What happened the week Wall Street went into meltdown? Peter Lee relays his first hand experience of one of the most significant weeks in Wall Street’s history. Read his day by day account:
Prelude – Fin de siècle
It all felt a little like the end of an empire – while Bear Stearns nearly went up in flames, Spector and his CEO Jimmy Cayne had fiddled with cards at a pre-arranged week-long bridge tournament. It was soon to become clear that much more than one of Wall Street’s most prestigious institutions was in danger of going up in flames.
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