Stress Test Fears? Not at U.S. Bancorp (USB)

With all of this in mind, if we wanted to find something to worry about in the stress-test results release, we could fret about the fact that this is the first time the Fed is running through the specific Dodd-Frank stress tests, so there’s the possibility of confusion as to what the results mean and how they relate to the CCAR coming out next week.

I figure there’s a good chance of that happening. But even a moderate level of confusion and nuttiness is unlikely to do much to push USB around. As I’ve outlined here, the bank is in a really good capital position.

Maybe more importantly, though, much of the focus tomorrow will be on more, shall we say, “questionable” banks like Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) . My fellow Fool John Maxfield thinks that B of A is going to pass the tests “with flying colors” (I concur), but if there’s any sort of maelstrom tomorrow, it’ll be revolving around either B of A, or fellow beaten-up big bank Citigroup.

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Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Bank of America. The Motley Fool owns shares of Bank of America and Citigroup.

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