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Preferred shares can offer enticing high-single-digit yields, but they can create a misleading sense of safety. I detail some of the biggest potential traps that retirees often fall into. I also share some of my top preferred picks of the moment.
Wall Street's biggest banks are proving that even geopolitical uncertainty and volatile markets can be highly profitable when trading desks stay busy and artificial intelligence fuels an unprecedented wave of capital raising. The six largest US banks generated a combined $55 billion in second-quarter profits, comfortably exceeding analysts' expectations as market volatility, record AI-related fundraising and a resurgence in investment banking produced one of the strongest quarters for the financial industry in years.
Q2 earnings are off to a strong start. Tech, Energy, Materials, Finance and Aerospace ETFs could shine as profit growth broadens across sectors.
Launched on 11/08/2005, the State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Financials ETFs category of the market.
The State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) was launched on November 8, 2005, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Financials - Banking segment of the equity market.
The iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF offers a higher dividend yield and lower volatility than State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF. The State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF focuses exclusively on the domestic U.S. banking industry while the iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF targets developed European markets.
The FOMC indicated at its last meeting that a rate hike in 2026 is on the table. Typically, the market reacts negatively to rate hikes, but this ETF would stand to gain from them.
Fresh tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime route for 20% of the world's oil, could keep gasoline from falling below the $3 mark.