In the following video, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss Citigroup (C +1.01%), and how it gave investors a very pleasant surprise in last night's Dodd-Frank bank stress test results. While the company failed the CCAR stress test results last year, embarrassingly, this year, Citi's capital levels have improved dramatically. Matt tells us about the metric that shows just how much Citigroup's capital levels have improved, and what this means for investors.
Here's what shocked us the most from the banking stress test results.
About the Author
Matt is the head of the Coverage Team for The Motely Fool's premium products. Previously, he's been . Matt is a heavy user of AI tools and is working on harnessing them to help Fool members. Previously, Matt was GM of Motley Fool Ascent, led The Motley Fool Deutschland, has been an investor on various Fool services, and co-hosted the podcast "Where the Money Is". He also co-authored the book The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global. Matt started his career in San Francisco as a technology-focused investment banker and also worked at a $15 billion private equity company. When he's thinking about how to make Fools smarter, happier, and richer, you can usually find Matt running trails or making a mess in the kitchen. He's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, but is a lifelong fan of Penn State football.
