Adding Bank of America (BAC) to the U.S. Focus List

Investment Thesis: The IPC believes the risk/reward proposition on BAC’s stock is very attractive at current levels as we think BAC has many under-appreciated earnings levers and looks extremely cheap at 6x our estimated normalized earnings. We believe 2010 will be an important inflection point in terms of EPS and book value growth. Much of this growth will be driven by improving credit quality in 2010. This process has already begun as growth in non-accruals has improved for three quarters. We also see the recent TARP repayment as removing a significant FULL REPORT HERE
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