BB&T Corp (NYSE:BBT)

Solid, conservative bank that should rise faster than peers in the Financial industry as the industry as a whole recovers. They look to be well-positioned in contrast to their competition because they are financially sound and continue to expand and acquire smaller banks and a greater customer base. Now is the time to do that, as so many people are disillusioned with the larger Wall Street banks, seen as poor in customer service and insensitive to the average citizen on Main Street. BB&T does not have this image problem, and in fact its humble beginnings as a bank for rural farmers and areas of the Southeast supported largely by agriculture lends some legitimacy to this view and proves to be a major, inimitable advantage the company has over its peers.

Stayed profitable through the great recession and has a good dividend.

MUCH MALIGNED BANK. FINANCIALLY SOUND, DIVERSIFIED. GOOD DIVIDEND WHICH SHOULD INCREASE, PROBABLY ANNUALLY.

Strong regional bank with potential to strengthen through consolidation.

Getting into the Bigger Market in the Southern States. Going heavy into Auto loan, until the housing market comes around....

Bernanke's smoke and mirrors is going to do some temporary tricks. Credit cards are not going away.

I have been reading all news on BBT stock and it is my conviction that, ultimately - say within the next 1-2 years - it will reach its heights that it was on before the recession. If you read all the news you will not find anything to change this conviction.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — BB&T Corp., a North Carolina-based regional banking firm, has consistently paid its dividend for more than a century, sports a projected yield of more than 2.5%, and has takeover prospects that might help the stock bounce off the lows of its recent trading range.

But plenty of stocks that fit the bill in theory show why the practice doesn’t always work out. BB&T (BBT 23.38, +0.50, +2.19%) is one of them. Finding those anomalies is tough, because these stocks tend to look good at the surface. It’s only when you dig beneath the surface that you realize that a company like BB&T is not so much an underpriced bargain as it is the Stupid Investment of the Week.

Contrarian pick - nobody loves the banks these days.

My pick for the ChimpContest, so might as well pick it here. Putting my money where my mouth is, so to speak.
For the record, my 2nd choice would've been PLD-ProLogis
3rd, SNA- SnapOn Tools
4th, DHI- D.R.Horton

value

The bank was in good position to be a survivor and pick the carcasses of the dead. Great upside growth potential due to acquisition made in the aftermath of armegedon.

Stock out performed from '00 to '05. Continues with conservative philosophy. Out performance will be a return to the norm.

A well managed company that didn't take on risky loans.

longterm. This is one of the strong banks in the south. Possible take over target

"have more than a third of their loans in commercial real estate and construction, a particularly vulnerable type of debt now that many building companies have no work"

http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/28/bank-assets-failing-markets-equities-loans.html?partner=yahootix

It making the move

good sector

STRONG, CONSERVATIVE REGIONAL BANK. THIS ONE WILL OUTPERFORM IN NEXT FEW YEARS,ONCE DUST SETTLES