Regional-bank stocks look ‘very risky’ after ‘barely’ growing dividend payouts since 2006

It’s not just worries about high interest rates and commercial real estate that are plaguing regional banks in the U.S., according to DataTrek Research.

“U.S. regional banks have been a rough corner of the market for many years,” Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research said in a note emailed Tuesday. “With dividend yields well below 10-year Treasuries, regionals look very risky here.” 

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