the S&P 500 down 20% from all-time highs. Many have pointed to the potential of a recession and searches for the term are hitting record highs on Google. Here’s a look at how investors have fared since the last...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On March 16, 2008, Bear Stearns merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). Where The Market Was: The Dow finished the next day at 11,972.25. What Else Was Going On In The World...

Investors who owned stocks in the 2010s generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) total return for the decade was 250.5%. But there’s no question some big-name stocks didn’t keep pace along the way. JPMorgan’s Big Decade One market leader of...

During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump dissed about half of the United States’ major corporations, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) was not exempt from his rage – pretty much the opposite. Trump repeatedly promised to “drain the swamp,” making reference to...

Former Bear Stearns mortgage-backed securities (MBS) trader Perry Rahbar recently wrote about the danger of financial innovation without transparency. According to Rahbar, innovation without transparency was the true underlying cause of the Financial Crisis. Rahbar argued that the MBS market itself...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)'s CEO Jamie Dimon touted his bank's financial strength in the bank's annual letter to shareholders. According to Dimon, JPMorgan Chase "did absolutely fine" during the 2008 and 2009 financial crisis, as the bank "never lost money," continued to serve clients and...

Benzinga got a sneak peek of this Sunday’s Wall Street Week show. This week’s guests will be Mary Deatherage, managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management; Robert Sechan, managing director at UBS; Steven Tananbaum, managing partner and CIO at GoldenTree Asset...

The current bull market turned six years old on Monday, and it seems appropriate to take a look back and see how far stocks have come since the S&P 500 hit a Financial Crisis low of 676.53 on March 9, 2009. The S&P itself has more than tripled in value, up about 207 percent in those six...

This past weekend in Barron's online: why Goldman Sachs has held up better than its competitors, the prospects for Trinity Biotech, Steelcase and the Kraft Foods spinoff, and what it means to be a leader of philanthropic causes today. Cover Story "Built to Win" by Michael Santoli. In the...

Bloomberg Television’s Margaret Brennan had an insightful interview with former Bear Stearns CEO and Chairman Alan "Ace" Greenberg. The two spoke about a wide range of topics but most of the interview dealt with the collapse of Bear Stearns and its aftermath when the firm was acquired by JP Morgan...