• 06 Aug 2008 at 4:42 PM

Morgan Stanley’s Huge Sacrifice To Help Treasury

By John Carney

So, apparently, when Morgan Stanley agreed to advise the the Treasury Department about rescuing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the investment bank agreed to give up “any involvement it has had advising Fannie and Freddie as part of this new assignment.”
That had to be a tough call, huh?

Comments (10)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 5:10 PM

    Forget MS. What exactly is going on with MER? Anybody see “Merrill’s Picked Pockets” from CNNMoney: .
    So MER invested $30M back in 1985 and gets $110M in 2008. That’s roughly 12% per year for 23 years. Not bad. But still. I know they’ll get more but the story says are financing 98% of the deal!??
    They get paid $4.43B in 10 year and 15 year treasury notes!?? Ouch, with the decline of the dollar in the next 15 years, will $4.43B be worth closer to $2B.
    Bloomberg is the smartest guy on the planet. MER continues to be retarded. I bet Bloomberg will be in business in 15 years. Can’t say the same for Thain or MER.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 5:13 PM

    Forget MS. What exactly is going on with MER? Anybody see “Merrill’s Picked Pockets” from CNNMoney: .
    So MER invested $30M back in 1985 and gets $110M in 2008. That’s roughly 12% per year for 23 years. Not bad. But still. I know they’ll get more but the story says MER is financing 98% of the deal!??
    They get paid $4.43B in 10 year and 15 year treasury notes!?? Ouch, with the decline of the dollar in the next 15 years, will $4.43B be worth closer to $2B?
    Bloomberg is the smartest guy on the planet. MER continues to be retarded. I bet Bloomberg will be in business in 15 years. Can’t say the same for Thain or MER.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    Its official, the world has gone to hell.
    Timothy sykes just made my annual income in a month through a blog……
    http://www.timothysykes.com/admin/2008/08/06/suck-on-this-john-chow-my-blog-made-45000-last-month/

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 5:25 PM

    Dude you made 45K last year???

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 6:34 PM

    Anyone note or care about the losses Freddie Mac announced today? Oops, I did it again … to the tune of $800 million plus. Thank God for that U.S. guarantee!

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 7:27 PM

    Timmay i knew you would show up all these BB punks

  7. 7
    Posted by Anal_yst | August 6, 2008 at 7:38 PM

    @6
    How has he shown up all the BB “punks”? Tim is doing well, good for him, but its apples to oranges my friend. Stop being so spiteful, its not good for ya’

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | August 6, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    Time, stop making comments about your blog on other blogs.

  9. 9
    Posted by Lowly Assistant | August 7, 2008 at 12:01 AM

    @8, time is of the essence, my friend. Time is of the essence.
    -attention-to-detail fuckface.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | August 7, 2008 at 9:41 AM

    @1 – I’d check your math because compounded over 23 years is roughly a 6% ROR not 12% – pretty crappy if you ask me.

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