In the following video, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Morgan Housel discuss a subject brought up in an article in the magazine, The Atlantic. The article highlights how now, after the crisis, banks are still big black boxes with too many unknowns, and are an unsafe investment. The guys discuss the idea that, rather than avoiding all banks right now because of the unknowns, a better approach might be to get in when the bank is trading very cheaply, in order to mitigate the risk, and reduce some of the potential downside.
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Report this Comment On January 04, 2013, at 8:51 PM, NickD wrote:
Buy when others are fearful and you'll make alot of money.
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