Since the great recession of 2008, I have often heard investors say that big banks have become zombie banks. They are alive because of government support, and the government will never let them make decent profits. The political rhetoric of this presidential campaign has also been very negative about big banks. Bernie Sanders has been forcefully calling for the breakup of big banks.
Stocks climb a wall of worry. Can big banks overcome the negativity that surrounds them? If yes, there is a major investment opportunity.
The definition of a zombie bank is a bank with a negative true adjusted book value, and the only reason it can operate is government support.