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(SINGAPORE) The stock market in 2009 may have regained much of the ground lost during the US sub-prime bear market of 2008, but the same cannot be said of the structured warrants market.

There, turnover last year sank to $10.9 billion, down by half from 2008 and by 61 per cent from 2007’s all-time high of $28 billion.

Such has been the drop in interest that the once-promising segment’s 2009 tu… more

Raj Rajaratnam of the Galleon Group and Danielle Chiesie, an ex-Bear Stearns manager, are accused of operating at the center of a vast insider trading ring.

Reuters – A lawyer for former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi on Wednesday vigorously defended him against prosecution allegations he repeatedly lied to investors early in the financial crisis, describing as “ridiculous” one charge of insider trading.

AP – Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers went on trial Wednesday in one of the few criminal cases brought against Wall Street executives in connection with the housing market collapse.

With the Dow back above 10,000, the long recessionary bear market appears to be over. Here is a look at how it compared with other notable bears.

OUR portfolios remained relatively resilient despite scares that China’s stock markets have plunged into bear territory.
In fact, one of our portfolios actually gained. The one-year top losers’ portfolio added 3.3 per cent last week. This was thanks to rebounds of bombed out stocks like China Auto Electronics, Reyphon Agriceutical and Jiutian Chemical. The portfolio extended its lead as the best p… more