Thursday, January 17, 2008

Merrill Lynch

The news on Merrill Lynch is worse in every way than for Citigroup. Revenue was negative. How is that even possible? Book value dropped 25%, so the stock is now trading at 1.75X book. GS is at 2.1X, but they're making money.

On top of that, the bond insurers MBI and Ambac have fallen 30%+ today. (I knew MBI was a great short at $16.71, but the shares were already overshorted.)

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