Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Bear Stearns holds risky mortgage stakes longer

(Reuters) - The investment bank said in a quarterly filing that the
average holding period for mortgage securities for a portion of
its inventory was 160 days at May 31, the end of its second
quarter, up from 150 days as of Feb. 28 and Nov. 30.




That could be a sign that the assets are harder to sell,
and any declines in their value could cut into earnings, said
Charles Mulford, an accounting professor at Georgia Tech.


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