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tobr0302	Greece	Love	June 03, 2008
Scarpacci	Solid	Love	May 19, 2008
southernboy	Big fish in a burgeoning market	Love	February 13, 2008
omarj	Thriving in the european economy by buying out banks in places like Turkey. Stock has steadily rised and increased revenue.	Love	November 21, 2007
earthman	mod2 pick 13.11 on 10/12/2007	Love	October 13, 2007
jamesk	Services growing eastern european markets with core financial services as well as investment banking. strong dividends	Love	July 29, 2007
pts5400	damn! finacials!	Love	July 23, 2007
Deanl007	Greece's stock market has been one of the hottest this year, partly because of the strength of the shipping industry but also because of the opening of capital markets. National Bank of Greece is well positioned to benefit from the growth in the country's economy. P/E: 13.5, GROWTH RATE: 22%, GPE: 1.6, Sales growth: 104% Description of company: Nat'l Bk Greece, (NBG) National Bank of Greece S.A. provides retail and commercial banking, asset management, brokerage, investment banking, and bank assurance services primarily in Greece. It has four segments: Retail Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, Global Markets and Asset Management, and International. The Retail Banking segment offers time deposits, savings deposits, current accounts, safe deposit boxes, and deposits in foreign currency; investment products and stock trading services; personal loans, car loans, overdraft facilities, and housing loans; debit and credit cards; pension plans; ATMs, mobile banking, Internet banking, and kiosk banking services; and payment and foreign exchange services for individuals, professionals, and small-medium and small sized companies. The Corporate and Investment Banking segment engages in lending to large and medium-sized companies; shipping finance; and investment banking activities. It also offers financial and investment advisory services, deposit accounts, loans in euro and foreign currency, foreign exchange, and trade service activities. The Global Markets and Asset Management segment provides treasury services, private banking, asset management, and custody services and brokerage. The International segment operates in trade financing, foreign exchange, accepting deposits, and extensions of commercial and retail credit activities. It also offers shipping finance, investment banking, and brokerage services. In addition, the company provides insurance for professional liability, credits and guarantees, ships, financial loss, cash in transit, breach of confidence, mechanical failure and risk, and crystal breakage, as well as project financing. It also has operations in the United Kingdom, southeastern Europe, Cyprus, and Egypt. As of December 31, 2006, National Bank of Greece operated 567 branches in Greece. It also operates 1,370 ATMs. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.	Love	July 20, 2007
idjit19	Semi-speculative. Incredible fundies. This stock will be a quadruple within a couple of years max. Nice grower.	Love	June 16, 2007
scdemjen	growth	Love	June 13, 2007
dany07	A hidden european bak with incredible financials and growth	Love	May 23, 2007
Lerone Williams	Growth and exposure to Eastern Europe. Nice dividend.	Love	May 05, 2007
sirkbwolfe	I wanted foreign exposure to financials.	Love	April 19, 2007
bennyr11	growth and dividend	Love	April 11, 2007
hmarr123	INTERN. GROWTH	Love	March 29, 2007
Asverti	3 Year performance	Love	February 24, 2007
Carol Anderson	< low cost>	Love	January 10, 2007
sk	provides dividends, stock buyback and aquisitions	Love	January 10, 2007
Crockett	Undervalued, establishing an attractive presence throughout Eastern Europe, in lucrative markets, strong Euro, low interest rates, easy credit, etc... The National Bank of Greece shows a lot of promise for long term growth.	Love	January 06, 2007