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Another big writedown estimate for CIBC

Posted on June 25, 2008

RBC Capital Markets Andre-Philippe Hardy added his name to the growing list of analysts expecting more large writedowns from CIBC. He increased his third-quarter writedown estimate for the Canadian bank from $1-billion to $1.5-billion due to recent downgrades by ratings agencies of financial guarantors CIBC has exposure to. He also maintained his underperform rating and lowered his target price from $64 to $62 per share.Mr. Hardy s decision is also a result of continued pressure on the value of collateralized debt obligations of residential mortgage-backed securities and widening sp...

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