UBS AG (USA) (UBS)

UBS is digging itself out of the hole the previous management has put them in. In a year or two, they will be back to large profits once again. It is still one of the largest banks world wide. The risk profile has been drastically reduced and the new managemnt team under Oswald Gruebel is working hard to put the tax evasion story behind them.

Investment banks are aggresive in general, UBS was beaten badly in a bad market, should swing high in a bull market.

Financial stocks carry a P/E ratio of 22.4, and the so-called "recovery" has been especially strong in bank stocks. Therefore, I’m concentrating my shorting interest in the banking sector.

Swiss government will not have the option to let UBS fail.

market obsession with junks and underdogs is amazing!! Nothing make sense in this current market, Artificial inflated stock market by bernanke will come to an end sooner than later!!

They must have money hidden somewhere.

With UBS current leverage about 70 to 1, they are going to have a difficult time when upcoming loans go bad.

Very much undervalued with the banking crisis, but the bank will survive and regain some of the lost value. A great 3-5 year play here on a swiss banking giant

Its silly to knock a major company's price down because of even a serious illness. In fact, it's price is heading rapidly upward even as we speak.

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bullish on bx, cvbf

bearish on bac, ubs

Wonder if they used the 5 billion from AIG to pay the 760 million US fraud fine?

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Strong well managed company,felt to secondary morgages, lost but Swiss are strong and they will find a way to out.

This is a strong company and will only improve. They are backed by the government and the company will not fail.

UBS is still the third most leveraged bank of the world, so with one of the most illiquid balance sheet. The stock market prices UBS stock as if it was already bankrupt like Washington Mutual. It is also loss making.

the owner is better than the price of this one

The company continues to present an attractive investment opportunity despite recent market turmoil. On December 10, UBS announced a US$10 billion write-down in its US subprime holdings, pushing the company to a loss for the fourth quarter and possibly the full year.

At the same time, the company announced a series of steps to strengthen its capital base, including the CHF13 billion sale of convertible notes to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd. (CHF11 billion) and an undisclosed investor in the Middle East (CHF2 billion), both counting as Tier 1 capital and raising the Tier 1 ratio to 12%. UBS eliminated its cash dividend, replacing it with a stock dividend. We are reducing our EPADS estimates to $0.10 from $3.40 for 2007 and to $4.50 from $5.20 for 2008.

UBS is one of the world's leading financial firms, serving a discerning international client base. Its business, global in scale, is focused on growth. As an integrated firm, UBS creates added value for clients by drawing on the combined resources and expertise of all its businesses.

UBS is the leading global wealth manager, a top tier investment banking and securities firm, and one of the largest global asset managers. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail and commercial banking.

UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in 50 countries, with about 39% of its employees working in the Americas, 33% in Switzerland, 16% in the rest of Europe and 12% in Asia Pacific. UBS's financial businesses employ more than 80,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

To big, prestigious and well run not to rebound, buy now whilst its still cheep.

the swiss do not let down the ubs. just take your time

The Swiss government took bought up the bad debts of ubs.