3 Stocks Languishing in 2013

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The stock market is off to a hot start in 2013, but shares of some companies are lagging behind. The financial sector has been one of the best performers, but most of the gains have been led by the biggest U.S. banks.

In this video, Motley Fool banking analysts David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer discuss three bank stocks that are losing to the market and why it doesn't surprise them.

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