The Financial Sector is Outperforming the Market and is Poised to Reach a New High

The strongest-performing sector funds today in our momentum screen are related to the financial sector.

Brokers have been beneficiaries of deregulation in the industry and continue to outperform the market:

 

As traders anticipate an uptick in consumer spending, our new favorite in the financials space is the Fidelity Select Consumer Finance Fund (FSVLX). FSVLX holds investments in credit card companies, banks, and other consumer finance-related companies.

 

Banks, as a group, are also doing well relative to other market sectors. While interest rates are rising across the board, a potential headwind for this sub-sector is the recently flattening yield curve, which involves short-term interest rates rising faster than long-term interest rates.

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