At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street
analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and
"initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be
the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we
would be -- if that were all we were doing.
But in "This Just In," we don't simply tell you what the
analysts said. We'll also show you whether they know what
they're talking about. To help, we've enlisted
Motley Fool CAPS, our tool for rating stocks and analysts
alike. With CAPS, we track the long-term performance of Wall
Street's best and brightest -- and its worst and sorriest,
too.
And speaking of the best ...
Like the teens experiencing their first high-school
crush, there's nothing cute as bankers in love -- the latest
instance of which was published in the "Commitments" section
of yesterday's edition of Briefing.com. There we learn that
the dashing European prince of investment banking,
Deutsche Securities, has proposed to American
girl-next-door
Citigroup (NYSE: C), initiating coverage at
"buy."
Why should we care? Why did ABC revive
The Bachelorette? I guess Americans just love a good
love story. And as I explained
back in August, Deutsche has proven itself
adeptat separating the gentlemen from the cads in the
world of
Commercial Banking:
Stock
Deutsche Says:
CAPS says:
Deutsche's Picks
Beating S&P By:
Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq:
FITB)
Underperform
**
45 points
Regions Financial (NYSE:RF)
Outperform
**
24 points
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB)
Underperform
****
2 points
Sadly, it's been less successful finding eligible bankers
in the
Capital Markets:
Stock
Deutsche Says:
CAPS says:
Deutsche's Picks
Lagging S&P By:
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS)
Outperform
** Continued... |