Tag: financial sector

After years of participating in the markets, I know how important the financials are to the overall health of the broader equities market. As Todd Harrison...

When the markets get choppy or begin to consolidate, it's a good idea to understand what's happening under the surface. Market breadth indicators (like...

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,...

click image to enlarge This chart courtesy of the Novel Investor blog shows the S&P 500 sector component returns, broken out annually to show the...

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...

Tracking sector performance is one of the most important functions in my research and it is deeply imbedded into my broader macro work. Drilling...

Today, I want to focus Citigroup (C) stock. And more specifically Citigroup stock chart. In the daily chart (below) you can see the classic looking cup...

Looking at the new highs list Wednesday, it was an incredible day for retail as 46 of roughly 200 names were consumer goods. What’s...

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...