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Entries tagged "Meredith Whitney"BofA third-quarter earnings previewBank of America is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Friday. Explaining Whitney's Goldman downgradeFinancial reform certainly seems like a reason to be concerned about the future of Goldman Sachs Group, but if it bothers banking analyst Meredith Whitney, you'd never know. FDIC could easily seize 150, but not 300While some analysts are predicting outlandish number of bank failures, a look at the actual figures of FDIC seizures does not bear out these predictions. Goldman Sachs earnings previewWill a swift return to big profits come back to bite Goldman? Here's a preview of the bank's second-quarter earnings. BofA's Lewis' time almost up?Bearish banking analysts are turning upbeat on the prospects of Bank of America and its CEO Ken Lewis, but some evidence may prove otherwise. Banking critics Whitney, Bove move onTwo leading research analysts to predict the credit crisis, Meredith Whitney and Richard Bove, are on the move. Bank Watch: Whitney says banks must raise capitalMarkets were down Wednesday. The Dow fell 172.28 points to 8,842.82, the S&P 500 slipped 20.12 points to 914.58, and the Nasdaq declined 39.68 points to 1,612.70. Financial stocks were mostly down as Oppenheimer & Co. bank analyst Meredith Whitney warned that U.S. banks will, yet again, have to raise capital in 2009 due to credit rating downgrades on mortgage-related securities. ... Bove basher has some losses to explainWhen Florida's BankAtlantic Bancorp sued analyst Richard Bove for defamation a few weeks back, it scored a bit of a PR coup. Though the suit didn't seem to have any real merit, it provided BankAtlantic with an avalanche of media coverage through which it could publicly dispute its inclusion on Bove's now infamous list of possible bank failures. But the downside of the bank's communications strategy became evident earlier this week when it posted its fourth consecutive quarterly loss and announced plans to raise some $55 million in capital. The headline on one story on the news: "Bank that's... Roll Call: Is Whitney finished with Citi?As if Citigroup Inc. isn't facing enough challenges right now, OppenheimerFunds Inc. analyst Meredith Whitney apparently is through with Citi. "We wish [Citi's] management team all the best in their ambitious endeavors, but we fear [it] is past the point of fixing," Whitney wrote. For more see Dealbreaker. - Maria Woehr... Meredith Whitney's supplemental betAs our own Media Maneuvers column wrote last week, Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Meredith Whitney has become Wall Street's "it girl" thanks to her prescient analyst reports about banking write-downs. Well, it seems she also has a side gig as an investor in her husband's herbal supplement business, Mamajuana Energy, according to a story in The New York Times.... Whitney's Citi prediction could be precursor to Smith Barney saleWhen Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Meredith Whitney talks about Citigroup Inc., investors listen. And why not? Whitney correctly predicted two months in advance that Citigroup would lower its dividend to preserve capital. Now, Bloomberg reports that Whitney predicted in a research report Monday that Citigroup's first-quarter earnings will lose $1.15 a share, 4 times higher than her original estimate of a loss of 28 cents per share.... Citi's panic button would be selling Smith BarneyCitigroup Inc. has been pulling out all the stops to end its bleeding. It sold some real estate, received multibillion-dollar capital infusions from foreign investors, slashed its dividend, proposed a massive corporate restructuring including the hiring of a new CEO, but still there seems to be no light at the end of its tunnel. Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Meredith Whitney said Monday that if things don't turn around it might be forced to sell the crown jewel of its holdings -- Smith Barney Inc. -- to have enough capital to endure its massive credit problem. ... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Meredith Whitney." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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