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Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Leading Candidates for Underwriting General Motors’ IPO

With as much as $300 million in underwriting fees at stake, one of the largest paydays many years for investment bankers, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) are reportedly among the leading candidates to land the underwriting job for the initial public offering of General Motors. Citing one person with knowledge of the matter, [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C) Adds Metals Analyst Heath Jansen

Shoring up their mining and metals segment, Citigroup (NYSE:C) has hired Heath Jansen to manage the European metals and mining research unit of the bank, along with two others for their London office, who will also focus on the overall metals market and companies within it. Hired for London were Tom O’Hara from Metal Bulletin [...]
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Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Citigroup (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Slammed After Spain’s Debt Dowgraded

The Dow has given up its gains for the week, and financial stocks like Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Citigroup (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are all down on the downgrade of Spain’s debt by Fitch Ratings from its prior AAA rating to AA+. Spain had had a [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Swaps Rise as U.S. Corporate Credit Risk Surges

Credit swaps for Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) rose in May, with swaps for Goldman increasing 3.9 basis points to 170.8 basis points, and Citigroup swaps grew 2.7 basis points to 173.4 basis points. Buyers of credit swaps are paid the face value of the instrument if a borrower doesn’t pay what they owe, [...]
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Analyst Says Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Could Pay $621 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Suit

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Brad Hintz said in a note to clients today that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) could pay $621 million to make the SEC fraud charges against them go away. Hintz said the fine would be $250 million, and the other $371 million would be to reimburse investors in the trades. Personally, [...]
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Is Citigroup (NYSE:C) Better Than a $4 Stock?

Even though Citigroup (NYSE:C) and others with vested interest in them would like to believe they’re better than a $4 stock, I don’t think at this time that is the case, and in the short term it is doubtful they’ll have much support beyond that. We could and probably will see them make occasionally upward [...]
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Bill Ackman Acquires Citigroup 150 Million Citigroup (NYSE:C) Shares

Bill Ackman is a well-known activist investor, and manages Pershing Square Capital Management, a large hedge fund, announced yesterday at a conference that he has acquired about 150 million shares of Citigroup (NYSE:C) over the last several weeks. Citigroup is an ideal stock for speculators, traders and hedge funds, as the inherent volatility in the [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) Worst at Removing Debt Off Books

A report from the Wall Street Journal states that based on data gathered from the Federal Reserve, Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) are the worst offenders for removing debt from their books just before they report their quarterly earnings. Citigroup and the Federal Reserve had no comment on the story, [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C) Bullish on Emerging Markets

Several Citigroup (NYSE:C) executives stated recently they’re very bullish on emerging markets, and valuations should be attractive based on a variety of factors related to growth. David Ratliff, MD & Head-Investor Sales (AsiaPac), said, using India as an example, that “the debate in India is whether the economy grows at 7-8% or 5-6% which is [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C) Settles Cemetery Case for $1.5 Million

Citigroup (NYSE:C) agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle the case where they were accused of not properly supervising employees who were under suspicion over mishandling trust fund of cemeteries located in Tennessee and Michigan, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which oversees brokerages. According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Citigroup “failed to reasonably [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Up Six Times by 2015 Says Dick Bove

Rochdale Securities analyst Dick Bove has been giving bank stocks a lot of love lately, and among the largest banks, he sees Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) exploding by six times what they are today by 2015. In a Tuesday report, Bove said he sees Citigroup increasing in share price of $24.75 by [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Being Forced to Lend to Failing ShoreBank?

Another political scandal is brewing in connection to the outrageous and controversial bailout of Chicago’s ShoreBank by Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and GE Capital (NYSE:GE), where it’s thought so-called community bank with strong political connections, all the way up to Obama, is receiving bailout funds [...]
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Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Hired by Abbott (NYSE:ABT) for $3 Billion Bond Issue

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) have been hired, along with Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank AG, to manage the sale of $3 billion in bonds, which will be the largest corporate bond sale in about a month. In a prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Abbot Laboratories said [...]
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Is Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Too Optimistic for Citigroup (NYSEC), J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)?

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) upgraded Citigroup (NYSEC) from “neutral” to “buy,” while maintaining buy ratings on J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). In light of the current economic conditions, which are deteriorating in Europe and China, it does generate the question of whether the assessment of Goldman is far too optimistic. Much of [...]
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Citigroup (NYSE:C): Perfect Storm for Double-dip Recession

Citigroup (NYSE:C) Michael Hart stated what everyone is thinking, and that is we’re approaching a perfect storm which could bring about a ‘double-dip’ recession. Hart said, “The eurozone sovereign crisis, a worldwide regulatory crackdown, fears of an economic slowdown in emerging markets and the possibility of a ‘double-dip’ provide the makings of a perfect storm.” [...]
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