Citi Group results show the bull is ready to roll again in dollar, stocks and real estate
Teddy Carlos
Apr. 18, 2008

The biggest U.S. bank by assets reported almost $16 billion of write downs and increased bad loan reserves as customers fell behind on home, car and credit-card payments. However, its posted a $5.11 billion loss is less than analysts'' most pessimistic estimates. The market rallied.

The bull markets are born from the scare of the bear market. When pessimism far exceeds the reality, a reverse bubble is created.

The bubble now is in oil, gold, grains and other commodities. A reverse bubble exists in stocks, dollar, real estate and mortgage securities. Smart hedge fund and private equity fund managers are moving into subprime mortgage markets now.

Citigroup climbed $1.64, or 6.8 percent, to $25.66 at 11:10 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, after surging as high as $25.80 earlier today. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 1.7 percent and the dollar gained the most against the euro in more than four weeks.

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