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Message| (155)    Citigroup (C) is one of the great money center
banks in the United States. In terms of size, it is the third
largest U.S. bank with $1.88 trillion in assets. It ranks just
behind JPMorgan Chase (JPM), which has $2.39 trillion in assets
and Bank of America (BAC) which has $2.17 trillion in assets.
Citigroup has a market cap of $151.8 billion, and its stock
price is around $49.  Citigroup, like a number of its closest
competitors, absorbed big losses during the financial crisis of
2008 and 2009. During 2008 and 2009, the bank lost more than $29
billion largely, because of losses from subprime mortgages. The
bank has done a good job of turning things around, and has shown
a profit in every year since. Citigroup was able to return to
profitability, and improve its balance sheet, by reducing their
subprime loan portfolio, and increasing the requirements for
those that were seeking new mortgages. The company also cut risk
taking, in