While the Securities and Exchange Commission looks into unusually high put activity at Bear Stearns beginning on March 7, a handful of hedge fund managers used their magical touch as far back as the summer to foresee what was going down with regards to the subprime exposure at the investment firm.
Thus, the hedge fund managers handily earned themselves millions. As The Journal puts it, the asset managers are undoubtedly trying to contain their joy among all the gloom on Wall Street.
Also this morning, the Associated Press cites a regulatory filing indicating that U.K. billionaire Joseph Lewis is valiently attempting to hold onto his 8.4% stake in Bear Stearns.
And further across the pond, the Russian police have raided the Moskow offices of energy joint venture TNK-BP. So while the market gyrates with bad news from Bear Stearns, there is, of course, always the counterplayas evidenced by JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Lewis, Greenlight Capital and other savvy hedge fund managers.
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