Business Week’s Gene Marcial Recommends Regional Banks
CEO Blogger (September 23rd, 2008) Writes:
http://trackthepros.com/stocks/category/404
a. Although PNC and BB&T have moved up considerably, they are still better positioned to power ahead and outpace their peers; PNC’s low exposure to collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and structured investment vehicles. That, on top of PNC’s relatively good capital levels and low debt ratio of 6.8, helped PNC’s strong results.b BB&T, which has a large presence in the District of Columbia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, is one of the well-managed regional banks; Deposits are growing at a healthy pace, he notes, and BB&T doesn’t have a large exposure in subprime mortgage loans.
c. SunTrust Banks, one of the largest bank holding companies in the Southeast, mainly in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, provides a wide range of services such as credit cards, mortgage banking,
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