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International Bancshares: The Best Operated Bank, Or a Bank with Something to Hide?

The IBOC stock might be good as a pair trade - short IBOC and buy an honest bank with prospects for growth. Clearly IBOC has proven itself as able to fend of the shorts so far, so the pair trade strategy adds an element of safety. If and when IBOC's dishonesty gets rewarded the stock should plummet even in a rising market.