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  • I find this highly suspect..

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...7es&refer=home


    So, here's the deal.

    Switzerland's second-largest bank said an internal review found ``mismarkings'' by an unidentified group of traders that contributed to $2.85 billion of writedowns on asset-backed securities. The bank said in a statement today that it's assessing whether 2007 earnings were also affected.

    The announcement comes two days after Qatar said it was buying shares in Credit Suisse and a week after the Zurich-based company reported net writedowns of 2 billion Swiss francs ($1.8 billion) for all of last year. Chief Executive Officer Brady Dougan said on Feb. 12 that he was ``more optimistic than many'' about prospects for a debt market recovery.
    I mean seriously. Does anyone else think Brady is sanbagging his stock for Qatar to buy it up at firesale prices?

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    Re: I find this highly suspect..

    Originally posted by blazespinnaker View Post
    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...7es&refer=home


    So, here's the deal.



    I mean seriously. Does anyone else think Brady is sanbagging his stock for Qatar to buy it up at firesale prices?
    I hold no financial stocks so do not follow the sector closely, but I understand that CS stock has outperformed its local competitor UBS. So is it really a "fire sale"? Maybe Qatar just wants to be like Abu Dhabi - buy some beat up bank and then watch as the losses continue to pile up :eek:. Ooops.

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      Re: I find this highly suspect..

      I notice Abu Dhabi has been picking up some of the Canadian Oil trusts (PWI most recently) . . .

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