Meredith Whitney

Maria Bartiromo of CNBC is at the Delivering Alpha conference and she is speaking with Blackrock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink, Meredith Whitney, Jim Leech, and Pierre Lagrange. Meredith Whitney said that she is more bullish on U.S. then other markets, for the fact that the U.S has "ermrging markets...

Warren Buffett did it again. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) announced this morning it would be selling 50,000 preferred shares to Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), worth $5 billion. Buffett, as is his customary deal, will also get warrants to purchase 700 million shares at an...

Meredith Whitney, who has been notoriously bearish on the banks in the past, is singing a different tune this morning. Whitney, of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, said that Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) does not have to raise capital immediately. In comments captured by Bloomberg, Whitney...

No one ever said making money in the market was easy. Sometimes the most profitable trades are the ones where you have to hold your nose when you buy. Recent action in the market has been eerily similar to the financial meltdown in 2008 and 2009, with the big banks being at the epicenter of the...

For most investors, the boring and uninspiring municipal bond sector is hardly given any thought. However, over the last year, the sector has been shaken by analyst predictions of wide-spread defaults. Perhaps the most famous, was credit analyst Meredith Whitney's 60 Minutes appearance, in which...

Perhaps Meredith Whitney will ultimately be proven right, as Moody's is on a cutting spree, and has just cut Los Angeles General Obligation bonds from Aa2 to Aa3. Late last year, Whitney had predicted that "you could see 50 sizeable defaults. Fifty to 100 sizeable defaults" amounting to "hundreds...

Six months after Meredith Whitney predicted we would see 50 to 100 "sizable defaults" in municipal bonds, we've had only 26 issues default, with a value well under $1 billion. Missed it by THAT much Meredith.

Meredith Whitney, founder and CEO of the Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning. In her appearance, she reiterated her call for municipality defaults. She stated that she anticipated some form of restructuring in the municipal market, as local politicians...

For investors who do not know what a municipal bond is, it is a bond issued by a US city or other local government , or their agencies, and the income generated is typically exempted from federal and state tax. Because of the tax incentive, municipal bonds usually have lower yields than corporate...

FOX Business Network (FBN) Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino reports Meredith Whitney “has yet to apply” with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for Rating Agency Designation. Gasparino said in the process, “you have to disclose your conflicts of interest” and “scrutiny will be...