The Financials sector ranks sixth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 4Q18 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
The Financials sector ranks seventh out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 3Q18 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
The Financials sector ranks third out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our 2Q18 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Neutral rating.
The Financials sector ranks seventh out of the ten sectors as detailed in our 1Q16 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets our Dangerous rating.
There are 25 financial sector ETFs. Per Figure 1, these 25 ETFs have drastically different stock holdings and, therefore, allocations. The lowest number of holdings is 24 while the highest is 496.
For starters, investors interested in the financial sector cannot expect many good investment options given that the sector gets my “dangerous” rating and ranks ninth out of the ten sectors that make up the economy. Details are in our sector roadmap report.
The financial sector is one of four sectors to earn our “dangerous” rating and is the worst-ranked sector in the our 3Q11 Sector Roadmap report according to my methodology at New Constructs.
We recommend investors short the KBW Bank ETF (KBE) and avoid or sell all other financial sector ETFs. We also rate the investment merit of the top nine financial sector ETFs.