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The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Barclays' Juggernaut Keeps Rolling Barclays' fee businesses continue to power growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Cliff D'Arcy	Bad Debts Tumble, HSBC Makes Billions Profits at HSBC double thanks to lower loan losses in the U.S.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2006 Philip Durell	The Best International Stock for 2007: Lloyds TSB Lloyds is focused in the U.K., which gives U.S. investors a hedge against further declines in the dollar. Also, the company is still undervalued and has opportunities to create more value for shareholders.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2005 Vitaliy Katsenelson	Lloyds Weathers the Storm The company looks poised to ride out a rough economic situation in Britain. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Consumer Bites Citigroup Losses in U.S. consumer banking depress earnings for the fourth quarter at the financial firm. For investors looking for all-around worldwide play on both consumer and corporate finance, Citigroup is still at least worth the time for due diligence.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique	Can Mass Layoffs Put an End to Lloyd's Misery? Lloyds plans to cut jobs to grapple with weak revenue and other challenges.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2007	HSBC's Sub-Par Year: Fool by Numbers The financial firm released full-year 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Ratio Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights...
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Can JPMorgan Keep Growing? This is a huge financial company, but that doesn't necessarily mean it can't get bigger. The company's valuation, breadth of businesses, and dividend make it somewhat attractive, but is still likely to appeal only to patient investors who can wait for their gains.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Expect More From SunTrust With the nation's best banking markets, SunTrust should be a performance leader. It's not. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2011 Sean Williams	Buy This Sector to Beat the European Sovereign Debt Crisis Don't throw out the entire banking sector just because of a few bad apples.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Reconsidering National City If the new strategies work out as planned, that could free up a lot of capital. When it is all said and done, the stock is trading right where it should, though one can understand why some would see it as a potential value.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	A Different Look at iShares British bank Barclays' iShares exchange traded funds may make a good investment in more ways than one. While shareholders wait for the ETF industry to continue to evolve they will collect Barclays' 2.75% dividend yield.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Time to Buy BB&T? If the regional bank's stock sells off in the wake of fourth-quarter earnings, investors might want to be ready.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	The Making o' the Green Allied Irish Bank's growth is anything but blarney. While this company offers a dividend that is certainly not chump change, it's also a reasonable growth opportunity.
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The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Banking, Tobacco Road Style BB&T's March earnings may not have been perfect, but this bank is a proven winner.
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	U.S. Bancorp: Cheap Can Be Beautiful Here is a soundly run bank that deserves more than a passing glance from conservative and income-oriented investors.
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CFO October 1, 2006 Fink & Durfee	The 2006 CFO Survey of Trends in Banking Finance executives' concerns about the banking industry.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Peering Through KeyCorp's Keyhole Despite limited short-term potential, focusing on community banking could help future results. Investors shouldn't rush snap up these shares, but they could certainly do worse than buying KeyCorp today with idea of holding for a period of several years.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	M&T Bank: Smart Prevails M&T isn't cheap relative to your average bank, but it is a better-than-average operator trading at a bit of a discount to historical valuations.
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The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Will Frankenhoff	Time to Bank on Barclays Despite last year's advance, shares of Barclays have further room to run in 2007.
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The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Bank of America Not So Beautiful Higher bankruptcies and lower trading were the proffered excuses, but investors need to watch the low deposit growth and net interest margin.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2011 Owain Bennallack	U.K. Banks Set to Make Billions Full-year results from the U.K.'s five big banks are due in the next few weeks.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	M&I's Processing Prowess Its impressive third-quarter results show that it's more than a traditional bank. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Should Investors Go Dutch? While ABN Amro is trying to find a balance between growth and value, investors can collect a fair dividend.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Can National City Turn Into Paradise City? Maybe there's progress here, but there are many better banks to choose from for an investment.
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The Motley Fool September 25, 2010 Owain Bennallack	Should U.K. Banks Be Busted Up? While the Independent Commission on Banking says it's keeping an open mind on how best to address the perceived flaws in U.K. banking, it has already set out what it sees as the main options for reform.
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The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Fifth Third Looks to Start Anew The super-regional bank Fifth Third has a great history of growth, but lost market share in 2005. Investors should expect the bank to slowly regain its market share.
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Commerce and Its Bank "Stores" If growth is important in your portfolio and you're also looking for some banking exposure, Commerce could be a good bet if it continues to grow at its historically impressive rates.
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