Banks getting capital, National City sold

By Sammy Pollack:Shares of PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC) are down 11% over the past month. However, there are three reasons to buy PNC.

It’s official: After an epic spending spree, Canadian consumers are finally putting away their wallets, depriving the banks of a profit wellspring of historic proportion. Fortunately for bank shareholders the wallet-closing has been a relatively gradual process that has yet to put a dint in the bottom line.

By Qineqt: Investment Thesis

By Rash Menaria: PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC) is a diversified financial services company based in the United States. PNC manages over $250 billion in assets, of which approximately $38 billion is deployed in equities.

By Takeover Analyst:In an earlier article (see here), I argued that while regional banks are exposed to greater risks than what the market acknowledges, Fifth Third (FITB) and Huntington (HBAN) are trading well below intrinsic value.

By Lalit Sharma:PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) manages $43 billion in equity assets, primarily through its investment advisory subsidiary, PNC Wealth Management, which controls the PNC series of mutual funds. Investment Strategy

By Lalit Sharma:PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) manages $43 billion in equity assets primarily through its investment advisory subsidiary PNC Wealth Management, which controls the PNC Series of mutual funds. PNC employs both growth and value approach to investing and holds stocks for the long term.

By Derek Pilecki:I own a position in the warrants of PNC Financial (PNC), which under performed during the 2nd quarter and cost about 80 bps of performance for my portfolio. PNC is a large regional bank headquartered in Pittsburgh with operations in the Mid-Atlantic States, the Midwest and Florida. The company is conservatively run and performed better than average through the financial crisis.