Topics covered: Investing in Regional Banks
Companies covered: Williams Partners LP (NYSE:WPZ), Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB), TransCanada Corporation (NYSE:TRP), Southern Union Co., Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE:SE), ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE), National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE:NFG), Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE:ETE), Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD), El Paso Corp., Enbridge Inc (NYSE:ENB), Crosstex Energy LP, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA), Targa Resources Partners LP (NYSE:NGLS-A), MarkWest Energy Partners, LP (NYSE:MWE), Kinder Morgan Management LLC, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, EV Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:EVEP), Enbridge Energy, L.P. (NYSE:EEP), Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC), People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBCT), F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE:FNB), Encore Bancshares, Inc., Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB), Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), City National Corporation (NYSE:CYN), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT), National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Cameron International Corporation (NYSE:CAM), BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP), Baker Hughes (NYSE:BKR), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB), East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY), BBCN Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBCN), Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Schlumberger N.V. (NYSE:SLB), Rowan Companies plc (NYSE:RDC), Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE), FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI), Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (NYSE:DRC), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Atlas Energy, L.P. (NYSE:ATLS), SINOPEC Shangai Petrochemical Company, Ltd. (NYSE:SHI), EXCO Resources NL (NYSE:XCO), Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN), Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO), Sandridge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD), Gulfport Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:GPOR), EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT), EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG), Comstock Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CRK), Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG), Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP)