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Meredith Whitney weighs in on Merrill Lynch
Superstar Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney has trained her sights on Merrill Lynch. She now expects Merrill Lynch to take total write-downs of $5.8 billion for Read more...
Tier 1 capital becoming a big issue?
Financial News Online reports that investment banks will soon start reporting Tier 1 capital ratios, something they have not done previously. (Commercial banks have been doing this for years.) That Read more...
Meredith Whitney speaks again
In times such as these, an analyst really can make a name for herself. Oppenheimer's Meredith Whitney rocketed to fame based in part on prescient prediction that Read more...
Whitney more cautious on second quarter
Meredith Whitney, of Oppenheimer, is telling clients that broker-dealers' second-quarter earnings are under pressure, reports MarketWatch. One new twist comes from the credit defaults swap market. Read more...
More on Citigroup's surprise common offering
People are still jawing about Citigroup's surprise offering this week--the bank's fifth capital-raising effort in five months, notes Read more...
Citigroup to issue $3 billion in common stock
When it was announced that it would sell $6 billion in preferred shares, Citigroup joined the herd of other top banks. It just announced it Read more...
How low can Citigroup's dividend go?
Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney is making a career in some ways off of Citigroup. She was among the first and the boldest to predict Read more...
Is Wall Street research unreliable?
Wall Street research analysts in many ways are still struggling to regain their stature. Portfolio magazine doesn't do them any favors by calling into question whether such research, especially when Read more...
How bad will it be?
Meredith Whitney, storied bank analyst at Oppenheimer, has some bad news for equity investors who bet that the worst was over. According to Times Online, she's telling clients that big bank stocks Read more...