Showing posts with label UBS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UBS. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Bank Earnings and Accounting Eccentricities...

"UBS rises on the SIX Swiss Exchange, having gained as much as 7.6% shortly after markets opened.
The bank's bottom line included a CHF595 million gain due to a fall in the market value of its own debt, compared to a CHF1.21 billion charge a year earlier."
There go the accounting rules again...I really like that rule as your financial condition deteriorates you make money because you are short your own debt.
 
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