之后，房间里的男人赶往出口，显然是出售他们在熊斯坦斯的股份。到艾伦·格林斯潘（Alan Greenspan）到达时，几乎没有人能听到他必须说的话。观众不见了。到周一，熊·斯滕斯（Bear Stearns）当然也消失了，以每股2美元的价格出售给J.P. Morgan。
(After that, the men in the room rushed for the exits, apparently to sell their shares in Bear Stearns. By the time Alan Greenspan arrived to speak, there was hardly anyone who cared to hear what he had to say. The audience was gone. By Monday, Bear Stearns was of course gone, too, sold to J.P. Morgan for $2 a share.*)