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Lehman Brothers 2021 Summer Analyst Megathread
Hey, does anyone know the timeline for Lehman next year? I know a few people who did HireVues already, but I didn't get an invite. Does anyone know if they're coming out in waves? Any advice would be much appreciated!
Lehman Brothers, going down?
Lehman Brothers is having a hard time raising capital. Could this be another bail out or maybe a big calamity? How much of the banking industry will it take with it? Is anyone worried? I have to say it’s been something! To look at the state of our US economy and wonder if we’re in just another...
Lehman collapse 10 Year Anniversary
So, it’s been ten years since Lehman collapsed, which is absolutely mind blowing. This means many (maybe most) people on this forum have never seen a bear market in their career. For those of you that weren’t in the industry yet, it’s hard to describe how big of a game changer this was and, I...
Your favorite financier from the past
Hi all, This entertaining post is for the history and financial history monkeys out there. What is your favorite financier of the past and why? Most of us have read about the Weinbergs and Rohatyns of the past but I'd like to hear about the less known but equally inspiring figures of the 20th...
Dick Fuld opens real estate brokerage
Mr. Fuld strikes again: [quote] Just seven years after his brokerage firm collapsed under a mountain of troubled mortgages, former Lehman Bros. Chairman and CEO Dick Fuld is back in the real estate business. Last year, Fuld's financial advisory firm, Matrix Advisors, launched a licensed real estate...
From non-target to BB CEO: My story
Mod Note (Andy): #TBT Throwback Thursday - this was originally posted on 11/25/13. Check out @DickFuld"'s current Q&A here . To see all of our top content from the past, click here. I was like many of you at one point in my life. I was a non-target student with big dreams. Luckily, I was an...
Any WSO guys at Lehman Bros / Bear Stearns in 2008?
Really interested to know how many of the WSO guys were at Lehman, Bear or any other institution that went under in 2008 or around that time Particularly interested if you had any personal stories to share about what it was like on the inside of these firms whilst all hell was breaking loose. I was...
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (Pink Sheets: LEHMQ, former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) (pronounced /ˈliːmən/) was a global financial-services firm which, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008, participated in business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales, research and trading, investment...
Ask DickFuld April 2014
Here are some of the questions Sharon (my secretary) selected for me to answer. How does one find their path? Every day I wake up and I try to envision where'd I'd like to be, and I'm finding that to be exceedingly difficult to do. I've also noticed that my ambition and unwillingness to settle has...
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
I nominate @DickFuld
INTRODUCING: 'Ask DickFuld'
I received a ton of PMs from my recent article (http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/from-non-target-to-bb-ceo-my-story) and I'll never get to all of them. Someone had suggested I do a column like Dear Abby, to pay it forward to the young people trying to make their mark on Wall Street. I agreed to...
Interview & New Partnership with Jared Dillian, Author of Street Freak
WSO is happy to announce a new partnership with Jared Dillian, former head ETF trader at Lehman, author of Street Freak and The Daily Dirtnap . WSO readers qualify for a $100 discount from Jared's daily market newsletter ...just email [email protected] and mention "WSO Monkey Discount." You can...
Why Hasn't The Financial World Ended Yet?
4 years ago the largest financial crash in (nearly) living memory tore a gaping hole in the world of finance. For a month at the end of 2008 it seemed as though every financial institution was either going bankrupt, being taken over or being bailed out. Fast forward to today. Politicians and central...
The Latest Lehman Brouhaha
Four years after their spectacular demise, Lehman Brothers is still causing problems for Wall Street. The latest bombshell hit on Friday when a compensation report required by the bankruptcy court disclosed that Lehman paid out almost $700 million in comp to 50 previously undisclosed traders in 2007...
Lehman IBD or BS IBD- Please advise?
Hey guys, Just got 2 SA offers from these top 2 banks! Very excited please advise. All I care about is Prestige, prestige, prestige. A little about bonuses as well. And I want exit ops into Carlyle. Only that since I want to be someone big with a brand name behind me.
Share your 2007-2008 story
Hey guys, I've been curious about what it was actually like to work for Lehman Brothers and Bear and Wachovia and I-Banks in general during the financial crisis. Anyone that worked at these places or knew people that were there willing to share their story and tell us a little about what it was...
Decision Points: A Monkey's Review
Decision Points: A Monkey’s Review This week, we’re going for a biography that still holds plenty of interesting commentary for our world today. George W. Bush has kept pretty quiet since the end of his presidency; his book tour was one of the only exceptions. In comparison to his predecessors,...
Preliminary Interview with Lehman Holdings
I recently got invited for a "preminiary 20 minute phone interview" with Lehman, so I was wondering what types of questions will be thrown at me. The position I applied for is "Finance Intern". I tried to use the search button, but everything I found was around the years 2006, 2007, and 2008....
Weekend Wars: Despot vs. Doggie
Despotism. A form of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of an individual or a small group. Doggie. Pet name for you pet dog, who is apparently so cute for drinking out of the toilet and humping the couch, he needs to be coddled further. These two seemingly unrelated words popped...
ROWS: Reminiscing Over Wall Street
Reminiscing becomes a bigger part of life as we age. The more miles you have under your belt, the less new experiences there are and the more you think about what has transpired. What could have/should have I done better? Is this the right path? Where to go from here? We face these questions every...
Goldman Going Down
As I have mentioned before, I am the sort of guy who roots for the bad guys in the movies. But even I have my standards. With their latest stunt, the Blankfiends are reaching a level of grime even I can't throw my lock picking kit behind. On the bright side, somebody in Goldman's PR department has...
Poetic Justice: Lehman 401k Sues Fuld
Though I'm afraid they'll find it's too little, too late, someone is finally taking Dick Fuld to task for cratering Lehman Brothers and helping himself to hundreds of millions in compensation while he ran the company into the ground. In a rare instance of poetic justice on the Street, the custodian...
(J)obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Ok fellas, sometimes we take things a little too far and little too seriously. Though few will accept this fact of life: The road to your goals often starts with letting go of the desire. Some of you haven't quite accepted this fact and I am not about to preach it again. Just want you to relax,...
Warren Hellman, former Lehman president, Hellman & Friedman founder, avid bluegrass fan and endurance athlete, dies at 77
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/business/warren…
Monty09: The WSO Interview
Good morning, all. Today I have something special for you guys. For those of you who don't know him, monty09 is one of our best known and respected members here at WSO. He has provided countless hours of insight into the energy business and helped many aspiring monkeys along their jungle safari. In...
Investor Confidence and the Kitchen Sink
EXTRA, EXTRA!!!! Investor confidence gone! Investment Banks and Hedge Fungs lunch on the little guy! SEC has'em all for dessert! You pay, if you play! Read all about it!!! . Ok...well, maybe I'm in too much of a post Gatsby mind set today, but CNBC populism always brings a grin to my face. The kind...
Friday Morning Monkeyshines
Wall Street culture has always been portrayed by the media as that of greed, ruthless competition, and gross apathy towards others. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fact is your typical Tim Sykes-like douchebag is in the minority, while your average monkey is usually the amicable, fun-loving...
Blaming Government...the Change I'm looking for
Does the week start on Sunday or Monday? Do I tend to listen to economists or analysts? In both cases, it is usually the latter. I see Sunday more as a wind down, then as a warm up. I see economists as often too focused on theories to examine the practical angles of life. From time to time, however,...
Who is Bruce Berkowitz?
We live in America. We worship the stars. Some say that the only thing we love more than building someone up to stardom, is ripping them from their pedestal and watching them sink into the mud. Wall Street may exemplify this collective character flaw better than any other other high profile segment...
Crime Pays the Euro
If you have had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe and talk to the locals, you would know that the €500 bill is not often seen or used. Strangely enough the €500 note makes up 35% of all Euros in circulation, by value. I recall a rather fierce argument with a Greek shopkeeper some years...
Lehman Sues Chase for $13.7 Billion
It might be a little tough to choose sides in this one. Yesterday, Lehman Brothers Holdings filed suit against JP Morgan Chase alleging that Chase used inside information to extract $8.7 billion in assets from Lehman in the days leading up to Lehman's collapse. Lehman is seeking $5 billion in...
More Lehman Fireworks
If you haven't been paying attention to the Lehman hearings, you've been missing out on some high drama. It seems every day something else is revealed about Lehman that makes it look like it was rotten to the core. Today's installment is an opening statement from Bill Black, an econ prof and former...
The Untouchables remake
Anybody remember The Untouchables starring Kevin Costner and Robert DeNiro? Imagine Barack Obama and Lloyd Blankfein in the starring roles..... http://theuntouchablesgsedition.blogspot.com/ lol!!!
How To Pull a Lehman
Well, it looks like Lehman Brothers is on its way to being forever memorialized in verb form, thanks to last week's report. I suspect "Pulling a Lehman" is going to be right up there with "Pulling a Chiang" and getting " Munsoned ". The truly heroic extents to which the firm went in order to...
How are former Lehman Brothers bankers faring?
I was wondering how the former employees in the IBD department of Lehman Brothers are faring. The last I saw of them, was when they were packing their stuff in boxes and leaving the office. As far as I know some now work at Barclays . Where else? Are some really unemployed? Did they join boutiques...
Lehman Brothers/LAMCO - Thoughts?
Ive searched but havent found any information on here regarding Lehman Brothers legacy Asset Management /advisory firm. I have an interview coming up with them for an associate position in their REO lodging division. Any insight would be helpful.
Swiss Finish Sets New Standard for Global Bank Regulation
INCIDENT: The traditional Swiss finishing school taught young women etiquette and social graces, but international bank regulators are talking about something much tougher when they refer to a “Swiss finish” for global banks. Just how tough became clear last week, 4 October, when a Swiss...
A Bankrupt BP - Worse For The Financial World Than Lehman Brothers?
The BP crisis in the Gulf of Mexico has rightfully been analysed (mostly) from the ecological perspective. People’s lives and livelihoods are in grave danger. But that focus has equally masked something very serious from a financial perspective, in my opinion, that could lead to an acceleration of...
Dick Fuld Treated Like A Telemarketer
In the WSJ's big feature on the demise of Lehman brothers, there is an interesting anecdote that Clusterstock points out. http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/dick-fuld-dissed-by-ken-le… Fuld resorted to calling the Bank of America CEO, Ken Lewis' home phone number multiple times over the...
What Really Happened To Laid Off Lehmanites?
For weeks we've been sifting through fake video evidence of what former Lehman Brothers bankers did after losing their jobs. Some were pretty funny and clever , while others... not so much . However, we don't have to toil through uncertainty anymore because some dude finally posted a 19 day diary of...
Fuld Steps Down
It's official. Richard Fuld (or should I call him Dick), aka the guy who helped flush Lehman Brothers down the toilet, is resigning as CEO. He will be gone by the end of the year. I don't know how anyone could possibly be surprised by this, or how it took him so long to finally give in. But the good...
For those who read the book "The Murder of Lehman Brothers"
For those who read the book "The Murder of Lehman Brothers", anybody has any idea who "Joseph Tibman" really is?
It’s not getting any better for Fuld
Looks like his bull$#@% tactics are finally catching up with him. Several top executives of the failed Lehman Brothers Holdings have officially been subpoenaed to testify before three grand juries. Obviously they’re investigating the recent collapse of the investment bank, and word is out that...
Ok, not to beat a dead horse, but...
So, with the leftover Lehman employees bailing out their office windows and BofA and Merrill folks wondering what the future holds for them, let's weigh in on the disaster that is Wall Street today. What is everyone thinking this morning?
Lack of News Coverage Today
I cannot understand with one of the biggest events to hit the markets in decades going on. why none is covering anything about Lehman or ML and BofA . Dealbreaker made a point about this and I can't understand why there is no TV news on it. I know hurricane Ike is going on but political news is...
When there's blood in the streets it's time to buy!
It seems that Bank of America is taking the old saying to heart. It’s been bloody obvious from the start of this calamity and I’m not just talking about Lehman Brothers here. That anyone smart enough to have kept well capitalized through this would have some bargain shopping on their hands....
Leave it to LSO to kick them when they're down
a compilation of his comedic insults.. To Bear "We also spoke to Sarah, a young girl living in NoLiTa who was duped into going home with a guy who used one of these ploys. “You know, I was hunting in the cabinet under his sink like I always do the morning after I go home with a guy,” she told...
lehman employees making out on camera?
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