banking ETFs

The bond market might be whispering, but ETF investors are already screaming back with a megaphone. While Treasury yields rise again in 2025, one theme is becoming impossible to escape: the increasing underperformance of the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE) against the Financial Select...

The Federal Reserve's final meeting of 2016 kicks off Tuesday, and many market observers believe an interest rate hike of at least 25 basis points is a sure thing. With that in mind, investors are heading to some predictable destinations in the exchange-traded funds landscape. Trend Plays Out...

In the week since the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes revealed the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates for the first time this year in June, financial services stocks and exchange-traded funds are reacting as expected. For example, the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (...

This year is barely more than four months old, but it is not a stretch to say investors are tired of hearing about the negative impact low interest rates are having on financial services stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF), the largest...

As the Federal Reserve ebbs closer to its first interest rate hike in nine years, investors' enthusiasm for bank stocks and exchange-traded funds is growing. That much is reflected by the Select Sector Financial Slct Str SPDR Fd (NYSE: XLF). The Largest Financial Services ETF XLF, the largest...