Fifth Third Bank: Drink Deeply of the Poison - John Hempton

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Fifth Third Bank: Drink Deeply of the Poison
Jun 29, 2008 09:19 AM UTC

John Hempton

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Symbol	Sentiment	Start	Return	Closed
FITB		06/29/08	-5.44%	--

Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

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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