Oppenheimer's Meredith Whitney Sees Major Negative Revaluations for Financials

March 17, 2008 9:49 AM EDT

Oppenheimer's analyst Meredith Whitney said financials stocks may have further downside of as much as 50% based upon 1990/1991 multiples of tangible book values, following Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) fire sale to JPMorgan (NYSE: BSC). Whitney said the buyout price will create a major negative revaluation for financials.

Stocks: Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), UBS (NYSE: UBS), Citi (NYSE: C), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB).


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BSC 5.66

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C 7.22

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DB 32.99

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GS 65.00

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LEH 0.13

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MER 11.56

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MS 12.04

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UBS 11.80

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Comments

Why would anyvbody listen to whitney
Don on Mar 26, 2008 02:10 PM

She said sell bsc at 3-4 on cnbc before it exploded up check the tape !!! She is a definite fade for me right now,every recommendation she has a will triple up in the opposite direction hope she keeps talking !!!!!

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jim on Mar 17, 2008 09:03 PM

do you talk to hear yourself? See you own writing? It's amazing how the analyst all the sudden are the Paul REVERES when the British have already had tea!


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