QUOTE AND NEWS
COTs Timer  Jan 19  Comment 
Huge shift in some of the markets last week in the Commitments of Traders data. As you can see from my latest signals table, the data for my trading setup for the BKX U.S. Bank Index has moved dramatically to a bullish outlook. The two-week trade...
MarketWatch  Jan 19  Comment 
It didn’t pay to be a Citigroup Inc. shareholder in 2009.
Bloomberg  Jan 8  Comment 
Arianna Huffington’s campaign to steer money into U.S. community banks and away from the largest financial institutions has failed to make much of an impression on stock investors.
MarketWatch  Jan 5  Comment 
Financial stocks are the lone exception in a healthy bull run for the U.S. stock market, with nine other industry groups gaining, but banking stocks may soon shift direction, equities analysts say.
MarketWatch  Dec 23  Comment 
Financial-services stocks fall as a weak reading on sales of new homes during November dented hopes for a recovery in the U.S. housing market.
COTs Timer  Dec 14  Comment 
Wow - lots of interesting new developments from the latest Commitments of Traders report released Friday afternoon. The data that shows trader positioning in major markets has given me a signal to go to cash in my trading setup for the BKX U.S....
COTs Timer  Dec 7  Comment 
The market's two- or three-month trading range seems no closer to resolution this week. Meanwhile, my short gold position, which looked depressingly silly at the beginning of the week, could actually be a surprise winner. Same for my short crude...
COTs Timer  Nov 8  Comment 
What a wacky week! Sorry about my delayed post about my trading signals from Friday's Commitments of Traders report. I've just updated my latest signals table based on the COT data. Two new signals for this coming week's open of trading: bullish...
COTs Timer  Oct 10  Comment 
As markets try to break out to new highs, this afternoon's Commitments of Traders report is giving some interesting insights, as usual. Some bullish tidings, but some not so bullish. Check my just-updated latest signals table for the grim details....
COTs Timer  Oct 2  Comment 
After a tough few days in the markets, next week could look up, according to this afternoon's Commitments of Traders data. My trading setup for the S&P 500 remains bullish. And the data for the bellwether three-month Eurodollar, which gives me...



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The KBW Bank Index is a modified cap-weighted index consisting of 24 exchange- listedand National Market System stocks, representing national money center banks and leading regional institutions.The index is intended to reflect the evolving financial sector and was developed with a base value of 250 as of October 21, 1991. Effective March 22, 2004, the index had a 10:1 split. [1]

Components

Company Name Symbol % Weighting
Bank of America Corp.BAC9.24%
BB&T CorporationBBT4.33%
Bank of New York MellonBK4.24%
CitigroupC7.88%
Commerce Bancshares IncCBSH1.96%
Cullen/Frost Bankers IncCFR2.05%
Comerica IncCMA3.52%
Capital One Financial CorpCOF3.7%
Fifth Third BancorpFITB3.95%
Huntington Bancshares IncHBAN3.83%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM7.58%
KeyCorpKEY2.84%
Marshall & Ilsley CorpMI3.48%
M&T Bank CorporationMTB4.06%
Northern Trust CorpNTRS2.42%
People's United Financial IncPBCT2.07%
PNC Financial Services GroupPNC3.17%
Regions Financial CorporationRF4.36%
Synovus Financial CorpSNV1.6%
SunTrust Banks IncSTI4.34%
State Street CorporationSTT3.52%
U.S. BancorpUSB6.33%
Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC6.82%
Zions BancorporationZION2.72%

References

  1. Bloomberg.com's coverage of BKX
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