It's not a bombshell. Companies bribe foreign officials all the time. The worst that will happen is a slap on the wrist and a small fine. This will not move the stock in any significant manner.
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Insider Trades: Cap One Chief Sells 21% of Stake in COF
Capital One Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank continued his rapid sell off of company stock on Wednesday. Over the past eight weeks Fairbank has sold more than 21% of his shares for a total take of $26,283,955.39.
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The investment banks will be fine, forecasts on their earnings are reasonable considering the love and caring they're getting from the central bank. Let's face it, if any of the big i-banks were allowed to go bust the global financial system would collapse, sending the world economy into depression. The worst that will happen is MER or UBS will be gobbled up by GS.
The real concern in this cycle is commercial banking and credit cards; the market doesn't full appreciate the very scary situation they're in. Take Capital One (COF) for example. They're trading 25% above target despite heavy delinquency rates, charge-offs, rising unemployment, etc. Barron's sums up their situation nicely:
"The problem for Capital One, though: the Fed hasn't done anything to change the bank's fundamentals. The central bank has been remedying the problems of broker/dealers and the holders of deteriorating mortgage products, not credit-card lenders. Instead, the problems associated with that part of the banking system - the reticence of the strapped consumer, as well as the rise in delinquiencies - haven't been redressed. Friedman Billings Ramsey said Tuesday that the run has left the stock over-valued."
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Capital One Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank continued his rapid sell off of company stock on Wednesday. Over the past eight weeks Fairbank has sold more than 21% of his shares for a total take of $26,283,955.39.
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The real concern in this cycle is commercial banking and credit cards; the market doesn't full appreciate the very scary situation they're in. Take Capital One (COF) for example. They're trading 25% above target despite heavy delinquency rates, charge-offs, rising unemployment, etc. Barron's sums up their situation nicely:
"The problem for Capital One, though: the Fed hasn't
done anything to change the bank's fundamentals. The central bank has been remedying the problems of broker/dealers and the holders of deteriorating mortgage products, not credit-card lenders. Instead, the problems associated with that part of the banking system - the
reticence of the strapped consumer, as well as the rise in delinquiencies - haven't been redressed. Friedman Billings Ramsey said Tuesday that the run has left the stock over-valued."
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