tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782644139927778760.post-31565413184083917022008-05-09T10:17:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:17:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:17:00.000-04:00Don't these near-weekly capital raisings look a bit - distressed?<BR/><BR/>All converging on Citigroup's balance sheet:<BR/>- further writedowns from Alt-A, consumer credit, CRE, LBOs; possible extra kick from monoline implosion still out there somewhere.<BR/>- VIEs?<BR/>- credit line drawdowns by companies.<BR/><BR/>No wonder they'd like to shrink their balance sheet: but can they possibly do it in time?<BR/><BR/>49 1/2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com