In a sign of how perverse and debased the market’s reactions to simple news has become, NCC (NCC), the large regional bank, dropped from over $4 last Friday to $1.36 on Monday.…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the credit crisis has sharply increased the chances of a deep recession. Reuters reports that the fall in the stock market is pushing investors into safe investments like Treasuries.…
With the Congressional rejection of the Treasury bailout package lending from banks to small businesses has ground to a halt. According to Forbes,"The Discover Small Business Watch index of economic confidence slipped…
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) has just resumed trading after its FDIC-led Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) "take-under" came in. By now you’ve already heard enough about the merger news and how ugly this…
Now that the Congress has voted against the Treasury bailout and the Dow has dropped700 points, the important question is whether they system can save itself before the market moves toward 9,000.…
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) is the newest big bank that is being taken over in a government-sponsored deal. Citigroup (NYSE: C) is acquiring the bulk of the bank’s assets and liabilities in…
According to Reuters, Congress is ready to vote on a $700 billion financial bailout package. Reuters reports that Belgian-Dutch group Fortis was nationalized Reuters reports that British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley…
Two European financial firms fell apart during the last 24 hours. The U.K. government said that mortgage bank Bradford & Bingley is being nationalized after investors and lenders lost confidence in the…
Banks and investment banks who watched Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and Lehman go down in flames have learned a lesson. Bank of America (BAC) moved too fast to buy Merrill Lynch (MER).…
According to The Times of London, the Treasury is poised today to nationalize Bradford & Bingley, the troubled mortgage bank. The Times also reports that hedge funds and institutions could be forced…
The rumor mill and the deal-making mill might not be dead. The New York Times’ DealBook noted that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) were in early merger talks. Citi…
There is one interesting irony in this whole financial meltdown which goes which many will not want to admit. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and the financial supermarket model may actually be emulated by…
Oppenheimer’s star banking analyst Meredith Whitney is out with another scathing note on major banks this morning despite the government bailout plan. She slashed estimates on Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC),…
T. Boone Pickens can get out of the alternative energy business. Under new regulations, he is allowed to buy Citigroup (C) or Bank of America (BAC). The Fed has decided that banks…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) is considering buying Washington Mutual (WM). Reuters reports that US markets rallied on word of a potential plan for the government to take over the toxic assets…
