The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which financial and economics sector head Ilan Moscovitz and consumer-goods editor and analyst Austin Smith discuss topics around the investing world.
As part of our series "3 Reasons to Buy/Sell," Ilan explains the bull case for Bank of America. Wall Street's most beleaguered "too big to fail" bank may be in the midst of a turnaround. The economy is getting better, unemployment is declining, and credit quality is improving -- all of which have a meaningful impact on a company with more than $600 billion in residential and consumer loans. If these trends continue, and there aren't too many surprises tucked away on B of A's balance sheet, 0.6 times tangible book value could turn out in hindsight to have been a bargain price.
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