Richard Bove
Richard Bove
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I think that if we were talking about this kind of mortgage market four years ago, it would be a real crisis for Lehman. But today, given the kind of diversification they've done, it's nowhere near a crisis.
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This event highlights, once again, the difficulty in determining earnings for derivative transactions.
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In general, this should be a mixed quarter. Clearly, M&A is strong but the IPO market has slowed down, the equity market is weakening and the fixed income market is limping along.
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But that cycle is over. The banks are going to get squeezed.
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In general, this should be a mixed quarter, ... Clearly, M&A is strong but the IPO market has slowed down, the equity market is weakening and the fixed income market is limping along.
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I think it's clear that the banks that are more tied to the retail sector are going to have a much tougher quarter compared to those with diversified positions. The banks in the retail sector have to deal with interest rate compression, loan volume will be tougher, and they don't have the trading or investment banking that are hot now.
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His legacy has been tarnished dramatically in the last few years. He came in with a reputation as a brilliant strategist and he's going out as someone who couldn't manage everything he has under one roof.
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Citigroup needed a lot more earnings to hit its estimates and Sandy just found them in a dominant company. This will give them a foothold in the United States, which is critical because that's where the money is made.
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This problem doesn't exist to the same degree at the other major brokerage firms because they haven't lost top people like Morgan Stanley has.