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 27.40

+14.35 +109.96%
Volume: 446,353
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BK 29.84

+1.15 +4.01%
Volume: 449,009
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C 26.20

+23.23 +782.15%
Volume: 448,666
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GS 29.82

-117.50 -79.76%
Volume: 440,937
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JPM 32.27

-1.50 -4.44%
Volume: 38,352,125
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MER 11.64

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 49,928,111
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MS 25.05

-3.31 -11.67%
Volume: 449,330
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STT 25.13

-22.22 -46.93%
Volume: 444,144
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WFC 29.98

+5.84 +24.19%
Volume: 432,484
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XLF 11.47

-0.41 -3.45%
Volume: 101,602,067
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