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  • Stress Tests - The Spin Machine Revs Up...

    Now that they've got the bank stocks up nicely from their lows, the orchestrated leaks of the de-stress test results begin to come out, in advance of the official May 4 public release date.

    Still cannot understand why these companies didn't raise more capital on the backs of 1st Q results...as Goldman did. Perhaps Ken Lewis and Vikram Pandit were/are just a wee bit distracted by other, more immediate problems? :rolleyes:

    Citigroup, Bank of America Decline on Capital Report

    April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. fell in New York trading on concern the companies may be forced by regulators to raise additional capital.

    Bank of America declined 13 percent to $7.80 and Citigroup dropped 8.5 percent to $2.81 after the Wall Street Journal said early results of the government’s so-called stress tests show the banks may need more capital. Company executives are meeting with regulators to dispute the findings, the Journal said, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter...



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    Re: Stress Tests - The Spin Machine Revs Up...

    And Here:-
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...a-stress-tests
    Mike

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      Re: Stress Tests - The Spin Machine Revs Up...

      Originally posted by GRG55 View Post
      Still cannot understand why these companies didn't raise more capital on the backs of 1st Q results...as Goldman did.
      My guess is that they have a different strategy in mind -- which is to sell off parts of both companies. They own a bunch of companies that are not central to their business, and that could be very attractive as standalone entities. They will get much higher valuations that way than they would have just by issuing a bunch more stock anywhere near current prices.

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        Re: Stress Tests - The Spin Machine Revs Up...

        Originally posted by Sharky View Post
        My guess is that they have a different strategy in mind -- which is to sell off parts of both companies. They own a bunch of companies that are not central to their business, and that could be very attractive as standalone entities. They will get much higher valuations that way than they would have just by issuing a bunch more stock anywhere near current prices.
        Either that, or they are going to argue that the stress tests are flawed, everything is just-fine-Jack, and no more capital is needed...

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