By the Numbers

First Anniversary of the Subprime Meltdown

Today is the one year anniversary of HSBC's first subprime meltdown related write-down.  HSBC was amongst the first to actually increase write offs due to the subprime mess. 

HSBC is down over 22% since Feb 8, 2007. 

Here are some 1 year stats since Feb 8 2007:

Top 5 Biggest S&P % Gainers since Feb 8, 2007:

  • CNX  - CONSOL Energy Inc up 118.6 %
  • NOV -  National Oilwell Varco Inc up 100.8%
  • AMZN -  Amazon.com Inc up 92.4%
  • MON - Monsanto Co up 86.8%
  • ESRX - Express Scripts Inc up 79.3%

Top 5 Biggest S&P % Losers since Feb 8, 2007:

  • ABK - Ambac Financial Group Inc down -87.4%
  • CFC - Countrywide Financial Corp down -83.7%
  • MBI - MBIA Inc down -80.5%
  • ETFC - ETrade Financial Corp down -79.8%   
  • CC - Circuit City Stores Inc down -74.3%