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The Little Bank That Really Shouldn't

By Jim Cramer

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 Synovus! How can this "little bank that couldn't" be hurting people so badly? I think that this now dangerous situation is a reminder of the precarious nature of the regional banks. That's rough, because I think the regional banks are putting pressure on the good ones. Let me take a step further and say that they are hurting even JP Morgan , which should be standing out here. They will also hurt Capital One and PNC , which were vindicated this quarter. Look, I don't know what will happen to Synovus. I do know that its $4 secondary now ranks as the worst secondary of the banking group. That matters, because the window to the regionals had been wide open until now. That means the endless tapping of the secondary market could be put to an end way too early. My hope is that...

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