Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) 22.28 $XLF N
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No U.S. Financial Crisis Is Coming, But Bank Profitability Is A Big Question Mark
Martin Lowy - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 04, 10:49AM CST
FINZ: 21.34 (-0.22), UYG: 62.18 (+0.46), SEF: 17.81 (-0.01), VFH: 45.61 (+0.14), FINU: 61.34 (+2.84), C: 42.83 (unch), BTO: 24.54 (+0.41), IYG: 81.54 (+0.39), IYF: 83.35 (+0.30), MS: 26.13 (-0.01), GS: 156.84 (+1.51), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), FXO: 22.10 (+0.10), FNCL: 26.63 (+0.10), RWW: 44.79 (+0.41), FAS: 23.41 (+0.24), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), FAZ: 45.54 (-0.55), RYF: 40.86 (+0.21)
The Potential Demise Of Fractional Reserve Banking?
Kevin Wilson - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 04, 10:37AM CST
FINZ: 21.34 (-0.22), UYG: 62.18 (+0.46), DDC: 12.02 (+0.50), SEF: 17.81 (-0.01), VFH: 45.61 (+0.14), FINU: 61.34 (+2.84), BTO: 24.54 (+0.41), IYG: 81.54 (+0.39), IYF: 83.35 (+0.30), FNCL: 26.63 (+0.10), FXO: 22.10 (+0.10), RWW: 44.79 (+0.41), FAS: 23.41 (+0.24), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), FAZ: 45.54 (-0.55), RYF: 40.86 (+0.21)
Corporate Profits To Dampen The Rally
Peter Newell - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 11:04AM CST
XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
A Crude Awakening For Banks And Stocks
Jieming See - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 7:48AM CST
USO: 9.65 (+0.40), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), C: 42.83 (unch), WFC: 50.11 (+0.34), BAC: 13.54 (+0.04), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09)
Gross: Epic era of credit expansion ending
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 7:37AM CST
FINZ: 21.34 (-0.22), UYG: 62.18 (+0.46), SEF: 17.81 (-0.01), VFH: 45.61 (+0.14), FINU: 61.34 (+2.84), PRU: 71.47 (-0.40), C: 42.83 (unch), CS: 15.44 (-0.10), MET: 42.33 (-0.06), DB: 19.65 (+0.14), BAC: 13.54 (+0.04), BTO: 24.54 (+0.41), IYG: 81.54 (+0.39), IYF: 83.35 (+0.30), HIG: 43.76 (+0.38), GS: 156.84 (+1.51), FXO: 22.10 (+0.10), FNCL: 26.63 (+0.10), RWW: 44.79 (+0.41), FAS: 23.41 (+0.24), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), FAZ: 45.54 (-0.55), RYF: 40.86 (+0.21)
Six Ways to Short Financial Stocks with ETFs
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Thu Feb 25, 3:11AM CST
Given the massive outflow and the bearish outlook, the appeal for financial ETFs is dulling.
FINZ: 21.34 (-0.22), WDRW: 38.97 (-9.43), SEF: 17.81 (-0.01), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), KRS: 26.07 (unch), SKF: 49.94 (-0.32), FAZ: 45.54 (-0.55), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09)
Musical Market Review: Prophecy By Poets
Calm Investor - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 21, 6:26AM CST
JNK: 33.81 (+0.11), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), LQD: 114.80 (-0.02), GLD: 120.54 (-0.19), IWM: 107.72 (+0.59), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), TLT: 128.60 (-0.83)
Earnings: A Miracle? Or A Mirage?
Miles Hoffman - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 5:39PM CST
XTL: 55.73 (-0.04), XLB: 43.46 (+0.50), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), XLY: 76.72 (-0.07), OIL: 5.17 (+0.20), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), MCD: 117.18 (+0.49), XLI: 53.78 (+0.22), XLU: 47.11 (+0.52), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16)
It's Time To Buy Stocks
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 2:22PM CST
USO: 9.65 (+0.40), XLB: 43.46 (+0.50), VXX: 21.86 (+0.27), XLU: 47.11 (+0.52), XLV: 67.41 (-0.16), VTI: 102.07 (+0.35), XLP: 52.04 (+0.22), SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), QQQ: 105.67 (+0.04), GLD: 120.54 (-0.19), DIA: 170.02 (+0.67), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), IWM: 107.72 (+0.59), XLI: 53.78 (+0.22), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Why Jamie Dimon's Big Insider Purchase May Not Signal A Bottom For Financials
Scott Fearon - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 1:54PM CST
A few months ago, I wrote about strong insider buying and how it can be a promising sign for a company’s future stock performance. Last week, JPMorgan Chase’s (NYSE: JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon paid $26.6M for 500,000 of the company’s shares at...
FINZ: 21.34 (-0.22), UYG: 62.18 (+0.46), KBE: 30.95 (+0.38), SEF: 17.81 (-0.01), VFH: 45.61 (+0.14), FINU: 61.34 (+2.84), BTO: 24.54 (+0.41), IYG: 81.54 (+0.39), IYF: 83.35 (+0.30), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), FXO: 22.10 (+0.10), FNCL: 26.63 (+0.10), RWW: 44.79 (+0.41), FAS: 23.41 (+0.24), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), FAZ: 45.54 (-0.55), RYF: 40.86 (+0.21)
In This Market Tug-of-War, You Must Diversify -- Here's How
at The Street - Fri Feb 19, 1:52PM CST
The S&P is down 6% so far in 2016, but a tug-of-war between declining corporate earnings and strengthening consumer confidence will keep markets static for the foreseeable future.
SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), C: 42.83 (unch), BAC: 13.54 (+0.04), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09)
Reuters: Fed "playing with fire" on bank capital
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 11:47AM CST
UYG: 62.18 (+0.46), KBE: 30.95 (+0.38), QABA: 36.78 (+0.19), BTO: 24.54 (+0.41), KRE: 38.37 (+0.45), COF: 69.59 (-0.07), FNCL: 26.63 (+0.10), FXO: 22.10 (+0.10), FAS: 23.41 (+0.24), XLFS: 28.45 (+0.13), FAZ: 45.54 (-0.55), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), RYF: 40.86 (+0.21), FINZ: 21.34 (-0.22), SEF: 17.81 (-0.01), VFH: 45.61 (+0.14), KBWB: 33.80 (+0.29), KRS: 26.07 (unch), FINU: 61.34 (+2.84), KRU: 78.73 (+2.48), IYG: 81.54 (+0.39), IYF: 83.35 (+0.30), KBWR: 39.30 (+0.59), RWW: 44.79 (+0.41), IAT: 32.44 (+0.28)
Comerica: No Upside Catalysts On The Horizon
Oguz Erkol - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 11:01AM CST
XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), CMA: 38.23 (+1.02)
Insurance ETFs Benefiting from Decent Q4 Earnings
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Tue Feb 16, 3:45AM CST
Given decent Q4 earnings, insurance ETFs have fared well, losing less than the other corners of the financial space from a one-month look.
KBE: 30.95 (+0.38), IAK: 48.67 (+0.10), PRU: 71.47 (-0.40), MET: 42.33 (-0.06), CB: 117.18 (-0.66), AIG: 52.30 (+0.03), KIE: 67.56 (+0.12), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), AFL: 61.03 (+0.05), ALL: 65.38 (+0.07), TRV: 110.40 (+0.60), KBWI: 65.74 (+1.59)
Bank Stocks Fuel Selloff in U.S. Markets
at The Street - Mon Feb 08, 3:12PM CST
For those Americans who woke up with a Superbowl-induced hangover, Wall Street can empathize. All three major U.S. indexes dropped, with banking stocks among the leaders.
AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), GS: 156.84 (+1.51), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), FOXA: 27.80 (-0.04), HSBC: 32.30 (+0.14), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), WFC: 50.11 (+0.34), BAC: 13.54 (+0.04), GOOGL: 730.22 (-1.37), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), MSFT: 52.03 (-0.32), AAPL: 103.01 (+1.51)
Investors Flee Risky Equities for Save-Haven Gold
at The Street - Mon Feb 08, 1:33PM CST
Stocks continue their sell off mid-afternoon Monday with investors finding little reason to jump back into equities as the risks over oil and earnings persisted.
AMZN: 575.14 (-2.35), HAS: 77.91 (-0.98), BCRX: 2.58 (-0.03), L: 37.87 (+0.19), HSBC: 32.30 (+0.14), WFC: 50.11 (+0.34), BAC: 13.54 (+0.04), GS: 156.84 (+1.51), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), LNKD: 119.35 (+2.32), CHK: 5.08 (+0.81), FOXA: 27.80 (-0.04), XLK: 42.42 (+0.11), GOOGL: 730.22 (-1.37), YELP: 21.62 (-0.13), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), MSFT: 52.03 (-0.32), APOL: 8.51 (-0.02), AAPL: 103.01 (+1.51)
Correction Over? Earnings Recession Says "NO!"
Kevin Cook - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 04, 2:56PM CST
Why the S&P 500 is still too expensive trading over 16X EPS at 1900 – and where you want to be a buyer
SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), VXX: 21.86 (+0.27), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), TLT: 128.60 (-0.83), XLE: 60.96 (+0.58)
Trader's Notebook: Rent Twitter, Just Don't Buy It
at The Street - Tue Feb 02, 8:00AM CST
Also, gold grinds higher as oil fades.
USO: 9.65 (+0.40), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09), TWTR: 19.36 (+0.05)
Fed Sets Up a Trend Day
at The Street - Wed Jan 27, 2:16PM CST
No need to call up or down right now.
XOP: 28.95 (+1.08), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09)
Should You Buy Financial ETFs Following Decent Earnings?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jan 20, 10:45AM CST
With major big banking earnings in Q4 coming in at moderate levels, is it time to buy top-rated financial ETFs on value?
SPY: 200.43 (+0.65), GS: 156.84 (+1.51), VFH: 45.61 (+0.14), JPM: 60.05 (+0.09), KBWB: 33.80 (+0.29), C: 42.83 (unch), BAC: 13.54 (+0.04), WFC: 50.11 (+0.34), IYG: 81.54 (+0.39), XLF: 22.28 (+0.09)

