Banking Crisis 2008: Repricing the Bank Take-Over Candidates

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Apr 5th, 2008 | By J. Christoph Amberger | Category: Stock Market Investing

It’s time to re-approach bank takeovers in this market. Instead of betting on share prices to increase in anticipation of takeovers, it may now be time to go short on banking stocks as soon as the word buyout is mentioned.After the fire sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan, the take-over prices of other distressed banks seem to be up for renegotiation. TFN President J. Christoph Ambergers revisits two likely candidates.

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Amberger began his career as a freelance contributor to Agora publications before emigrating from Germany to the United States in 1989, when he joined the editorial board of Taipan. In 1991, he took over as managing editor for the publication and assumed responsibility as group publisher four years later. In 2007 Christoph left Taipan and founded Today's Financial News.

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