Sunday, January 18, 2009

Consultants and accountability: an oxymoron?


In the huge Bank of America (BAC) fiasco/bailout/tailspin, there are a lot of people at whom it would be tempting to wave a wobbly finger. Ken Lewis is taking a lot of heat, and it’s not hard to see why. His decision to purchase Merrill Lynch back last fall is looking like the ultimate investment in a money pit.

This morning it was revealed that during the last quarter of 2008, Merrill lost $15 billion. That’s a lot of money. I wonder what their security analysts would have to say about that. They’re still publishing their opinions about other companies, for some reason. Perhaps they would care to run some models and offer their views about their own?

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