Citadel - E-Trade Update: OTS Suspends Application While It Examines "Certain Issues"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 16:08"The OTS has decided to suspend consideration of the application while we examine certain issues." - William Ruberry, OTS Spokesman
Treasury Responds To AIG FOIA, Releases 145 Pages Of Information
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 15:01The Treasury has provided a substantial FOIA disclosure packet to the good folks over at Judicial Watch. At this point we are awaiting a similar FOIA response from the Fed, which was requested by Zero Hedge previously and we expect to have it within 1 month.
BAC Stock Up On Various Rumors (Or For No Reason At All), CDS Wider For The Day
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 14:22Bank of America stock up 2% at last check, while CDS is 5 bps wider. Someone please explain that one to us.
Citadel Set To Control 97.5% Of E-Trade's Order Flow
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 13:29Ken Griffin's recent announcement that he is divesting a major portion of his E-Trade holdings presumably demonstrates a divergence of the paths of the two firms, while in fact Citadel is getting ever more intertwined with the online broker's operations, in fact giving the Chicago firm almost exclusive control over E-Trade's customer trade flow.
Sideways Market
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 12:55
Or the purest definition thereof seen in a while. In the meantime dollar, bonds and equities seem to be dislocating.
Is HSBC Europe Chairman Subject Of Major Criminal Investigation
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 12:29"Sources close to the Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust board of trustees have confirmed that compelling criminal evidence Carroll Trust Dossiers have been submitted to Scotland Yard and the FBI surrounding the fraudulent incorporation of dummy Gerald Carroll Trust HSBC bank accounts and the resultant embezzlement of over $150,000,000, (one hundred and fifty million dollars) of Carroll Trust liquid funds located and held in offshore tax havens within the framework of an international criminal syndicate operation."
Icahn On The Receiving End For Once
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 11:49A lawsuit filed several months ago by R2 Investments puts activist investor Carl Icahn on the defensive for once.
Introducing: The Zero Hedge Tip Line
Submitted by Marla Singer on 08/14/2009 - 11:13We've opened up the Zero Hedge tips line and our (one-person) satellite offices in Zurich and London. Just in case you happen to come across something Zero Hedge worthy when your Blackberry is on the fritz.
So This Is Where All The Volume Disappeared To
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 10:53
Down-day volume dominating. How long before some exchange breaks again?
US Consumer Is Battered But Not Beaten
Submitted by Cornelius on 08/14/2009 - 10:24The recent release of the Michigan consumer confidence numbers tells a mixed story on current consumer psychology.
Colonial Taken Into Receivership, Spun Off To BB&T
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 10:18
The Deposit Insurance Fund must be so happy it won't be depleted today. Who will buy Corus next?
Goldman Sachs: REIT Valuation Back To "Bubble Levels"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 09:42"While the worst of the current US recession appears to have passed, we caution that CRE trends are just starting to soften and will remain weak into 2011; as such, REITs should underperform the broader equity markets during the next stage of the recovery (6-9 months). In fact, we anticipate a decline in FFO of more than 10% for REITs next year, on top of the 15-20% expected decline in 2009. Hence, 2011 should be the bottom with growth resuming thereafter. Over the next 12-24 months, we see the combination of rising CRE loan defaults, deteriorating fundamentals (similar to the 2001 downturn), and more stringent lending standards (50% LTV loans at higher rates) resulting in a “challenging road ahead” for REITs." - Goldman Sachs
August Consumer Sentiment Declines To 63.2 From 66 In July
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 09:01It seems consumers are focusing on more than merely their 401(k) these days. Now it may be time for the administration to focus on jobs, wages, deflation, budget deficits, tax rates, burgeoning sovereign debt, sticky consumer debt,bankrupt states dispensing IOUs, wealth destruction and other items that actually impact the day to day lives of the US public.
Wall Street's Continuing Syndication Of Its Own "Secured" Debt Via Equity Markets
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2009 - 08:49In April Zero Hedge discussed the potential conflict of interest of secured lenders providing equity financing to companies in which they are the primary secured lender, with a "debt repayment" use of proceeds, in essence using the raised equity to pay down the debt on which the underwriters themselves are on the hook for. Not surprisingly, this was all occurring in the context of REITs - the same companies that face a massive credit crunch as numerous CRE loans come due for refinancing in the 2011-2014 timeframe. It seems this game of "bait and switch" continues unabated.
