Is Morgan Stanley the next Lehman? Shares down 35% today alone.

http://www.sec.gov/foia/docs/failsdata.htm

 

"Is Morgan Stanley the next Lehman? Shares down 35% today alone"
And so what?


1999
Up 525% in Debut. Shares of Foundry Networks Inc, (FDRY) three-year-old designer of devices to manage Internet traffic, rise more than sixfold ...

Was FDRY the next Cisco?
The stock market is crazy

 

Suspension of European bank stocks may be on the cards.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...s-Darling-ready-to-take-control-of-banks.html

 

Morgan may benefit from latest Treasury plans
U.S. mulls buying equity in banks as Morgan Stanley awaits MUFJ injection
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
Last update: 2:58 p.m. EDT Oct. 11, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Morgan Stanley may benefit from the U.S. Treasury's latest plan to buy equity stakes in financial institutions as the investment bank awaits a crucial $9 billion investment from Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ.
Late Friday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government is developing a "standardized" program to purchase equity in "a broad array of financial institutions."
"Such a program would be designed to encourage the raising of new private capital to complement public capital," he explained in a statement. See related story.
Morgan Stanley (MS:morgan stanley
Last: 9.68-2.77-22.25%
4:05pm 10/10/2008
) was hit hard this week by concerns that the firm's deal with Mitsubishi UFJ may not go through, or might have to be re-negotiated.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/sto...x?guid={9FE0351F-B483-4112-A882-ED09CCFF59BF}

 

I am thinking long Goldman and short Morgan Stanly in the same time.....Any comments? Thanks.

 

What happens if their stock is suspended while the rules of the game are changed (again).

 

It would be dire if they suspended trading in bank stocks. How would they re-open? If the cos were redesigned to look attractive and undervalued you may get some interest. The gov't makes the assumption people are selling for only one reason, fear or panic perhaps but suspension is "taking" your dollars.

 

There is a mess of incestuous transactions, coverups and dirty deals going on here. Nice to know what skeletons are there upfront. Now play it out for a profit. Going long MS is a relatively low risk trade. Its got government protection and should pop up for a nice profit.

 

Traders are so much confetti. You are the last people they are worried about.

I wouldn't go home longa share of any of them. What will I miss? A spike up of two bucks? Until they stop the shorting, until this offshore stuff dries up, the stocks will always come in.

If theyever did the right thing, doubtful, you can always change your mind.

 

What if news comes out on Monday that Morgan Stanley is now bankrupt and being sold off to Goldman or Bank of America?