Analista declara que Citigroup debe ser dividido en partes

Meredith Whitney, the CIBC World Markets' financial services analyst, believes the only way forward for new chairman Robert Rubin and interim chief executive Sir Win Bischoff is to carve the bank up and sell it off.

Ms Whitney's comments last week on the state of Citi's balance sheet sparked a $369bn (£177bn) fall in world markets and helped trigger an emergency meeting of the bank's board at the weekend at which Mr Prince tendered his resignation.

Citi is the largest victim to date of the global credit crisis, announcing further write-downs of up to $11bn on top of $5.9bn revealed in the third quarter.

Asked about the possibility of a Citi break-up, Ms Whitney, who received death threats following her comments last week, said: "That's really the only thing they can do. They don't have the capital to manage it as an ongoing entity."

Vale la pena repetir lo que esta analista declara: Citigroup debe ser dividido en partes, porque NO TIENE EL CAPITAL PARA CONTINUAR COMO UNA SOLA ENTIDAD. El banco más grande de Estados Unidos ¿sin capital para continuar? Banamex, el banco más grande en México, es parte de Citigroup.