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The Royal Bank Of Scotland Remains A Volatile Investment
Muhammad Bazil • Wed, May 8 • 3 Comments
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's CEO Hosts Interim Management Statement Conference (Transcript)
Fri, May 3 • 1 Comment
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
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Cramer's Mad Money - The Most Important Game Changer For 2013 (5/2/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, May 3 • 1 Comment
Deutsche Bank: The Bond Industry's Reform Will Lead To Further Consolidation
Trefis • Wed, May 1
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Thu, Apr 4 • 54 Comments
Investment Grade Preferred Stocks Still Available For Less Than $25: Q1 2013 Update
Doug K. Le Du • Mon, Apr 1 • 30 Comments
Top 25 Global Banks Ranked By Losses In 2012
David Hunkar • Sun, Mar 31 • 3 Comments
RBS May Have To Raise $9 Billion In Fresh Capital This Year
Trefis • Thu, Mar 28 • 1 Comment
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Wed, Mar 27 • 91 Comments
Which Stocks Could Be Most Hurt By The Crisis In Cyprus?
Mike the PhD • Tue, Mar 26 • 8 Comments
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Management Hosts Investor Seminar on UK Retail (Transcript)
Mon, Mar 18
Which British Banks Are Worth Investing In Now?
David Hunkar • Wed, Mar 13 • 7 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Wed, Mar 6 • 65 Comments
Improving Operational Results Outweigh $4 Billion Q4 Loss For RBS
Trefis • Fri, Mar 1
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 28
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Thu, Feb 28 • 100 Comments
RBS Earnings: More Investment Banking Cuts And Citizens Spin-Off
Trefis • Tue, Feb 26 • 1 Comment
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
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The Royal Bank Of Scotland Remains A Volatile Investment
Muhammad Bazil • Wed, May 8 • 3 Comments
RBS May Have To Raise $9 Billion In Fresh Capital This Year
Trefis • Thu, Mar 28 • 1 Comment
Improving Operational Results Outweigh $4 Billion Q4 Loss For RBS
Trefis • Fri, Mar 1
RBS Earnings: More Investment Banking Cuts And Citizens Spin-Off
Trefis • Tue, Feb 26 • 1 Comment
Royal Bank Of Scotland Preferred Stock Update And Trade Ideas
Michael Terry • Mon, Aug 13, 2012 • 36 Comments
Royal Bank Of Scotland - Shares Are Dead Money, Stick With The Preferred
Michael Terry • Sat, Jun 2, 2012 • 49 Comments
Royal Bank Of Scotland: Preferreds Are Attractive
Michael Terry • Fri, May 4, 2012 • 21 Comments
Royal Bank Of Scotland: Increased Talk Of Preferred Dividends
Michael Terry • Wed, Apr 4, 2012 • 36 Comments
Royal Bank Of Scotland: Preferreds Should Resume Dividends
Michael Terry • Tue, Mar 6, 2012 • 8 Comments
RBS: A Bank On The Brink
Philippe Casey • Mon, Jan 23, 2012 • 4 Comments
Royal Bank Of Scotland Preferreds Revisited
David Landes • Thu, Jan 12, 2012 • 3 Comments
Royal Bank Of Scotland: Short Or Stay Away
Nick Pollari • Mon, Nov 14, 2011 • 3 Comments
RBS Splashes More Red Ink as Euro Woes Continue
Trefis • Fri, Aug 12, 2011 • 2 Comments
Royal Bank of Scotland Value Play
David Landes • Tue, Jun 7, 2011 • 13 Comments
RBS' Bob Janjuah: UberBear Early Warning
The Business Insider • Mon, May 24, 2010 • 2 Comments
Royal Bank of Scotland - Time to Buy Preferreds?
Michael Terry • Thu, Feb 25, 2010 • 51 Comments
The Loan Dilemma
Felix Salmon • Tue, Dec 15, 2009 • 5 Comments
Building Boring Nationalized Companies
Felix Salmon • Wed, Nov 4, 2009 • 3 Comments
EU Driving Changes in European Banking
Edward Harrison • Tue, Nov 3, 2009 • 2 Comments
Schaeffler Financing Complete. Next on Deck: Continental Merger and Lots of Pain for RBS
Tyler Durden • Tue, Aug 18, 2009 • 3 Comments

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Fri, May 3 • 80 Comments
Cramer's Mad Money - The Most Important Game Changer For 2013 (5/2/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, May 3 • 1 Comment
Deutsche Bank: The Bond Industry's Reform Will Lead To Further Consolidation
Trefis • Wed, May 1
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Thu, Apr 4 • 54 Comments
Investment Grade Preferred Stocks Still Available For Less Than $25: Q1 2013 Update
Doug K. Le Du • Mon, Apr 1 • 30 Comments
Top 25 Global Banks Ranked By Losses In 2012
David Hunkar • Sun, Mar 31 • 3 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Wed, Mar 27 • 91 Comments
Which Stocks Could Be Most Hurt By The Crisis In Cyprus?
Mike the PhD • Tue, Mar 26 • 8 Comments
Which British Banks Are Worth Investing In Now?
David Hunkar • Wed, Mar 13 • 7 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Wed, Mar 6 • 65 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Thu, Feb 28 • 100 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, Feb 25 • 72 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
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Wall Street Breakfast • Thu, Jan 31 • 97 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Tue, Jan 15 • 143 Comments
Cramer's Mad Money - The IPO That Made A Ruckus (1/14/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Tue, Jan 15 • 1 Comment
European Banks' Equity Cushions Remain Thin
Morningstar • Mon, Jan 14 • 1 Comment
Bank Layoffs And Scandals Continue
Peter Pham • Wed, Dec 26, 2012 • 10 Comments
HSBC: Not Cheap Enough
Stocks & Shares • Tue, Dec 18, 2012 • 6 Comments

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's CEO Hosts Interim Management Statement Conference (Transcript)
Fri, May 3 • 1 Comment
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Management Hosts Investor Seminar on UK Retail (Transcript)
Mon, Mar 18
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 28
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 2, 2012 • 1 Comment
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 3, 2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 and Full Year 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Management Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 4, 2011
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Management Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 5, 2011

London Markets: Banks lift U.K. stocks to 5½-year high

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Europe Markets: European stocks rise to highest level since 2008

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Financial Stocks: Bank of America tops Dow gainers

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London Markets: GSK, Shell lead U.K. stocks to 8th day of gains

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London Markets: U.K. stocks rise as strong miners offset banks

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London Markets: HSBC helps lift banks in upbeat London market

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London Markets: U.K. stocks rally, but RBS shares sink

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Europe Markets: European stocks surge; Germany’s DAX hits record

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Europe Markets: Europe stocks sidelined ahead of U.S. jobs data

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London Markets: U.K.’s FTSE 100 ends lower; Lloyds, BP gain

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London Markets: Miners drag U.K. stocks lower as metals drop

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London Markets: Standard Life rallies 8% in London

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Financial Stocks: Financial stocks bounce back after false tweet

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London Markets: Miners lead U.K. stocks lower after U.S. data

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London Markets: ENRC rallies in upbeat London after bid talk

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London Markets: GSK, Vodafone rise in flat U.K. market

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London Markets: FTSE 100 ends four-day winning streak

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London Markets: FTSE 100 up for third day after China import data

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London Markets: Miners lead U.K. stocks higher after China data

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Money Center Banks

Country: United Kingdom

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Friday, May 17, 5:56 AM UBS upgrades global financials to Overweight from Underweight on a healing global economy, rebuilt capital, and the sector's shift "from being a net issuer to a net distributor of cash." Furthermore, the U.S. banking sector (XLF) is taken to Overweight as balance sheet strength and attractive valuations play well with the housing market recovery to create compelling opportunities. European banks (EUFN) are lifted to Neutral "with a preference towards Nordic and U.K. banks." Financials respond in London with LLoyds Banking Group (LYG) +2.3%, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) +3.3%, and Barclays (BCS) up 0.5%. 5 Comments [Financials, Global & FX]
Thursday, May 16, 9:17 AM Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) continues to slash expenses, announcing another 1.4K job cuts, these coming from the retail division. The bank - 81% state-owned - and hoping to become private again some day, has cut more than 30K positions and shed loads of assets since the financial crisis. Shares +2.1% premarket. 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, May 3, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: PKT +32%. YRCW +27%. INVN +18%. YY +8%. DDD +5%.
Losers: VCRA -35%. ZAGG -24%. GUID -23%. CHE -16%. ARNA -13%. CETV -13%. HMY -9%. LNKD -9%. AGNC -6%. RBS -6%. 3 Comments [On the Move]
Friday, May 3, 5:09 AM More on RBS' (RBS) Q1: Chairman says the bank may be "ready to privatize in a year." Losses tied to bad loans fall 26% as non-core assets have now fallen nearly 80% since the crisis. Business lending rises to £13.2B during the quarter. Shares -4.5% in London. Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, May 3, 4:46 AM RBS (RBS): Q1 net profit of £393M (versus £1.46B loss in Q1 2012) marks the first quarterly net profit for the firm since 2011. Impairments fall 26% and write downs tied to Ireland decline. Assets in the firm's bad bank fall to £53B. Results benefited from a handsome £249M DVA gain. Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, April 25, 12:46 PM Jim O'Neill - the man in charge of the U.K.'s stakes in RBS and LYG - resigns today to return to BAML. It's taking longer than hoped to unload the government stakes (82% RBS, 40% Lloyds) as HMT ignores the well-heeled rule of trimming losers. However, political pressure for some sort of plan - maybe a breakup of the lenders or distribution of shares to the public - has been upped of late. 2 Comments [Financials]
Monday, April 22, 12:19 PM New regulations here and across the pond will eliminate $17B of trading revenue from the global banks, says Deutsche Bank - about 9% of total sales last year. The costs will be onerous enough, says Deutsche, as to maybe force the departure from FICC (bonds, commodities, currencies) trading of any firm with less than 6% market share. At risk: HBC, RBS, CS, MS, SCGLY.PK. UBS has already exited. 3 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, April 17, 7:08 PM Déjà vu: Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) buys 4,000 "cheap" mortgage loans at auction in March for around half of the value of their unpaid principal. Why so cheap? Because the loans are "to U.S. borrowers who are having trouble paying them back," according to WSJ. To some, this undoubtedly seems like a case of an investment bank's short memory as RBS' ~£1BN in losses on sub-prime assets during the crisis ultimately precipitated its demise. Time will tell. 4 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, April 4, 3:30 AM A group of 21 claimants, including international investors and pension funds, has sued RBS (RBS) for allegedly misleading investors over its £12B cash call at the height of the financial crisis in April 2008. While the suit could be worth "hundreds of millions of pounds," that's less than a £4B claim that RBS and four former executives are facing from another group of investors - the RBoS Shareholders Action Group - over the cash call. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, March 28, 9:21 AM The "generous" capital ratio imposed by the Bank of England - 7% by 2013's end vs. 10% in 2019 by Basel - may allow the country's lenders to avoid dilutive share shales. "There is no trigger for any fresh equity issuance," says analyst Ian Gordon, expecting "very limited" impact on existing capital plans. RBS -0.7%, LYG +0.7%, BCS +1.8%, HBC +1% premarket. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, March 27, 6:09 AM Various markets dive after the BOE spells out the continued massive risks to British banks. Half of the £25B that banks must raise this year has been factored into their capital-raising plans. All in all, major banks and building societies face a £50B reduction in their regulatory capital, although HSBC (HBC) doesn't face a shortfall. FTSE 100 -0.1%, S&P futures -0.2%. (PR) 1 Comment [Financials, Top Stories, On the Move, Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 27, 5:48 AM The Bank of England says U.K. banks must raise another £25B by the year-end to protect themselves against potential losses. The losses that the sector faces over three years on high-risk loans exceeds existing provisions by £30B; banks also face £10B of additional fines and costs for misconduct. (PR) 5 Comments [Breaking News, Global & FX, Financials]
Tuesday, March 26, 3:12 PM A breakup of (81% government-owned) RBS into "good" and "bad" banks hasn't been ruled out, a top Treasury official tells U.K. lawmakers. Calling the bank "fiendishly complicated," he says the move would be both time-consuming and costly. Last month, Treasury chief Osborne waved off the idea of a split, instead urging lawmakers to use their bank to good purpose by having it pump out more loans. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, March 20, 3:56 AM Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB) has sued Bank of America (BAC) JPMorgan (JPM), Citigroup (C) and 12 other major banks for losses caused by the manipulation of the Libor rate. Freddie, which invested in mortgage bonds and swaps tied to U.S. dollar Libor, is seeking a whole gamut of damages for what it sees as fraud, antitrust violations and breach of contract. The FHFA has already calculated that Freddie and Fannie Mae lost $3B in total because of the Libor manipulation. 11 Comments [Financials]
Monday, March 18, 10:53 AM Now concentrating on being the best retail operation it can be, RBS plans to invest £700M over the next 3 years to improve its U.K. bank branches. The plan includes refurbishing the stores and improving mobile banking services. The government continues to hold an 82% stake in the lender. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, March 11, 6:01 AM The U.K.'s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has called for the government to assume the power to mete out collective punishment on the country's banks, saying that it should consider breaking them all up into retail and investment-bank activities if even just one of them breaches new ring-fencing rules designed to avoid another bailout.
2 Comments [Financials]

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$INR Gold's Peak Seen Over by Coutts on Outlook for Dollar, Inflation. $RBS http://bloom.bg/10DaPET Bloomberg
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Michael Terry
$RBS turning on the old ABN #preferred divvies. The trade worked in spades.
May 3, 9:26 AM
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Michael Bryant
"U.K. prosecutors are poised to arrest former traders and rate setters at UBS AG (UBS), Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Barclays (BCS)."
11/12/12
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Dr. Kris
RBS preferred issues N, CTL, S sailing to new highs. All have doubled since Jan and all have yields >7%. Wish I owned one of those!
11/6/12
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Clayton Rulli: or SAN rather, changed symbol
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Dr. Kris: Clayton: Good point, altho SAN has rallied. Also, BBVA and there's another one I'm not remembering....
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x oil -field
MarketWatch: Oil firms Weigh on U.K. Stocks; *Banks Climb. $LYG $RBS http://on.mktw.net/QcxCpa
10/10/12
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x oil -field: Bloomberg: Pound Gains for Second Day Versus Euro on Bets Economy http://bloom.bg/WQhEna Will Grow. $LYG
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The_American
RBS no surprise even as MS said CEOs in XLF space JPM GS BAC KGC BCS USB WFC and across the DIA SPY QQQ overpaid CEOs - NO ACCOUNTABILITY
10/5/12
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ZetaKap
7 Large-Cap Growth Stocks Backed By Strong Analyst Confidence http://bit.ly/PibudV $BCS $DB $IBN $ING $LYG $RBS $MITSY.PK @ZetaKap
8/17/12
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Michael Terry
RBS - Income and upside: http://seekingalpha.com/a/h8sn
8/14/12
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The Wall Street Transcript
Positive Property Level Trends in Medical Real Estate; Analyst Discusses $HCN, $HCP, $VTR, $OHI,$SUNH, $RBS - http://su.pr/18bMOZ
8/13/12
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Positive Property Level Trends in Medical Real Estate; Analyst Discusses $HCN, $SNH, $SBRA, $SUNH, $RBS, $CWSRF - http://su.pr/5p8gPG
8/6/12
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Dr. Kris
RBS preferred issues N, CTL, S sailing to new highs. All have doubled since Jan and all have yields >7%. Wish I owned one of those!
11/6/12
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Clayton Rulli: or SAN rather, changed symbol
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MarketWatch: Oil firms Weigh on U.K. Stocks; *Banks Climb. $LYG $RBS http://on.mktw.net/QcxCpa
10/10/12
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x oil -field: Bloomberg: Pound Gains for Second Day Versus Euro on Bets Economy http://bloom.bg/WQhEna Will Grow. $LYG
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Michael Bryant
London Olympics should boost British economy, giving one bright spot in Europe. May be good news for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
7/12/12
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realornot: Usually not. It is costing them more to put this Olympics together. http://bit.ly/NkiQK3
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1980XLS-2.0: Yes, that Athens 2004, turned out great!
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Jacob Wolinsky
$DB Said to Limit Bonuses [Morning Update] http://bit.ly/zecHgh $CIT $C $OPEN #MHP $GREK $RBS $BLK $BAC $JPM $WFC
2/8/12
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Glen Bradford: http://bit.ly/wVDhHZ
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Jacob Wolinsky
Morning News (1/24/11): PE Returns Called Into Question http://bit.ly/yBUgbu $C $MS #CALPERS $GS $RBS
1/24/12
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Hypnos7: "PE" == "private equity" in this context?
1/24/12
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Jacob Wolinsky
Tuesday (12/20/11) Pre-Market News: RBS Shrinking iBanking Division $RBS $XLF $IYF $MDLZ $CVS $PDG $T $S $GS $SPY $NAV $OSK $WINN
12/20/11
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samsam2: They've already OKd the new logo: SprinT-Mobile Shouldn't they?
12/21/11
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whidbey
RBS suggests 10th a turn around date. silver at 29.83 looks a buy. TBonds are to 150+. Be careful of HYZY.NUTSO on MWW
12/5/11
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TonyNed: I would make sure 29.83 held first. That's a key support level.
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Nick Pollari
Holding yesterdays buys. Added to my shorts in DB, RBS
11/10/11
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Ronniek: What are your thoughts on DB? I am also short
11/10/11
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Nick Pollari: I think they have tremendous exposure and I think European yields will continue to creep up. Mark to Market will not be their friend.
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Leonid Kanopka
RBS up almost 7% today, and BAC up 6.5%
10/10/11
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golfitobob: hola LK. all banks popped and even I played BAC for some food money esta es para usted http://on.ft.com/qAN7KG For RBC
10/10/11
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Leonid Kanopka: :) ya I love these rallies, it is an easy way to day trade and capitalize on momentum for a short quick gain.
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