Monday, July 30, 2007

Bear, Lehman, Merrill, Goldman Traded as Junk, Credit-Default Swaps Show

(Bloomberg) -- On Wall Street, Bear Stearns Cos.,
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., are as good as junk.

Bonds of U.S. investment banks lost about $1.5 billion of
their face value this month as the risk of owning the securities
increased the most since at least October 2004, according to
Merrill indexes. Prices of credit-default swaps based on the
debt imply that their credit ratings are below investment grade,
data compiled by Moody's Investors Service show.


Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News

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