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Banking sources speculated that Bear Stearns could have been hit by last night's collapse in value of so called alt-A, or low-end prime mortgage securities.

"The Alt-A market fell out of bed last night and Bear would have been completely caned by this. They hold a bunch of these securities," one investment banking source told Times Online.

"Against what you might normally expect, the sub-prime market rallied, but alt-A sold off."



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