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With evidence of PNC taking under Nat City,,, It appears bigger banks will use recapitalization shares from the government to scoop up small banks.  The question is whether regional banks will be swallowed at a discount.  The odds appear to be favorably positive for commercial banks.

Regional Banking Companies Continue to Languish

Regional Bank Short Index: Stats & Benchmarks

Top 5 Companies by Largest 1-Year Stock Price Decline

The accompanying tables present an overview of a U.S. Regional Bank Short Index of 102 companies between market caps of $500 million to $20 billion. The two worst-performing stocks were both down over 80% in the past year, including Washington Mutual (WM) and National City (NCC). The 40 lowest-rated companies in the index posted a loss of 47.6% over the past year, which outpac

Yesterday saw the biggest rally in financial s in the last 16 years-Wall Street was happy and we should be happy too-we could short at higher levels.

Two days back everyone was predicting the end of the world as we know it and now the clouds have lifted. With Indymac blowing up everybody who wa