Financials were the clear winners today, particularly regional banks. I have been pounding my fist for the past few months about financial stocks. They’re likely the first ones to recover when the market turns bullish. A lot of bank stocks look particularly cheap because they have such low price-to-book ratios. A good example is Superior Bank (NASDAQ: SUPR) that has book value of $16.43 but is only trading at $3.25. On the surface, it looks like a bargain but you have to look more closely at the company to get a clearer picture…
It’s been a while since my last post. I just wanted to give everyone my general take on 2010. Below is a list of positions I have in various companies. I have also listed some sectors I like for 2010 and sectors I don’t like. Again, this is just my opinion…but I have made my bets on certain stocks that I feel will outperform in their respective sectors…
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I read this interesting article about fund managers buying heavily into bank stocks lately. It left me thinking — do they know something I don’t? Well, for one, these fund managers are closer to the banks than I am and are definitely more familiar with how large financial institutions work. Some of these guys are in charges of billions of dollars so [...]
It looks like the financial stocks are all taking off today, particularly the ones that haven’t had a run yet. For example, ABK and MBI are both making a nice move up today. Maybe they’re piggybacking off of the explosion of AIG’s stock price since they’re all related to insurance. That’s a [...]