Regional Banks Refusing TARP Funds (BXS, CFR, FCF, HCBK, PRSP, WFD)

November 28, 2008 9:52 AM EST

From 247wallst.com

Bailouts, handouts, subsidies, and free money be damned. In times when most large financial institutions are lining up for their share of TARP funds, there are many regional banks out there which have decided to refuse the government's bailout TARP funds. These banks say the are solid, and many of their share prices have held up much better than many of the troubled banks which are taking TARP monies. Some of these regional banks are BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS), Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE: CFR), First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE: FCF), Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCBK), Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRSP), and Westfield Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFD). These are the more actively traded stocks and what gets interesting is the explanation for refusing to accept TARP funds and the ratios of some of these banking institutions...

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