2 Stocks We'd Love to Buy at a 50% Discount

By Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson – Oct 2, 2013 at 7:21AM

NYSE: BAC

Bank of America

Market Cap

$282B

Today's Change

(3.35%) $1.20

Current Price

$36.97

Price as of April 19, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

The best from the Twitterverse on the world of finance. Bank of America is closing branches, Wells Fargo is growing deposits, and we’d love to buy Berkshire Hathaway, Markel, and Goldman Sachs at 50% off.

In this segment of The Motley Fool's financials-focused show, Where the Money Is, analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss some of their favorite tweets of the day. Among the topics covered are Bank of America's (BAC 3.35%) efforts to slim down and blogging like it's 1995.

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David Hanson owns shares of Goldman Sachs, BB&T, and Markel. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Markel. The Motley Fool recommends Goldman Sachs. It recommends and owns shares of Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Markel, 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.