10/20/2025 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending October 17, 2025 U.S. equities ended the week on a resilient note, with broad-based gains across most sectors.  The S&P 500 ETF (SPLG) rose modestly ay 0.21%, while the tech-heavy Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQM) added 0.31%-extending its strong year-to-date leadership. Notably, defensive and rate-sensative segments led performance this … Read more

Bank Stocks and ETFs – Time to Buy?

The Editor-in-Chief of well-respected publisher ETF Stream, Tom Eckett, published a rare editorial Friday March 24 saying the big selloff in banks due to fear of contagion was close to over.  He said at these levels, bank ETFs were at rarely seen low levels compared with earnings expectations and should not be thrown off too … Read more

Inside Bank and Financial ETFs: How Do They Compare?

Two other analysts whose blogs I monitor wrote in their midyear reports that they were bullish on bank and financial ETFs. My analysis using ValuEngine data below differs significantly. One analyst singled out KRE and the other’s favorite was FTXO.  They cited that the P/B and P/E ratios were considerably lower than the market averages.  … Read more