Anointed Financials Surge After Citi News (C, JPM, BAC, MER, WFC, GS, BK, STT)

November 24, 2008 12:05 PM EST

The 'anointed financials', the original nine under the Treasury's Capital Purchase plan, are surging today following the Citi (NYSE: C) rescue. The action in these stocks today suggests that traders believe that the Fed will rescue any of these banks without major shareholder consequences.

The anointed ones:
Citigroup (NYSE: C) +58%
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) +13%
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) (buying Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER)) +21%, +27.6%
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) +14%
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) +26%
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) +32%
Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK) +12%
State Street Corporation, (NYSE: STT) +11%

The anointed ones are up on an average of 24% today, while the broader Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) is up 12.5%.


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BAC 13.71

-0.57 -3.99%
Volume: 112,875,446
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BK 26.78

-0.91 -3.29%
Volume: 7,407,312
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C 7.15

-0.31 -4.16%
Volume: 105,320,319
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GS 84.50

-4.21 -4.75%
Volume: 12,589,210
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JPM 28.09

-1.79 -5.99%
Volume: 42,224,818
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MER 11.64

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 49,928,111
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MS 18.10

-1.48 -7.56%
Volume: 30,914,711
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STT 42.22

-2.05 -4.63%
Volume: 7,478,462
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WFC 25.87

-1.67 -6.06%
Volume: 52,681,284
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XLF 11.99

-0.66 -5.22%
Volume: 106,430,661
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