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Category Archive: Lehman

1. Evolution And The Extinction of Lehman Brothers – A Guest Blog Article By Glen Stein

   0 Post on September 21, 2008

   The world changed. Lehman went extinct. What hap­pened? There are only 4 ways to increase prof­its: Increase mar­gins, Increase sales vol­ume, Increase lever­age, and Con­trol expenses. Lehman became extinct because it evolved in the wrong direc­tion when its envi­ron­ment changed. How Lehman approached these 4 choices explain its prob­lems. 1.     Mar­gins Lehman’s evo­lu­tion­ary prob­lem was a […] [read full story]

   Posted in: Brokerage, Credit Crisis, Glen Stein, Guest Blog, Lehman

2. Are We There Yet? No Way! (And How to Know When We Are There)

   1 Post on September 16, 2008

   Given the events of the past few days it is once again time to exam­ine the immor­tal ques­tion posed by chil­dren and traders alike, “are we there yet”? Nope, not yet, we aren’t there yet, not even close. The bot­tom hasn’t been found in the credit mar­kets or the stock mar­ket and, unfor­tu­nately, we still have […] [read full story]

   Posted in: AIG, BANKS, Credit Crisis, Economic Statistics, economy, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Finance, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, Freddie Mac, Lehman, Seeking Alpha, Stock Market