Giving You Reasons To Love Bank Stocks (C, BAC, WFC, JPM, USB, KBE)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I was practically all alone on March 18 when I gave you five reasons to steer clear of bank stocks, but it turns out heeding that advice would not have been such a bad idea. The SPDR KBW Bank ETF (NYSE:
KBE
), which counts Citigroup (NYSE:
C
), Bank of America (NYSE:
BAC
), Wells Fargo (NYSE:
WFC
) JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:
JPM
) and US Bancorp (NYSE:
USB
) as its top five holdings, was at $26.01 when I wrote my story. While it would hit a high of $29.22 on April 21, it touched a recent low at $23.33 Tuesday. Two reasons I highlighted, "Regulatory Threats Resurface" and "European Contagion," look especially smart. So give me an A for insight and a C+ for timing. To read rest of the article,
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