Bank earnings were hit hard this week. Even if the results at Citigroup (C), Merrill Lynch (MER), and JP Morgan (JPM) did not drive the credit system into insolvency, each company had…
Henry Paulson seems like a very large and old Eagle Scout. He would never mislead, at least not on purpose. He gave the impression as he announced that Treasury would dump $250…
Citigroup (C) is still struggling. The bank reported a net loss for Q3 2008 third of $2.8 billion, or $.60 per. Total assets declined by $50 billion since second quarter 2008 and…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, economic attention has now turned to the recession. Reuters reports that a new survey shows that half of all workers are worried about their jobs Reuters reports that unions…
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
One size fits all. That is the reasoning behind Treasury’s plan to invest money in a number of large banks by purchasing preferred shares. Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan (JPM) and Lloyd…
According to Reuters, the Treasury will make $250 billion directly into banks. Ciitgroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM) would get $26 billion each. Merrill Lynch (MER) and Bank of America (BAC) would each…
Many of the world’s largest sovereign funds believe that they were taken to the cleaners earlier this year when they dumped billions of dollars into large US financial companies like Citigroup (C)…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is the latest of the banking giants to look like the old Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) business model. This became the case with the acquisition of…
The UK government is about to become the de facto largest shareholder in two of the country’s largest banks, HBOS and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Given the number of times…
A few days ago, it would have been nearly impossible to believe that the deals for Bank of America (BAC) to buy Merrill Lynch (MER), for Mitsubishi UFJ to buy 20% of…
According to Reuters, the US is looking at guaranteeing billions of dollars of bank debt and temporarily insuring all bank deposits. Reuters reports that Citigroup (C) has ended talks about taking over…
The most wonderful thing about the current financial crisis is that it is a monument to human optimism. Every day executives and government officials signal that things may be getting better. Everyday…
Henry Paulson watched the Brits come up with a new plan to save the banking system before he did. He is probably embarrassed by that. He and Bernanke seemed to have a…
According to Reuters, the US Treasury may buy interests in large banks following the model set up by the UK. Reuters reports that IBM’s (IBM) earnings strength helped calm tech investors. Reuters…