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Crisis won't end until reality returns

China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-07 07:56

Investors are feeling better about financial companies' balance sheets than they were a few months ago. That's not to say they have a lot of confidence in them.

Compare, for example, the stock-market value of Regions Financial Corp with the bank's reported net worth. At $3.97, the Birmingham, Alabama-based company's stock is up 69 percent since its February low, giving Regions a $4.5 billion market capitalization. That's still only a third of the $13.5 billion book value it showed as of March 31. In the market's view, the bank's asset values remain grossly overstated.

Crisis won't end until reality returns

The same story is playing out across the financial-services industry. Financial stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rocketed 35 percent during the second quarter, fueling the index's biggest quarterly advance since 1998. Yet for hundreds of US banks and insurance companies, a vast credibility gap remains when it comes to their accounts.

Crisis won't end until reality returns

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