excellent read on financial stocks right now: Morningstar.com Fire Sale on Financial Stocks Thursday August 16, 5:51 pm ET By Rachel Barnard, Ph.D. link: <A HREF="http://biz.yahoo.com/ms/070816/204013.html?.v=1" target="_blank">http://biz.yahoo.com/ms/070816/204013.html?.v=1</A> worth your time, imo. LT