More Evidence Financials are Getting no Respect

In further confirmation that the financials are being treated as the Rodney Dangerfield sector with the market not giving the group the credit/respect it deserves, XLF ranks a middling fifth among the nine sector SPDRs since the start of Q4 trailing XLI the consumer discretionary and technology equivalents and, yes, even the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLP).

Financial Select Sector SPDR