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      <title>Wells Fargo Lays Bear Trap on Wall Street</title>
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        <![CDATA[Seems very lopsided, trying to build a justification after deciding on the conclusion. $265 MM = $0.08 analogy (though it is flawed as also shown by &quot;Bankonit&quot; post) needs to be adjusted for tax... conveniently forgotten. The question also is whether the $1.5 Bn would have remained unchanged if the $265 MM policy change had not occured....if not, then we could have had $265 MM + addnl reserve of $1,235 MM...basically no effect on EPS...see the last line from the earnings call transcript :<br/><br/>Credit Quality<br/>Overall credit quality deteriorated in the second quarter. Net charge-offs in the second quarter were $1.5 billion, or 1.55 percent of average loans annualized. As previously disclosed, beginning in the second quarter we changed our home equity charge-off policy<br/>from 120 days to no more than 180 days, consistent with FFIEC guidelines. The impact of this change deferred approximately $265 million in home equity charge-offs from second quarter, although the change in policy did not reduce second quarter provision expense<br/>which included the deferred charge-offs. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:48:12 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Seems very lopsided, trying to build a justification after deciding on the conclusion. $265 MM = $0.08 analogy (though it is flawed as also shown by &quot;Bankonit&quot; post) needs to be adjusted for tax... conveniently forgotten. The question also is whether the $1.5 Bn would have remained unchanged if the $265 MM policy change had not occured....if not, then we could have had $265 MM + addnl reserve of $1,235 MM...basically no effect on EPS...see the last line from the earnings call transcript :<br/><br/>Credit Quality<br/>Overall credit quality deteriorated in the second quarter. Net charge-offs in the second quarter were $1.5 billion, or 1.55 percent of average loans annualized. As previously disclosed, beginning in the second quarter we changed our home equity charge-off policy<br/>from 120 days to no more than 180 days, consistent with FFIEC guidelines. The impact of this change deferred approximately $265 million in home equity charge-offs from second quarter, although the change in policy did not reduce second quarter provision expense<br/>which included the deferred charge-offs. ]]>
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