Afternoon Session - 2022 Meeting
“just like in 2008 and 9, you know, when Lehman fell on a few things...Solomon was bigger relatively by far than Lehman was in 2008 and 9”
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Afternoon Session - 2022 Meeting
“just like in 2008 and 9, you know, when Lehman fell on a few things...Solomon was bigger relatively by far than Lehman was in 2008 and 9”
Why Warren Buffett Said No to Lehman and AIG in 2008
“This is a 10K of Lehman brothers, and this goes back a little before the panic. Lehman was looking for money at that time... there was clearly a lot of trouble there.”
Warren Buffett On The 2008 Crisis
“And you get a call this time, not from Lehman Brothers, but from AIG”
Why Warren Buffett Said No to Lehman and AIG in 2008
“And Lehman was going to go under unless something was happening that I didn't know about... A company like Lehman or any major financial institution depends on people being willing to do business with”
Warren Buffett On The 2008 Crisis
“Lehman Brothers in particular as the moment of the moment of the crisis. and wonder whether the U.S. government should have stepped in or not.”
Warren Buffett On The 2008 Crisis
“Lehman files for bankruptcy. Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch, AIG gets rescued”
"People react too much to short-term things" | March 3, 2014
“I was looking at the Lehman bankruptcy. And so it was a very daunting task”
“I think when you have an – well, Lehman had probably a million. I mean, and you get huge counterparty risk.”
“and then Wham-O, and then Lehman, and Merrill was going”
Afternoon Session - 2010 Meeting
“David Einhorn and the questions he raised about Allied Capital and Lehman Brothers. We now know that they were 100% correct”
Morning Session - 2010 Meeting
“It was Lehman Brothers. So Lehman Brothers came to us with this list.”
Morning Session - 2009 Meeting
“one weekend with Lehman going, AIG going, Merrill would have gone.”
Warren Buffett remembers the 2008 financial crisis | July 11, 2018
“a couple trillion were in other than government money market funds. And if you've got people worried about $2 trillion in this country, you've got a panic like you. You've got a panic like you've neve”
Warren Buffett remembers the 2008 financial crisis | July 11, 2018
“a lot of things that made me very worried about their financial condition. and what would be happening to them under the circumstances that were happening in Wall Street”
Warren Buffett remembers the 2008 financial crisis | July 11, 2018
“we run under problems with the Brits on doing a deal with Lehman because there's some rule in the UK that the shareholders have to vote on it”
Warren Buffett remembers the 2008 financial crisis | July 11, 2018
“So Lehman files for bankruptcy.”
Warren Buffett | Testimony | 2008 Financial Crisis | June 2, 2010
“vastly greater numbers that existed at Bear Stearns or at Lehman and something... when Lehman failed, an institution that was showing 15 or so billion of book equity.”