Wall Street's Wise AIG Buy?

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Is AIGa good buy for Wall Street? The underwriters of the Treasury's $18 billion AIG stock sale earlier this week exercised their options to buy $2.7 billion worth. This included Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase.

Although too-big-to-fail investing in too-big-to-fail brings up some concerns, Fool analyst Anand Chokkavelu thinks it could be a good deal for the banks. see the following video below. (Note that the video was filmed before the underwriter option exercises).

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The article Wall Street's Wise AIG Buy? originally appeared on Fool.com.

Anand Chokkavelu owns shares of Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase and warrants in Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and AIG. Andrew Tonner has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. The Motley Fool owns shares of AIG, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase and has options on AIG. Motley Fool newsletter services recommend AIG and Goldman Sachs. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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