"Citigroup shares tumbled more than 6% in afternoon trading Thursday amid new concerns that the financial services conglomerate may not be able to support its hefty dividend payout. In the near term, Citi (C) may have to raise more than $30 billion by either selling off assets, slashing its dividend, raising capital or resorting to a mix of these measures, analysts at CIBC World Markets said."
"Based upon our thesis that over the near-term Citigroup will be forced to sell assets, raise capital or cut its dividend to shore up its capital ratios, we believe the stock will be under significant pressure and could trade into the low $30s," according to CIBC.
Richard Bove, an analyst with Punk Ziegel & Co., doesn't dispute that Citigroup has issues, but solvency is not one of them, he said. Citi's had a profit of $13.6 billion and it had net free cash flow of $18 billion through the first nine months of 2007. Bove also said Citi has $240.8 billion in liquid trading account assets that can be used for liquidity.
"These numbers indicate that this bank is both liquid and well-capitalized," Bove wrote. "At the end of the third quarter, Citigroup posted $2.355 trillion in assets. This was more than any other American bank and possibly more than any bank in the world."
Notice how Bove talks about how Shittybank has trillions in assets. But what about the liabilities! They are huge! Look!
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?dcn=0001104659-07-074791&Type=HTML
See?
Soon Shittybank will be out of business and we'll be in deflation.
Buy gold! (Because for some reason gold holds up well when the money supply is contracting.)
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