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John Hempton

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Last Activity: Added FITB to bullish list on 06/29/08

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Symbol	SP Sentiment	Rating	Return	Since
FITB			-5.44%	06/29/08

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FITB Fifth Third Bank: Drink Deeply of the Poison 06/29/08 — Fifth Third (FITB) was a well run bank with a cult following. Now it is up on hard times. I have looked at it numerous times with an eye to buy it, but never purchased. I blogged about that here.I was so blinded by the past glories of the company that I couldn't even make money shorting it....

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