House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
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House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
On March 5, 2008, at 10:15 A.M., a hedge fund manager in Florida wrote a post on his investing advice Web site that included a startling statement about Bear Stearns & Co., the nation's fifth-largest investment bank: "In my book, they are insolvent."
This seemed a bold and risk…