

Wall Street's biggest banks are heading into second-quarter earnings season with investor expectations running high. Strong trading activity, resilient consumer spending, healthy loan demand, good capital market activity and a pickup in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven capital markets activity have fueled optimism.

Big banks start reporting Q2 earnings next week. Strong results could fuel a fresh rally in financial ETFs like XLF, IYG, IYF and VFH.

Tech capex and geopolitics have dominated the headlines this year, but opportunities emerge elsewhere. Dividend growth investing could be hitting its stride amid shifting macro and micro trends. Novel, forward-looking strategies may help asset allocators find alpha beyond traditional income approaches.

SpaceX's record IPO delivered a windfall for Wall Street banks, and upcoming AI listings from OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity could keep the boom alive.

The iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI) was launched on May 1, 2006, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Financials - Brokers/ Capital markets segment of the equity market.

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SALT LAKE CITY & TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palladyne AI and IAI Form Partnership to Manufacture and Sell Combat-Proven Loitering Munition Systems to the U.S. Department of War.

The first quarter of 2026 ended with a downpour of volatility as the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) rose 69%. Nonetheless, Goldman Sachs (GS) reported first-quarter 2026 earnings that outpaced Wall Street expectations though a thick fog of uncertainty still lingers in Q2.