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radio show. I'm Chris Hilton joining me in studio this week for Million Dollar Portfolio

Jason Moser and Matt Argusinger and for Motley Fool Deep Value Ron Gross. Good to see you

as always, gentlemen. Hey, we've got the latest on retail, energy, tech trends and more,

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who writes, hoping for a good show this week for my run at the Boston Marathon.

The fresh is on. So look, pace yourself, Ben and good luck at heartbreak. I have notes. I'm

the only one without a computer. Don't worry, it's a big good show. We're going to do our best.

Earning season has begun with most of the big banks reporting Bank of America, Wells Fargo,

City group, JP Morgan Chase, Matt Argusinger. Any themes out of this group? Well, I can tell you

three of the banks you mentioned failed the living will test from the Fed, which if you don't know,

is kind of a, it's one of the stress tests that basically measures if any of these banks feel

significant stress or there's a major economic event that affects their earnings or their loan

portfolios, can they be wound down without affecting or causing major harm like we saw in 2008?

And right now the answer is no for a few of these banks and that, you know, these are regulations

that were put in place for the Dodd-Frank Act. And it's only significant in the sense that they fail

again. It's only significant in the sense that our company is relying on. If they fail again,

they can be subject to some more capital constraints and potential breakups, which we've heard a lot

about in the news. On the earnings side though, it really was kind of the same. It was profits are

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