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...months, Citigroup has been dogged by concerns about the quality of the loans on its books. Citi was, after all, one of the nation's largest sub-prime lenders, not just to homebuyers but through its credit card division as well. This week, the fears have centered on the quality of its corporate loans, and to a lesser extent its credit card business...
...these potential losses are based on the value that Citi is putting on its loans. And Citi has no obligation to write down all of the loans on its books. In fact, it recently said that it was going to stop taking so-called mark-to-market losses on an additional $80 billion in assets of its loan portfolio. So even if the value of its loans continues to fall, it may not have to take a hit to its equity. And as long as most of Citi's borrowers keep paying, as most are, Citi will be just fine...
...Citi has not been marking its loans down to market value aggressively enough, the losses on its balance sheet could be even greater, which could be the case. "Though difficult to draw hard conclusions from comparisons between banks, Citi's marks appear less aggressive than J.P. Morgan's," wrote analyst John McDonald of Sanford C. Bernstein in a research report last week...
...told, McDonald thinks that Citigroup has $88 billion in risky assets. That's not quite $100 billio,n but it is close. And that's what has the Citi-doomsday-folk yapping...
...Citi Gets Sold...