BMO Q4 2007 Earnings

RBC Capital Markets, 28 November 2007Investment Opinion� Q4/07 core cash EPS of $1.38 were between our expectations of $1.40 and consensus estimates of $1.35, and were up 4% versus Q4/06.� GAAP EPS were $0.50 lower than core EPS primarily because of large items negatively impacting capital markets and corporate results by $251 million after tax. Those items are operating events, in our view, but