Contrary to my expectations, Wachovia beat CITI in the downward race to $15. But CITI willo get there soon. Now it is a race between Bank of America and Wells Fargo. My guess is that Bank of America will come from behind to win this one. The reason--- Countrywide.
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Banks are reluctant to decrease dividends, because investors have nothing else they can count on. They can't believe managements, Wall Street analysts or the talking heads on CNBC.
But things don't look better at Country Wide and loan losses on the original bank continue to get worse.
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But things don't look better at Country Wide and loan losses on the original bank continue to get worse.
So it is not a safe dividend
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2. You are probably right about Bank of America-- that stock will crash.