Volume says it all3.5 million shares today, so the big guys are backing up their trucks at these prices and getting a (wait for it!) 15% yields based on today's SP. the N.American banks are taiking a bit of a shellacking because the interest rate hikes usually lead to higher loan defaults and not all of them are well reserved. European banks are no different, but ING has the best reserves of any bank anywhere, so they are way less prone to the bad debt threat. I am seriously thinking of selling some O&G stocks to buy more here. GLTAL