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 14.00

-0.28 -1.96%
Volume: 74,918,848
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BK 27.08

-0.61 -2.20%
Volume: 3,579,608
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C 7.32

-0.14 -1.88%
Volume: 62,460,933
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GS 84.98

-3.73 -4.20%
Volume: 8,271,639
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JPM 28.73

-1.15 -3.85%
Volume: 23,101,179
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MER 11.64

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 49,928,111
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MS 17.92

-1.66 -8.48%
Volume: 22,458,510
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STT 44.00

-0.27 -0.61%
Volume: 3,949,097
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WFC 26.38

-1.16 -4.21%
Volume: 31,197,522
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XLF 12.19

-0.46 -3.64%
Volume: 66,198,671
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