Citi could exit TARP with strong capital ratios. Chartpoppers.com releases a Investment Overview on Citigroup Inc.

(CHARTPOPPERS.COM, December 11, 2009 ) Point Roberts, WA - Chartpoppers.com announces an investment report featuring company Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)

The Consolidated Investment Analysis on Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) will be in particular interest to other competing companys within in its sector, such as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JP Morgan Chase ( NYSE: JPM) and Ameican International Group (NYSE: AIG)

Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup), incorporated in 1988, is a global diversified financial services holding company. The Company is engaged in providing a range of financial services to consumers and corporate customers. As of May 4, 2009, Citigroup had more than 200 million customer accounts and did business in more than 140 countries.

Recent News on Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday that the government doesn't want banks to repay taxpayer support if that leaves them short on capital.
"We are not prepared to have this money come back in a way that would leave the system or these institutions with inadequate capital to face their challenges ahead," he said during a Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.
But for Citigroup Inc. (C 3.90, +0.03, +0.78%) that may not be a problem, analysts said Thursday.
Citi reportedly plans to raise $20 billion selling new equity to help the giant bank buy back trust preferred securities it sold to the government via TARP. See about Citi's possible TARP exit.
At the same time, the government will probably sell the 7.6 billion common shares of Citi it currently holds, extricating the bank from taxpayer ownership, according to J.P. Morgan Chase analyst Vivek Juneja.
If Citi pulls this off, the bank's capital ratios will be among the highest of any large U.S. bank, Juneja and other analysts said Thursday.
"They've already got very strong capital ratios," Jeff Harte, a banking analyst at Sandler O'Neill, said in an interview.

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