Bank Investors: No Need to Stress Out Yet

By Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson – Mar 5, 2013 at 3:12PM

NYSE: BAC

Bank of America

Market Cap

$298B

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(-1.07%) -$0.41

Current Price

$37.91

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With two big banking stress tests coming up over the next two weeks, how should banking investors react?

The results from the new banking stress test put in place by the Dodd-Frank Act will be coming out on March 7, with Bank of America (BAC -1.07%), BB&T (TFC -2.11%) Regions Financial (RF -0.81%), Wells Fargo (WFC -1.11%), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM 0.15%) as several of the large banks likely participating. In this video, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss what to look for from the test results, and how banking investors should react.

David Hanson has no position in any stocks mentioned. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Bank of America. The Motley Fool recommends Wells Fargo. The Motley Fool owns shares of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.