Monday, April 20, 2009

Why Bank of America's Numbers Were TERRIBLE

Net Income was $4.2B:


That's right, out of 4.2 billion in net income, 4.1 billion can be attributed to one-time events. Even worse, $2.2 billion of that is from the collapse in MER's debt, which allows BAC to book a gain (yes, I realize this is absurd).

Next, we have our favorite "we pre-released results to show you how great we're doing, but we really hope you don't look at the actual numbers" company, Wells Fargo. Stay tuned.