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Fool Video: The Government Is Buying. Should You Be?

By Mac Greer – Updated Apr 5, 2017 at 8:33PM

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The U.S. Treasury announces plans to buy shares in some of the country's biggest banks, including Citigroup (NYSE:C), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC). Should investors follow the government's lead? In this installment of "Fool Video," Motley Fool senior analyst Bill Barker shares his perspective and talks about some stocks on his radar. Stocks mentioned in this video include Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B), GE (NYSE:GE), and Goldman Sachs.

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Bill owns shares of Berkshire. Mac doesn't own any of the stocks discussed. JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are Motley Fool Income Investor recommendations. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days.

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Stocks Mentioned

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

BRK.A

$399,127.75 (-1.32%) $-5,357.50

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

BRK.B

$264.32 (-1.29%) $-3.45

Citigroup Inc.

$42.99 (-2.87%) $-1.27

Bank of America Corporation

BAC

$31.03 (-2.21%) $0.70

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPM

$106.79 (-2.15%) $-2.35

Wells Fargo & Company

WFC

$40.01 (-0.99%) $0.40

General Electric Company

$64.35 (-0.19%) $0.12

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