ridvan_celik One of the best feelings in the world is seeing an opportunity that you were very bullish about appreciate materially in a rather short window of time. Last year, because of the plunge in financial stocks that came about because of the banking crisis, I found myself gravitating toward banks of all shapes and sizes. In many of these cases, I was bullish, rating most of the companies a "buy." But a select few ended up receiving a "strong buy" rating from me. One such firm was Associated Banc-Corp ...