October is a Huge Month for Leveraged Bank ETFs
With October here, third-quarter earnings season is right around the corner. That could bring opportunities with leveraged exchange traded funds, which are…
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Split Views on Bank Stocks, ETFs as Rates Rise
Even with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates multiple times this year, the financial services sector is lagging broader equity benchmarks, but…
Bank ETFs Can Get It Together
Interest rates are rising and the sector’s first-quarter earnings were mostly impressive, but financial services stocks and the related exchange traded funds…
Regional Bank ETF Boosted by Rising Yields
With Treasury yields continuing to flirt with the important 3% area, some rate-sensitive asset classes are benefiting, including regional bank stocks and…
As Earnings Roll in, Bank ETFs Dither
Amid a spate of first-quarter earnings report, the financial services sector, the second-largest sector weight in the S&P 500, is not doing…
Are Banks Fundamentals Still Strong?
The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF), the largest exchange traded fund tracking the financial services sector, and rival financial services ETFs have…
Regional Bank ETFs: Sound Sector Bets
The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEArca: KRE), the largest regional bank exchange traded fund, has recently given back the bulk of…
Why Bank ETFs Are Suddenly Disappointing
Financial services stocks and related bank ETFs were one of last year’s hottest sector trades and a group that started 2018 in…
Dodd-Frank Rollback Not a Credit Issue for Banks
Rising interest rates and a favorable regulatory environment are among the catalysts seen supporting exchange traded funds such as the SPDR S&P…
Bank ETFs Pick Up as Dodd-Frank Rolled Back
One of the primary reasons financial services stocks and bank ETFs rallied in the wake of President Trump’s 2016 election victory was…
Once Hot Bank ETFs See Departures
The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF), the largest financial sector exchange traded fund, and some other ETFs tracking the financial services sector…
Bank ETFs Get a Federal Reserve Boost
The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF), the largest financial sector ETF, is up 2.5% over the past week and some of the…
Bank ETFs can Rebound After Big Disappointments
Nearly five months into the year, investors by now know that the financial services sectors and the related exchange traded funds, such…
After Three Fed Rate Hikes in 16 Months, Look to Bank ETFs
The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to the financial services sector, is up just 2.2%…