Vegasjoe

Citigroup: Priced to Succeed

well said!


On Aug 06 09:14 AM al s wrote:

> Your comments are frightening !!!! Good Q2 earnings ? True operating
> results were a loss of mearly $3 BIL.
> Dick Parsons a leader, a good manager? Are you his PR head?
> There is over $1 Trillion off the books of crap that will come onto
> the books at year end, and oh, that little thing called massive common
> dilution.
> Yeah, C is right up there with JP Chase and other well run companies
> !!!!!!1

Memo to Warren: AmEx Preferred at 15%, Warrants at $12

So the Amex wide moat has a huge leak?

S&P 500's Best and Worst Net Income Change

So what is the point of this? Buy the dogs and sell the companies with real earnings? Many of the financials will never recover in share price for two reasons, namely, there ability to lever the balance sheet and party in SIV land is over, and exisiting shareholders in most cases have been diluted into oblivion.

More of the Same

Maybe the Arab sovereign funds will buy them all out and dilute all US shareholders into oblivion?

Moody’s: Some US Banks Still May Be Undercapitalized

Maybe Warren Buffett slapped Moody's management, since he owns a slug of it, to get them to actually start rating securities based on risk, not how much these firms could extort in fees to maintain a fake high credit rating? At this late point, Moody's must do an awful lot to restore credibility.

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Credit Cards: The Next Subprime?

V and MA do not take credit risk; they simply process transactions. They collect toll charges. Most banks have cut back their teaser transfer competition. Most banks now financially underwrite loans for everything. Imagine that. AXP is a buy at these levels. Maybe MBIA and AMBAC will insure credit card defaults since they got into every other dumb business other than muni bonds.

How Cheap Are U.S. Bank Stocks?

Big banks are toast; earnings compression will keep prices down, and valuations will be lower too for financial assets. Lots of consolidation and mergers in next 24 months.

A Debate Over Citi

C will see 15 or less before it sees $40. Remember 1990 at $8, all becasue of the S&L voodoo economics, and poor third world country loans. Olstein was once so sure about Tenet Healthcare at $10-12 a few years back and it now is just hitting $5.50.
We are in the 4th-5th inning of writedowns. More dilution will be coming to C shareholders.

Financials and Retail: Not as Dire as They Seem

This credit binge and deleveraging just goes to show that CEOs and other senior management at these institutions are grossly overpaid, never had an original idea, and rationalize the meltdown of their own stock as "everyone else was doing it, therefore, it must have been ok!" But then, when fired, the gutless Board's give them hundreds of millions for long and loyal service! Go figure! Who doI send my resume to at C, MER, WM, etc.....Commerical real estate is next! Goodbye regional bank CEOs.