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The Motley Fool March 4, 2009 Morgan Housel	Is Bank of America the Next to Crumble? While comparing B of A to Citigroup is hardly apples to apples, the trend is the same: Banks with dangerously low tangible common equity ratios must raise common capital lest even moderate future losses wipe out shareholders.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Morgan Housel	4 Reasons Banks Still Scare Me Bank investors have made buckets of money over the past month. That's great. But when fear switches to elation as quickly as it has, while banks' underlying problems are still alive and well, you have to think things are getting overcooked.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2009 Morgan Housel	Don't Fall for Citigroup's Fantasy The news that the bank is actually profitable takes stretching the truth to a whole new level.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Did Wells Fargo Miss Its Window? The bank's balance sheet still looks excessively leveraged, and I think the company's sterling reputation may be causing investors and analysts to gloss over that fact.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bank of America Needs a Regime Change After news of a $2.39 billion quarterly loss and the announcement that dividends are all but history Bank of America investors now have sincere reasons to question the capability of CEO Ken Lewis.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bank Stocks Explode While bank stocks have exploded, a lot, in recent weeks, there's still much reason to be pessimistic. Quite a bit of it.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Conspiracy at Bank of America? News breaks that Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was supposedly strong-armed by the government to keep mum on the losses at Merrill Lynch.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Pick the Unlucky Bank The Treasury's stress test will show that at least one bank needs more capital. Who might it be?
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Chase Wants to Pay You Back More and more, banks are looking at ways to repay TARP funds.
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The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	Invest in the Bailout! Nasdaq OMX Group has created an index that tracks every U.S.-listed institution that has received more than $1 billion in bailout funds, called the Government Relief Index.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Is Wells Fargo $50 Billion Short? Wells Fargo will require an extra $50 billion in common equity if it is to repay its TARP investment and achieve a reasonable capital cushion.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Does This Mean Banks Are Out of the Woods? Is the worst for banks really behind us, or is this just another emotional outburst by investors who've swung from chaotic pessimism to blind optimism?
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Morgan Housel	It's Good to Be Goldman A monster quarter proves Goldman Sachs can still get it done. Quarterly earnings just destroyed analyst expectations by more than 100%.
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The Motley Fool July 22, 2008 Morgan Housel	All Smiles at Bank of America Bank of America reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings. Shares have surged more than 50%. But does this mean the credit crunch is milder than many predicted? Nope.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Alex Dumortier	It's Official (Almost): BofA, Citi Need Capital The government's preliminary results indicate that both these banks have capital shortfalls that need to be stopped up by raising common equity levels.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	Throwdown: Bank of America vs. JPMorgan Let's compare these two megabanks to see which is the stronger company.
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The Motley Fool October 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wheels Stay on the Stagecoach at Wells Fargo All things considered, all's well at Wells.
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The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	It's Payback Time for Goldman Sachs Getting rid of TARP funds could be a turning point for Goldman Sachs -- a TARP-free Goldman would be one of the most powerful Goldmans you've ever seen.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Much Money Will It Take to Save the Banks? NYU economic professor Nouriel Roubini estimates banks still need at least $1.4 trillion of new capital to get back on a sustainable path, suggesting therefore that the U.S. banking system is effectively insolvent in the aggregate.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	B of A's Ken Lewis: Still Mostly Clueless Maria Bartiromo asks Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis how he would prove to an upcoming shareholder meeting that Merrill Lynch won't become something that will require a 12-figure bailout by the federal government.
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The Motley Fool October 15, 2009 Morgan Housel	Poor, Poor Citigroup Who loves the beleaguered bank? Only Uncle Sam.
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The Motley Fool December 27, 2011 Dan Caplinger	A Year to Forget for JPMorgan Chase Let's look back at how the year went for this company.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2009 Morgan Housel	Is Bank of America a Buy? Bank of America has surged nearly sevenfold since its March lows. After this epic run, it's worth asking: Are shares getting ahead of themselves, or are they still worth buying?
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	Better Buy: Bank of America or Citigroup? Want to profit from the most beaten-down big banks? Here's my pick of the two.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Unravels Partial nationalization of the struggling bank becomes reality, but it's not nearly enough to stop the bleeding. Here's why.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Morgan Housel	Big Irony From a Big Bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon not only avoided the bulk of the financial disaster, but also spent years fortifying JPMorgan's balance sheet in case the Big One hit. But now, he makes one big hypocritical statement.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Morgan Housel	Inside JPMorgan Chase's Earnings It was another blowout quarter for JPMorgan Chase, one of only a few surviving banks in the post-Lehman world.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and Banking Stress Tests Will government stress tests truly provide a good picture of banks' health?
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Registered Rep. April 20, 2009 John churchill	Bank of America Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates; Top Financial Advisors Staying Put Bank of America joins Wells Fargo, Citi and Goldman Sachs on the list of banks reporting better than expected earnings in the first quarter.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Where Does Wells Fargo Stand Now? (Post-)crisis and opportunity.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Banks: The Problem That Won't Go Die Quietly Massive loan losses still remain on bank balance sheets.
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The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Alex Dumortier	GE's Warning for Bank Stock Investors The abridged message from GE's first-quarter earnings appears to be: Infrastructure is buoyant, while financial services remain an anchor.