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Subprime lending crisis: Are bank shares a buy?

Results so far:

Yes
40% 76 votes Total: 192 votes
No
60% 116 votes
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    by Raven Lebeau

    Sometimes, investors sound halfway intelligent. When they say things like, "Well, in a bear market, it's good to buy stocks in companies that produce basic necessities like foo...read more

  • 2 of 7

    by David Potts

    September 29, 2008, Marketplace Opinion. Dear fellow investors: In this fearful market, with the largest point drop in Wall street's history-minus 777. This is no time to pani...read more

  • 3 of 7

    by Channing Merced

    Yes! Bernanke will bail out the banks. Also at some point these stocks as well as realestate will be a buy again. Remember what goes down must come up. Besides if the banks go b...read more

  • 4 of 7

    by Dr R Azrin

    During these days, bank stocks are coming at a cheap deal, especially with the economic crunch that have engulfed the regions and the American market. All these sentiments cause...read more

  • 5 of 7

    by Marco Angioni II

    A chaotic market can be a great time to buy stocks. The subprime mortgage crisis has been a catalyst of this chaotic market. Due to the fact that the subprime mortgage crisis ...read more

  • 6 of 7

    by Daniel Xiao Wang

    Like most decisions related to personal finance, the wisdom of buying bank shares through this sub-prime lending crises depends. Generally speaking, bank stocks are on sale, fi...read more

  • 7 of 7

    by Simon Wright

    You'd have to be from the planet Jupiter to not have heard of the sub-prime lending crisis. We know the impact it's had, mainly in the US, in terms of mortgage holders having th...read more

  • 1 of 7

    by Martin Chapman

    NEVER CATCH A FALLING KNIFE! This old stock market adage is as apt today as it ever was. World Banking stocks are already down over 22% this year and we have returned to leve...read more

  • 2 of 7

    by Francis Palmieri

    The sub-prime lending crisis has totally overturned and undermined the thought process that for many years have driven the financial vehicle forward. Future value bank shares ha...read more

  • 3 of 7

    by Joseph Malek

    Like it or not, the economy of the United States of America is in recession. That means that the majority of the people within our society are under a great deal of economic pre...read more

  • 4 of 7

    by Sean Curtis

    Due to the sub-prime lending crisis, banks that were making record profits only a few years ago are now losing billions of dollars every quarter. Stock prices have plummeted, ca...read more

  • 5 of 7

    by Barry Marcus

    The subprime mortgage crisis has brought the United States very close to recession. It was the banks that were the subprime mortgage lenders. In search of a quick buck, the bank...read more

  • 6 of 7

    by Rob Bryant

    Many banks have already lost money, and shares are down 25% to 50%. That might look like a bargain to some, but it is only a bargain if the banks are close to a bottom with a go...read more

  • 7 of 7

    by Fred Tolleson

    Are Bank Shares a buy? I think not! There are many reasons why banks should be privately held by investors and never allowed to be publicly traded entities. The sub-prime lend...read more

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