By Tom Lydon : Financial sector stocks have slid back along with the broader markets over the past month, but the auspicious start to this earnings season has helped bank picks and financial sector exchange traded funds regain some of their lost strength. Companies like JPMorgan ( JPM ), Wells ...
By John M. Mason : There is really no reason for me to be a customer of a commercial bank. Full disclosure: I am not the customer of a commercial bank. There is really little or no reason for many people, and businesses, and non-for-profit organizations to be a customer of a commercial bank. Here
By Sageworks, Inc : By Mary Ellen Biery Only 19 of the nation's roughly 7,400 commercial banks were involved earlier last month in the Federal Reserve's test of whether the banks could weather a severe recession that included 13 percent unemployment, a 50 percent drop in stock markets and a 21 ...
By Drummond Osborn : Patience can be painful in markets like these, as cautious investors second guess themselves from the sidelines. While profits rose for some investors, blood pressure and angst were the only things going up for others. The best remedy for what ails you is to build and monitor a
… exposure similar to regional bank funds. SPDR KBW Regional Banking KRE (0.35% expense ratio), iShares Dow Jones US Regional Banks IAT (0.47%), and PowerShares Dynamic Banking PJB (0.65%) are all suitable alternatives to KBE …
By John M. Mason : In a recent New York Times op-ed piece, the finance blogger at Reuters, Felix Salmon, wrote about the higher fees being charged customers at larger commercial banks in the United States. Salmon states, “As bank fees have moved from being invisible to being visible, the ...
… on regional banking than rivals such as IAT . This fund's 0.35% expense ratio makes ..... regional banking sector could also consider IAT (which levies a 0.47% expense ratio). The cap-weighted portfolio of IAT is significantly more top-heavy than KRE …
… banks and community thrifts may find iShares Dow Jones US Regional Banks ETF IAT to be suitable as a tactical satellite holding. IAT 's cap-weighted structure means ..... could make the concentration of IAT 's portfolio appealing to some …
… have underperformed the XLF. I took a look at two of them, the SPDR Regional Banking ETF ( KRE ) and the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund ( IAT ) - comparing performance against both the XLF and the S&P 500 Complete Story »
By Sammy Pollack : Banking stocks have been among the worst performing stocks of 2011. There are a few primary headwinds facing banks that have led to the disaster that was 2011. Europe. The European banking crisis has led to fears of massive systemic fall out. Through complex vehicles such as ...