Date updated:07-14-2008
Small financial stocks with great dividend and/or growth potential.

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CHEV
Cheviot Financial - $7.30
- +3.69%
- $7.24
Very good takeout candidate in an attractive and highly-competitive Midwest market. Having trouble staying up, but there should be a breakout soon. Dividend increases abound.

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BBX
Bankatlantic Bncp - $5.20
- -0.95%
- $5.06
Lights out!!

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SFNC
Simmons First Nat - $27.32
- -4.81%
- $28.21
Arkansas is a great bread-and-butter state, and these guys have the footprint. This has held up very well, in the recent down-draft.

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SBIB
Sterling Bancshar - $5.51
- -6.77%
- $5.78
Nice Houston footprint, and often mentioned as a prime acquisition candidate. Look for a takeout in the $12-$13 range.

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HT
Hersha Hospitalit - $3.00
- +6.76%
- $2.76
Great hotel properties, in high-dollar markets with tight supply. It has sold off with other REITs, lately, because of concern over air travel -- many of their hotels serve the airport crowd. I believe patience will be rewarded. Nice dividend.

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BBT
Bb&t Cp - $23.29
- -7.62%
- $24.68
Management entrenched and somewhat over-paid, but quite a nice franchise has been built, and the dividend policy is superior. Fortunately, the dividend appears to be safe, even with the big sell-off in the sector. In fact, it was raised for August '08, at a general time when many others have been cut.

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FCF
First Commonwlth - $12.10
- -1.14%
- $12.00
Excellent dividend yield. Not a very attractive market area, but apparently a well-run company.

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SNH
Senior Hsg Sbi - $16.09
- -4.74%
- $16.27
With the USA's demographics as they are, who could argue with this sector? The dividend has risen, as I predicted, and probably will do so again.
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