Thomas Frank, marking the demise of a magazine called Trader Monthly, lays into the culture of excess among financial traders. Excerpt: Just a few years ago, however, the bonus cognoscenti at Trader Monthly depicted Mr. Thain as something of a......

Filed under: Options, Bear Stearns Cos (BSC) Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) is recently up $3.78 to $82.10 on renewed buyout chatter. BSC call option volume of 25,768 contracts compares to put volume of 9,600 contracts. BSC March option implied volatility of 56 is near its 12-week average, according to Tr...