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Bank Stocks
The financialsย will be the primary group in focus this week with earnings from the major banks coming on October 12 and 13. The Financialย Sector ETF ($XLF) has risen by nearly 6.5 percent since September 1, beating the S&P 500 ($SPY) by nearly 3.5 percentage points. The recent rise in the banks seems tied to the outlookย for one more Fed rate hike in 2017, and the paring of the Fed’s balance sheet.
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Banks stocks like JP Morgan ($JPM), Bank of America ($BAC), and Citigroup ($C), are the big names bank with their stocks all rising since the start of September. Citigroup has performedย the best over the past month up by nearly 10 percent, while shares of Bank of America is up by almost 9 percent, and JP Morgan is up by about 5.5 percent. Even troubled Wells Fargo ($WFC) has caught a bid rising by 9 percent.
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ย Bank Valuations
Using a valuation of price to tangible book value, Citigroup remains the cheapest in the group, trading at 1.12 times, while Wells and JPM continue to trade near two times. Citigroup has some multiple expansion since the start of September.
JPM Price to Tangible Book Value data by YCharts
Despite the recent rise in the stock prices, for the current quarter analyst have taken down their earnings estimates for shares of JP Morgan and Bank of America.
WFC EPS Estimates for Current Quarter data by YCharts
The Bond market has yet to see the same optimism as the financialsย stock year regarding the interest rate outlook, with the 10-year – 2 year Treasury spreadย yet toย see material widening. Since banks generate a good portion of their earnings from the spread on interest rates, it should be interesting to see if how long they continue to diverge.
10-2 by Scorpio244 on TradingView.com
Other sectors worth watching
Continue to watch the Biotech’s and Technology sectors, the two groups have been the best performing groups of 2017, and the market is going nowhere without them participating.ย Also, the consumer discretionariesย ($XLY) are very close to breaking out, and if the recent wage data from BLS labor report is a start of higher wages, then this sector could be a be beneficiaries.
XLY by Scorpio244 on TradingView.com
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