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 16.03

+0.26 +1.65%
Volume: 195,646,949
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BK 26.88

-0.57 -2.08%
Volume: 7,338,761
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C 4.18

-0.01 -0.24%
Volume: 245,529,581
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GS 176.51

-0.06 -0.03%
Volume: 7,246,237
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JPM 44.17

-0.18 -0.41%
Volume: 30,969,564
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MER 11.64

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 49,928,111
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MS 33.70

-0.25 -0.74%
Volume: 10,168,231
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STT 42.90

-0.83 -1.90%
Volume: 4,791,488
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WFC 28.10

-0.30 -1.06%
Volume: 35,212,735
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XLF 14.77

-0.05 -0.34%
Volume: 70,454,139
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