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2 Schools of Thought on Buying Bank Stocks

.....At some point, bank stocks will be an outstanding buy. But not until the housing decline begins to ebb.....

But it's the early bird that catches the really big worm.

U.S. Bank Dividend Yields Revisited

The CEO of BAC stated rather emphatically that they would not cut the dividend. And, based on this year and next year's earnings estimates there is no reason to disbelieve him.

Some write downs will be write UPS next year.

And, in answer to a previous poster.... we always picked up casualties (wounded) while bullets were still flying.