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siemens. answers. >> big bank rally. since early october, the s&p financial sector was up 25%. they were up again today. moi next guest says banks are ridiculously cheap, their balance sheets are extremely strong. joining me now is dick bove, famed bank analyst at rock securities. since greece news is better, we're not going have the global default and meltdown. banks did well. apart from that, will banks continue to rally? that's what i want to know. >> i think it is very leakly because if you take a look at the positive side which is starting to overwhelm the negative side. they're up 10.5% year over year. mortgage refinancing is increasing. there's been a surge in auto lending. there's been an increase in what we call guarantee loans which are fha guarantee loans and student loans. so we're seeing a big increase in lending which is where the banks make their biggest profit. >> i want to get in with some of the overview stuff in a minute, but i want to ask you in your best bets. update us on your bes

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