Citigroup Losses $5B, Cuts 9,000 Jobs, Stock Jumps 8%
Apr 18th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial NewsFrom the Five Minute Forecast, “Citi came clean with another $12.1 billion in write-downs. They announced a $5 billion first-quarter loss this morning, too.
The loss is larger than expected, but a higher-than-expected top-line earnings number has given traders reason to celebrate, apparently. Ticker C rocketed up over 8% in premarket trading. Our best guess: A known loss is better than the great abyss. And there are still plenty of folks willing to time the bottom in any one of these behemoth Wall Street banks.
Au contraire, counters Dan Amoss. “I expect financials to keep trending down. Banks and brokers still have plenty of losses to report in 2008 and 2009, even if they can go to the Fed window and temporarily swap their illiquid, impaired mortgage-backed securities for Treasuries.””
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