4 Financial Stocks To Consider Along With Citigroup

Fascinating read in the March 2011 issue of Wired magazine documenting an increasing trend among U.S. small businesses: They seem to be bringing manufacturing work that had been outsourced to China back stateside (see Small Businesses Buck Trend, ht Jon). According to Wired:

An unsuccessful yard sale is something you are not likely to forget — hauling heavy boxes and furniture outside, then sitting for hours in the hot sun only to have no one visit or buy is nobody's idea of a good time.

By Ezra Klein As I mentioned earlier, I spent the morning in a discussion of the Chinese banking system that included a quick overview of the sector's development in recent years, which I'm going to reproduce here simply because I find it interesting.

Submitted by Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity blog, As the global equity and bond markets grind ever higher, abundant signs exist that we are once again living through an asset bubble – or rather a whole series of bubbles in a variety of markets. This makes this period quite interesting, but also quite dangerous.

By Global Value Investor:Citigroup Inc. (C) is a leading financial services conglomerate offering financial products and services to customers around the world.

As we wait for Europe’s big weekend to unfold, here is an interesting thought, as generated by back and forth comments on recent pieces.

David Trainer submits:We rec­om­mend investors short the KBW Bank ETF (KBE) and avoid or sell all other finan­cial sec­tor ETFs. We also rate the invest­ment merit of the top nine finan­cial sec­tor ETFs.

Marco Anthony submits:As stated in my last article, 3 Dow Stocks to Buy-Write Now, I believe financials will outperform the market in the early part of this year. The most attractive financial stock to me is Citigroup (C).