Jim Cramer's Stop Trading! IndyMac Yellow Flag
Beware the pricey regional bank group, Jim Cramer said Monday on
CNBC's
"Stop Trading!" segment.
Cramer said banks such as
PNC
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are trading at premium to big names such as
Citi
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and
Bank of America
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in spite of the regionals' significant exposure to possible lending issues. Cramer said he believes lots of regionals have problems similar to the one
revealed late Friday by
M&T
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Cramer is also "concerned" about the so-called Alt-A lenders, the companies that made loans to homebuyers with better-than-subprime credit ratings but without full documentation. He said the degree to which loans were made without documentation is a "big black box" that keeps investors from knowing "who a good lender is." He conceded that some companies like
IndyMac
( NDE) are "seasoned players" who should know better than to chase nonpaying customers, but he stressed that lenders need to "open things up kimonowise" for shareholders to judge for themselves.
Cramer, stipulating that he "loves"
Countrywide
( CFC) chief Angelo Mozilo, suggested Mozilo cut back on the TV appearances, reasoning that Countrywide stock gets hit every time Mozilo is on.
At the time of publication, Cramer had no position in stocks mentioned.
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