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11-27-2007, 05:54 PM
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who\'s buying Citigroup
Ok - so I'm a bit removed from the markets (used to work on the Street at a nasdaq market maker - but.......
Who's buying Citigroup? Is there a trade here with leaps? Seems too good to be true at this price or am I a simpleton. Remember Altria at 19??? 
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11-27-2007, 07:08 PM
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Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
I bought some Bank America today and I'm very close to buying some Citibank shares as well. You could buy LEAP calls and tie up less capital, but I'd be afraid it might take a couple of years for the stock to recover so I'd lean towards buying the common and collecting the 6% dividend while I'm waiting.
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#3
11-27-2007, 09:39 PM
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Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
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I bought some Bank America today and I'm very close to buying some Citibank shares as well. You could buy LEAP calls and tie up less capital, but I'd be afraid it might take a couple of years for the stock to recover so I'd lean towards buying the common and collecting the 6% dividend while I'm waiting. [/ QUOTE ] I was thinking leaps. I can't imagine that dividend sticks..(Freddie just cut theirs in half today - different sitchy sorta I know but....)
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#7
11-28-2007, 04:14 PM
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Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
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Too good to be true? The company takes out what amounts to a subprime mortgage, and pays 11% interest. That sure sounds like desparation. Too good to be true, lol. [/ QUOTE ] You are trying to make a complex transaction seem too simplistic. Jimbo
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#8
11-28-2007, 04:21 PM
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Re: who\'s buying Citigroup
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Too good to be true? The company takes out what amounts to a subprime mortgage, and pays 11% interest. That sure sounds like desparation. Too good to be true, lol. [/ QUOTE ] It's actually a great deal for Citi, all things considered. Thinking of this as paying 11% in interest is entirely misleading, given that the mandatory conversion provision.
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