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# These stocks may offer a haven for investors -2-

Fifth Third ranks third on the list of regional banks for 2025 ROTCE, and its efficiency ratio improved to 56.9% in 2025 from 59.2%.

Click on the tickers for more about each company.

Read: Tomi Kilgore's guide to the wealth of information available free on the MarketWatch quote page

Deep dives into energy stocks:

\-- This may be the best way to play energy stocks if oil stays above $80 a barrel

\-- Three oil-field services stocks look like bargains

\-Philip van Doorn

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03-12-26 1343ET

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