Investopedia: Can People's United Get Ahead Of The Curve?

It can be frustrating for investors to own high-quality, low-risk assets in a "risk-on" environment, and that certainly seems to be true of late in banking. While investors in riskier names such as Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Synovus (NYSE:SNV) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) saw sizable gains in the stocks, investors in the more conservatively run People's United Financial (Nasdaq:PBCT) had a significantly different 2012 experience. Given that this company is unlikely to find ways to deploy substantial amounts of capital in 2013, the sluggish yield curve could point to another tough year for investors.

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