Out of favor with many major institutions because of the sub-prime lending, yet sub-prime lending only lead to 30% of their revenue. Incredibly stron bookvalue considering share price even if they haven't written down all their assets.

Brazils economy is about to take off. With 40% of the countries oil reserve just found strong push in energy but yet still strong in other industries that it isn't self reliant on only energy like many emerging countries.

Rocky last couple of quarters but still strong margins all around and is being lost in the crowd with other financial institutions that are taking serious hits.

All depends on how their version of the SMART car sells in INDIA. There was rumors of them also buying Jauguar from Ford. Incredibly low PEG and P/E

Strong dependible name even after their worst quarter in history of the company. Most laymen still equate Merrill with sound investing. Mostly held by instituitions who will weather the storm or pick up more shares in the process.

Sitting on a mountain of capital with a very impressive debt/equity ratio. Good but not great margins but have had rock solid earnings even though they didn't meet growth expectations

Make invisiline retainers which are a easy alternative to braces. I'm actually finishing up using this product and absolutely loved them and the way they helped my teeth. I think this will be the future of orthidontry. Also no debt on their books. Downside, incredible high P/E,

Still waiting for the bottom, however, I'm slowly buying up positions in WM as I believe they are financial strong enough to fight out the sub-prime crisis. Too many institution investors to let them go down with out a fight. Decent margins but if they could price all their sub-prime debt it would obviously tell us a lot more about this company