According to Reuters, RBS (RBS) plans a rights offering next week to raise capital. Reuters reports that Google (GOOG) beat Wall St. expectation. Reuters reports that NY State will investigation the auction-rate…
For reasons that will escape even the most rigorous analysis, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has elected to raise $6 billion through the sales of preferred shares. In the last quarter, the big…
According to Reuters, US senator Charles Schumer has asked the SEC to look at conflicts of interest at bond rating firms. Reuters writes that Washington Mutual (WM) are in favor of the…
A look at the Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) and Wachovia (NYSE: WB) deals to raise more capital indicates that other banks and brokerages are looking at below-market deals if their Q1 numbers…
It is one thing for Citigroup (NYSE: C) to sell $12 billion in leveraged corporate loans to private equity firms and even lend part of the money for the transactions. It is…
Early indicators from companies like Wachovia (NYSE: WB) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) show that the last half of March may have been tougher on banks earnings than Wall St. expects. Bloomberg…
Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) is in the process of selling $20 billion of LBO loans. If the financial firm thought its earnings were OK and that its balance sheet would allow it…
Wachovia (NYSE: WB) will raise between $6 billion and $7 billion. Will the money come in at $28 where the bank trades now? That is already down by half from the 52-week…
According to Reuters, Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI) said it has offered to buy Circuit City (NYSE:CC) for $6 to $8 in cash. Reuters writes that a merger between Delta (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest (NYSE:NWA) could…
Over the last week, both major financials and techs sold off substantially, another sign that one major sector is doing nothing to offset the other. Taken in tandem with GE’s (NYSE: GE)…
With all of the write-offs it has taken in the past and all those it is likely to take in the future, the market rubbed more salt in the wounds of Citigroup…
Citigroup (NYSE: C) is expected to post write-downs of as much as $12 billion in first quarter and have a loss of over $3 billion. Merrill Lunch (NYSE: MER) could show write-offs…
Citigroup (NYSE: C) cannot syndicate its EMI loan, AMD (NYSE: AMD) has lost its CTO, Fedex’s (NYSE: FDX) CEO sees a slowdown in the economy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) can’t sell phones…
It is spring on Wall St. With the warmer weather comes hope that the big financial crisis which seems to have engulfed everything in the world over the last three quarters is…
Citigroup (NYSE: C) seems to have come up with a deal to sell over $12 billion in problem corporate debt, some of it likely from LBO transactions. The buyers are the astute…
Douglas A. McIntyre