BOOK VALUE popularity and BOOK VALUE trends

Analyst Meredith Whitney became famous after smartly advising shareholders to avoid Citigroup (C) in 2007, before its toxic balance sheet was fully appreciated by the market. Last week, Whitney came full circle, upgrading Citi to Hold from Underperform. “C shares continue to trade well below tangible book value (70%), despite relatively lower mortgage and European [...]

General take on Pa Senate: Welch, Smith, Rohrer and even David Christian split southeast/south-central. Smith dominated 'T' and Western Pa. — Alex Roarty (@Alex_Roarty) April 25, 2012 Big loss tonight for Patrick Murphy, fmr Dem Rep, in PA's AG primary. An Obama ally and rising star in 06 and 08. Lost to Clinton ally Kane. — Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) April 25, 2012 With Smith win ...

Buffett talks about how BRK intrinsic value is far greater than book value; Dimon goes on about how he is going to increase tangible book value by 15 to 20 percent a year.

S&P financials sector of banks and insurers trading above book value of assets for first time since July

The mortgage-servicer shares may be worth tangible book value.

The bank's mortgage problem gradually is dimming, as prospects brighten for other parts of its business. Selling at two-thirds of tangible book value, its shares look cheap.

This morning, AT&T issued a formal statement on the withdrawal of its application from the FCC regarding its merger with T-Mobile. The company had previously agreed to pay a $4 billion pre-tax charge in the case that its $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile failed to go through, $3 billion of which would go to Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile and another $1 billion going to the book value of spectru...

Shares of wireless chip maker Triquint (TQNT) are up 8 cents, or 2%, at $4.11 after D.A. Davidson’s Aalok Shah raised his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral, writing that the stock’s valuation is “too cheap” to ignore, and that there are product catalysts on the horizon. Triquint trades at 8 times his [...]

Up six percent!