First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG)

Sound growth

I wanted a bank stock and felt First Niagara has more potential than AINV so I sold one to buy the other.

Great stock for the long-term. Its many acquisitions will give it a lot of room to grow earnings in the future.

Nice dividend. Good bank stock.

A four star bank yielding 7.45%

Solid numbers, solid dividend. I'd say put 2% in here.

FNFG will get untwisted in the next quarter or two. Price drop mostly short term uncertainty about their recent buy out of HBC bank branches.

Large dividend on a conservative financial company, this is a safe way to make a contrarian bet on the banks right now while watching for capitulation selling in the more risky banks.

Great long term buy, but don't expect huge profits in the short term.

Solid management & has been actively acquiring competitors and growing their business at a time when not many banks are able to.

Long term winner. Buying assets of other banks that didn't fair so well coming through the recession. Nice yield

They are well capitalized and conservative. A good safe pick among the different financial sector stocks and it pays a good dividend.

The states that First Niagara is in have mostly lower than the national unemployment rates with reported, increased economic activities. These factors should added to First Niagara top and bottom lines through increased deposits and loan activities, which were reflected in q1 2011.

financials bottom or the market is forever doomed..

Nice dividend, steady grower, get back to even!

Great potential smaller bank with room to grow

Could capture significant market share in commercial lending market.
May be considered as a "flight to saftey" stock within financial sector
Strong management
Good reputation

Financials have been beaten up; regional banks will outperform in the recovery

going to gobble up failed banks