Opinions

• How One Lehman-Merrill Customer is Dealing
  An anonymous buy side trader shares his thoughts on how his shop--one that depended on both Lehman and Merrill—is navigating the turmoil.
• Lehman’s Fall May Have Saved Investors Billions
  Andrew Liegel, product management specialist in risk and reporting at FRSGlobal, says Lehman Brothers' fall may save investors billions of dollars and that the demise of the financial system is greatly overblown.
• Chaos—What Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch Mean to the Markets
  Market reaction from Manny Weintraub, founder of Integre Advisors, a $325.8-million asset management firm, and former Managing Director of Neuberger Berman.
• The Difference Between Merrill and Lehman
  John Jay, senior analyst at Aite Group Reacts to Lehman's bankruptcy filing and Merrill's sale to Bank of America
• Muriel Siebert Says Regulators Must End Systemic Crisis
  Siebert says we are witnessing a sea change that if properly regulated could see restoration of confidence, and if ignored could turn into a historic financial disaster.

Research

• Irrational Exuberance Turns to Irrational Despair: Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers
  
• Technology Budgets to Decrease by 14-16%
  TowerGroup's managing director Rob Hegarty predicts that technology budgets will decline sharply next year.
• Results of CityIQ Survey of Global Corporate Actions
  
• Algorithmic Trading in FX: How Far Can It Go?
  
• EMS and OMS: Integration on the Horizon?
  

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