Tag: bank index

The banking sector has really underperformed in 2015. And there may be more weakness ahead for bank stocks. Why? Even though the Bank Index (BKX) has...

Several bank stocks reported sub-par earnings, boosting fears tied to the Swiss National Bank news. All in all, the banks endured another rough week,...

It’s a known saying around Wall Street that “as the banks goes, so does the market.” The banks/financials lead the market up when it...

With a single exception, the major money center banks and bank holding companies we checked in on at the market's February bottom (here) are...

Following yesterday's close, the Fed released the final installment of its annual stress test (the CCAR) of the 30 largest TBTF "systemically significant" banking institutions...

While the S&P 500 (SPY) has taken back almost 90% of the losses incurred in January's pullback, Financials (XLF) ended Friday having traversed barely...

After surging 20 percent above its 200 day moving average, the Bank Index (BKX) spent much of August in pain. The index alone fell...

By Andrew Nyquist Considering all the fiscal cliff dramatics, it's amazing to think that the Financial Sector (XLF) has been one of the best performing sectors...

By Andrew Nyquist Technically speaking, the Bank Index (BKX) has been weak for some time. We had the September/October double top tails followed by a weak...

By Andrew Nyquist It's not coincidence that the Bank Index pulled back, sometimes leading the general market lower. For this reason, it's always good for investors...