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Early Indicators: End of Wall Street As We Know It
Contrarian Profits (September 22nd, 2008) Writes:
– Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), the two last major investment banks left standing after the carnage Wall Street, have ended the era of investment banking by changing their status to bank holding companies. The change means the two firms can now create commercial banks that will be able to take deposits.
– The move marks a sea change on Wall Street 75 years since the Glass-Steagall Act that separated them from deposit-taking banks. The Federal Reserve will now take over from the Securities Exchange Commission as regulator of the two banks.
– “The decision marks the end of Wall Street as we have known it,” said William Isaac, a former chairman of the FDIC. “It’s too bad.”
– Concern is growing that Hank Paulson’s vast rescue plan for Wall Street may “crush” the dollar. According to Bloomberg: “The combination of spending $700 billion on soured mortgage-related assets and providing $400 …
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