- Zacks
Is the Banking Sector Booming? 5 ETF Picks
After a decade of decline following the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. banks are once again expanding their physical footprint, with 94 net new branches added in 2023, marking the first annual increase since 2012, as quoted in a Yahoo Finance article.
- InvestorPlace
3 Bank Stocks to Buy Yielding 5% or More
It’s not been an easy year for bank stocks. The Invesco KBW Bank ETF (NASDAQ:KBWB) tracks the performance of the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index, a collection of large national US money centers, regional banks and thrift institutions. Both the fund and index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly. KBWB currently has 25 holdings with an average market capitalization of $103 billion and an average price-to-earnings ratio of less than 9x. Year-to-date, it’s down more than 20%. Worse still, it’s down near
