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A Review Of The Long-Term Benefits Of Diversification
David Hunkar • Sun, May 5
Made In America: Re-Industrialization For Sustainable Economic Growth
Investment Biker • Tue, Mar 26 • 4 Comments
The Case For Shorting The American Economy
Ben Kramer-Miller • Tue, Mar 26 • 63 Comments
Why Bank Profits Will Decline
Michael Nau • Mon, Mar 18 • 4 Comments
An Undervalued Regional Bank Offering Great Income Potential
ValueArtifex • Mon, Mar 18 • 9 Comments
Market Provides A Welcome Entry Point
Scott Martindale • Thu, Feb 28 • 3 Comments
Is The Eurozone Waving A Red Flag At The Bull Rally?
Daniel Sckolnik • Thu, Feb 21
Is A Crisis The Best Time To Invest?
David Hunkar • Sun, Feb 17 • 4 Comments
KRE An ETF To Play A First Quarter Rally
Scott Martindale • Fri, Dec 28, 2012 • 1 Comment
Regional Banks: Small Enough To Succeed
Morningstar • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 1 Comment
U.S. Bank Stock Portfolio II Flat At -0.58% After 1 Month
Weiss Ratings • Fri, Dec 7, 2012
Bank ETFs: Regionals Or Large-Caps?
Tom Lydon • Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Sector ETFs For Obama's 2nd Term And The Impending Fiscal Cliff
Tom Lydon • Tue, Nov 13, 2012
VIX - Options Volatility Sonar: Tuesday Recap
Erick McKitterick • Tue, Oct 23, 2012 • 2 Comments
'Made In America' - Does U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Signal A Long March Back From China? (Part 2)
Stock Whiz • Fri, Sep 7, 2012 • 24 Comments
Second Quarter GDP Revision: No Change In Outlook
John M. Mason • Wed, Aug 29, 2012 • 3 Comments
The Most Undervalued Bank Stocks On The Market ... In A Single Investment
StreetAuthority • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 4 Comments
Retail, Big Pharma, Regional Banks And REITs Are September's Best Bets
Todd Campbell • Tue, Aug 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
4 Reasons To Consider Buying First Niagara Financial
Sammy Pollack • Sat, Aug 11, 2012 • 24 Comments
Regional Bank ETFs Under The Microscope
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jun 27, 2012 • 1 Comment

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KRE An ETF To Play A First Quarter Rally
Scott Martindale • Fri, Dec 28, 2012 • 1 Comment
Regional Banks: Small Enough To Succeed
Morningstar • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 1 Comment
KRE: An ETF To Capitalize On Growth In Regional Banks
Benjamin Shepherd • Fri, Mar 23, 2012 • 2 Comments
Spotlight On SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF
Tom Lydon • Fri, Sep 2, 2011
A Look at the SPDR KBK Regional Bank ETF
Mercenary Trader • Wed, May 18, 2011 • 2 Comments
The Small Banks Are Going Nowhere
John M. Mason • Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Banking: Why Geography Matters
Felix Salmon • Wed, Jan 5, 2011 • 6 Comments
What's Behind Puts in Regional Banks
optionMONSTER • Tue, Jan 4, 2011
Wilbur Ross on His Distressed Bank Strategy
PlanMaestro • Fri, Jul 9, 2010
New Pair of ProShares Offer Short, Double Long Regional Bank Exposure
Invest With An Edge • Fri, Apr 23, 2010
ProShares Teams Up With KBW to Launch Inverse, Leveraged Regional Bank ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Apr 23, 2010
Bank Failure Friday
Rolfe Winkler • Sun, Apr 11, 2010 • 1 Comment
The Small Bank / Big Bank Dichotomy
Edward Harrison • Thu, Nov 19, 2009 • 1 Comment
Small and Mid-Sized U.S. Banks Have Large Share of CRE Loans in Their Portfolios
David Hunkar • Tue, Jun 30, 2009 • 2 Comments
Zombie Community Banks Still Lining Up for TARP Funds
Tom Lindmark • Sun, Jun 28, 2009 • 6 Comments
S&P 'Very Cautious' on Regional Bank Outlook
Research Recap • Mon, Aug 25, 2008
KBW Regional Bank ETF Making a Double Bottom?
Richard Howard • Wed, Mar 26, 2008 • 1 Comment

A Review Of The Long-Term Benefits Of Diversification
David Hunkar • Sun, May 5
Made In America: Re-Industrialization For Sustainable Economic Growth
Investment Biker • Tue, Mar 26 • 4 Comments
The Case For Shorting The American Economy
Ben Kramer-Miller • Tue, Mar 26 • 63 Comments
Why Bank Profits Will Decline
Michael Nau • Mon, Mar 18 • 4 Comments
An Undervalued Regional Bank Offering Great Income Potential
ValueArtifex • Mon, Mar 18 • 9 Comments
Market Provides A Welcome Entry Point
Scott Martindale • Thu, Feb 28 • 3 Comments
Is The Eurozone Waving A Red Flag At The Bull Rally?
Daniel Sckolnik • Thu, Feb 21
Is A Crisis The Best Time To Invest?
David Hunkar • Sun, Feb 17 • 4 Comments
U.S. Bank Stock Portfolio II Flat At -0.58% After 1 Month
Weiss Ratings • Fri, Dec 7, 2012
Bank ETFs: Regionals Or Large-Caps?
Tom Lydon • Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Sector ETFs For Obama's 2nd Term And The Impending Fiscal Cliff
Tom Lydon • Tue, Nov 13, 2012
VIX - Options Volatility Sonar: Tuesday Recap
Erick McKitterick • Tue, Oct 23, 2012 • 2 Comments
'Made In America' - Does U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Signal A Long March Back From China? (Part 2)
Stock Whiz • Fri, Sep 7, 2012 • 24 Comments
Second Quarter GDP Revision: No Change In Outlook
John M. Mason • Wed, Aug 29, 2012 • 3 Comments
The Most Undervalued Bank Stocks On The Market ... In A Single Investment
StreetAuthority • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 4 Comments
Retail, Big Pharma, Regional Banks And REITs Are September's Best Bets
Todd Campbell • Tue, Aug 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
4 Reasons To Consider Buying First Niagara Financial
Sammy Pollack • Sat, Aug 11, 2012 • 24 Comments
Regional Bank ETFs Under The Microscope
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jun 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
Top 10 Financial ETFs
David Fry • Wed, Jun 6, 2012
Why I Don't Agree With The Recent Downgrade Of Huntington Bancshares
Chris Katje • Tue, Jun 5, 2012 • 10 Comments

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Cramer: Stocks Not Making Gains You'd Otherwise Expect?

at CNBC.com (May 10, 2013)
Cramer: One of My Absolute Favorite Regionals

at CNBC.com (Jan 31, 2013)
The Technical Indicator: U.S. benchmarks continue to take flight

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 29, 2013)
Is There a Fly in the Regional Bank Ointment?

at CNBC.com (Jan 18, 2013)
Financial Stocks: Bank of America rises, leading financial gainers

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 18, 2012)
Financial Stocks: Zions off after tweaking outlook; financials weak

at MarketWatch.com (Nov 27, 2012)
The Technical Indicator: Charting the volatility bands

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 9, 2012)
Financial Stocks: B. of A., J.P. Morgan lift Dow as banks rise

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 4, 2012)
Financial Stocks: Fed plan lifts financials close to 52-week high

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 13, 2012)
Financial Stocks: Bank of America leads financial stocks higher

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 7, 2012)
Billionaires Buy Bank Stocks, Should You Buy Too?

at CNBC.com (May 15, 2012)
Jonathan Burton's Life Savings: How to handle ETFs’ double-edged sword

at MarketWatch.com (May 15, 2012)
Do You Dare Buy This Pullback?

at CNBC.com (Apr 23, 2012)
Watch Goldman Earnings for Strong Trading Revenues: Terranova

at CNBC.com (Apr 16, 2012)
Your First Move For Tuesday April 10th

at CNBC.com (Apr 9, 2012)
Tech, consumer ETFs take a breather after highs

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 22, 2012)
Banks Could Be in Virtuous Spiral Higher: Pros

at CNBC.com (Feb 1, 2012)
Long Regional Banks Trade Is Over: Terranova

at CNBC.com (Jan 31, 2012)
Video: Rally in Bank Stocks Is Not a Buy Sign

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 24, 2012)
Forthcoming JPMorgan Results to Confirm or Deny Bank Rally?

at CNBC.com (Jan 12, 2012)

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The SPDR® S&P® Regional Banking ETF, before expenses, seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P® Regional Banks Select Industry Index(ticker: SPSIRBK). Our approach is designed to provide portfolios with low portfolio turnover, accurate tracking, and lower costs.
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Tuesday, May 21, 8:49 AM Exponential rapidly rising or falling markets usually go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways," is #4 of Bob Farrell's "Market Rules to Remember." Channeling that, BAML's Steve Suttmeier sees stocks continuing their run with risks of a topping-out not arriving unti late summer. He's most bullish on industrials (XLI) - particularly "oversold" EXPD, DE, CAT, FDX - and also thinks financials (XLF) will remain market leaders. 4 Comments
Friday, May 17, 8:13 AM Thomas Lee lifts his year-end S&P 500 (SPY) forecast to 1,715 from 1,580 as the bull has already outrun his expectations. His team sees clues economic performance is picking up, including the outperformance of semiconductors (XSD) vs. transports (IYT), and the steepening of the 10 year/30 year Treasury curve. Risk/reward is particularly appealing in tech (XLK), healthcare (XLV), and financials (XLF). Comment!
Friday, May 17, 5:56 AM UBS upgrades global financials to Overweight from Underweight on a healing global economy, rebuilt capital, and the sector's shift "from being a net issuer to a net distributor of cash." Furthermore, the U.S. banking sector (XLF) is taken to Overweight as balance sheet strength and attractive valuations play well with the housing market recovery to create compelling opportunities. European banks (EUFN) are lifted to Neutral "with a preference towards Nordic and U.K. banks." Financials respond in London with LLoyds Banking Group (LYG) +2.3%, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) +3.3%, and Barclays (BCS) up 0.5%. 5 Comments [Financials, Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 15, 7:54 AM "You're getting cost cuts as a means of sustaining performance and that's not a great sign," says analyst Simon Maughan. "What HSBC (HBC) is showing you (job cuts earlier) is that there is very little growth in the banking industry (XLF) for years to come." CEO Stuart Gulliver notes HSBC has met its savings target, but hasn't met a goal to reduce costs as a percentage of revenue because revenue hasn't grown. 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, May 10, 11:28 AM Loan growth at midcap banks (KRE) should rebound in Q2, says Credit Suisse after digging through management commentary from MTB, ZION, BBT, CMA, FITB, and HBAN. Notably not sharing the positive vibe were First Horizon (FHN) and KeyCorp (KEY). Growth is nice, but what about pricing? Fulton Financial (FULT) and Key say it remains competitive, while Zions says margins are getting even tighter. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, April 24, 3:58 PM Richard Pzena (PZN) - still heavily overweight financials (XLF) and mature tech (XLK) - makes his case for global banks in today's earnings call (transcript): With capital levels of 11-13% at JPM, C, and BCS double what they were pre-crisis, will regulators allow banks to earn a decent return on said capital? A definite "yes," says Pzena, seeing no reason demand for financial products won't continue to grow faster than GDP, and noting bank managers' "laser-like focus" on improving returns. An average price-to-book ratio of 0.7x combined with a modest ROE of 12-13% suggests fair value more than double current prices. Comment! [Financials, Tech, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, April 18, 9:55 AM Reiterating a Buy on KeyCorp (KEY -1.2%) following earnings, BTIG worries investors will look past the better-than-expected improvement in expenses to focus on a disappointing net interest margin. Higher Y/Y, NIM fell 13 bps sequentially, an issue not just for Key, but for all of the regional banks (KRE -0.6%). (earnings slides) 1 Comment [Financials]
Thursday, April 18, 7:37 AM Coming alongside a rise in lender earnings are calls for tougher regulation, including even more stringent capital requirements. Bank profits have thrived the past few years even with all the new rules, but maybe at the expense of economic growth. "The government aimed a Stinger missile at the banking industry and missed and hit the consumer as well," says Dick Bove. The XLF has about matched the S&P's 120% rise since the March 2009 bottom. 1 Comment [Financials]
Monday, April 15, 12:28 PM The Brown/Vitter bill being rolled out in Congress is essentially Armageddon to the TBTF banks, says Goldman, seeing it as mandating another $1.1T in equity for the banking system. Banks would need 12 years of earnings to build this amount organically, though the bill would give just 5 - say goodbye to lending. Break up the banks? BAC, C, JPM, and WFC all have multiple divisions with more than $400M in assets - the level at which the bill gets tough on lenders. 22 Comments [Financials]
Monday, April 15, 11:24 AM A 2.5% move up in Citigroup following earnings is allowing the banks (XLF) to tread water or even move higher in an otherwise bright red tape. Leading the S&P on the downside is the resources sector, XLE -2.9%, XLB -2.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) -0.7%. Comment! [Financials]
Friday, April 12, 12:09 PM "Expect more pronounced slowing" in mortgage banking and loan demand, says Sterne Agee's Todd Hagerman after this morning's earnings from Wells Fargo and JPMorgan. Mortgage banking income fell as expected, but both banks reported slowing application volumes as well, suggesting future cuts to earnings estimates. XLF -0.8%. 7 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, April 10, 3:59 PM In comments with potential implications for the banking sector, CLSA analyst Mike Mayo says he sees a rebirth of shareholder rights in the sector with institutional investors taking control of their ownership stake. A "country club sort of attitude" has been prevalent for too long among bank boards, with directors getting fired one out of 3,000 times, Mayo says. (video) Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, April 9, 6:43 PM A Goldman Sachs note helps explain some of the recent weakness in big bank stocks and adds a warning signal: Banks that gain more than 10% in Q1 usually give back nearly all those profits in Q2 when future earnings estimates begin falling. Goldman's top concern heading into Q1 earnings is that "lackluster fundamentals could lead to a negative EPS revision cycle (which has been the trend the past few years)." 5 Comments [Financials, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, April 9, 9:48 AM JPMorgan Chase (JPM) will lead big U.S. banks in job cuts with 17K expected through 2014, according to Bloomberg, after the six largest U.S. banks announced cuts to 1.8%, or 21K positions, during Q1. The housing rebound means many of the cuts will come in foreclosure units. Banks may tell more about their personnel plans starting this Friday when JPM and Wells Fargo (WFC) report Q1 results. 1 Comment [Financials]
Monday, April 1, 10:06 AM Each time a PNC customer deposits a check by snapping its picture on a smartphone, it saves the bank $3.88 compared to going to a teller window, says President William Demchak. Underway and gaining steam is the trend of banks nationwide closing branches and/or shrinking their size. 2 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, March 27, 11:08 AM Stocks more than halve early losses 90 minutes into the session, SPY -0.4% an QQQ -0.3%. The financial sector (XLF -0.6%) is lit up red - not surprising given Europe's shuddering banking system. Google and Apple - each down more than 1% - lead tech lower. 5 Comments

Brandon Gibbs
Look at financials sticking their neck out XLF KRE NYCB
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Michael A. Gayed
Me on @bloombergtv with @ajinsight discussing XLF and KRE: http://bloom.bg/HM7dYh
4/11/12
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Ryan Mallory
Swing-Trades To Get You Through The Day http://bit.ly/AhNM8k IOC BMY SBUX KRE
1/23/12
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Dr. Kris
Add the regional banks, $KRE, to the previous msg.
1/5/12
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Dr. Kris
More economic hopium: Regional banks ($KRE, $IAT) & healthcare ($XLV, $IYH) breaking resistance today. A b/o in financials is a bullish sign
12/22/11
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TruffelPig: DRL has been going up on very good volume - it is really oversold; book value is >$3
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TruffelPig: Also, DRL will make profit again next year. BPOP I didn't really follow.
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Dr. Kris
In the money: Regional banks riding the bull w/16 appearing on new yrly highs list. Reg. bank etf, KRE, up 3.8% on 2x vol. Liquid options.
12/22/10
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Clive Corcoran
Daily Form's inter-market TA approach to $SPX, $CHFJPY, $AUDUSD, $XLF, $KRE and $JNK --http://bit.ly/bXYbme #forex #mkt #euro #yen
7/22/10
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Dr. Kris
VIX (volatility index) now < 25 plus gains in financials (KBE, KRE) are bullish signs. Need VIX to stay < 25 for rally confirmation.
7/9/10
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Joe Kunkle
Regional Banks ($KRE) are broken...$STI, $CMA, $ZION, $BBT
7/1/10
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WaysToPlay: Cities, States Tell Big Banks They'll Go Elsewhere http://bit.ly/dxrPpg $KBE $KRE #ETF #MKT
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Dr. Kris
More economic hopium: Regional banks ($KRE, $IAT) & healthcare ($XLV, $IYH) breaking resistance today. A b/o in financials is a bullish sign
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TruffelPig: DRL has been going up on very good volume - it is really oversold; book value is >$3
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