by Chris Kimble | Aug 10, 2022 | Kimble Charting
The health of our banking and financial sector is critically important to a strong economy. It’s also important to the stock market. Today, we look at a long-term ratio chart of the Bank to S&P 500 Indices. We also compare this to the S&P 500 Index performance...
by Chris Kimble | Sep 2, 2021 | Kimble Charting
Investors understand the importance of banks to the economy and the broader market. And since bottoming with the coronavirus crash, the $BKX Bank Index has more than doubled. BUT, this year has seen the Bank Index slow its roll – see point (1) on the $BKX “weekly”...
by Chris Kimble | Jul 7, 2021 | Kimble Charting
Financial and bank stocks have been lagging the broad market for the past month. While the S&P 500 is posting new all-time highs, the SPDR Financial Sector ETF (XLF) is trading below its highs. This chart comes from Marketsmith.com, by Investors Business Daily! So...
by Chris Kimble | Mar 17, 2021 | Kimble Charting
While the 2008 Financial Crisis may be tucked neatly away in history, the devastating blows that the banks took in 2008 still linger today. This is evident by how severely bank stocks have lagged the broader stock market since the Financial Crisis low in 2009. But not...
by Chris Kimble | Sep 14, 2020 | Kimble Charting
The saying “So Goes The Banks, So Goes The Broad Market” is about to experience a big-time test! This chart looks at the Bank Index (BKX) on a monthly basis over the past 8-years. Since 2015 the 78 price zone, reflected by line (1), has been tested as...
by Chris Kimble | Jun 26, 2020 | Kimble Charting
When the economy is humming along, the stock market tends to out-perform. And one sign of a strong economy is a healthy banking sector. On the flip side, when the economy is struggling, the banking sector lags. And this is a drag on the broader stock market. Today’s...
by Chris Kimble | Jun 18, 2020 | Kimble Charting
Are banks about to get fried? Sure could if current support fails to hold! This chart looks at Financial ETF (XLF) from Marketsmith.com on a weekly basis over the past 7-years. XLF has remained inside of bullish rising channel (1) for the past 5-years. Weakness took...
by Chris Kimble | Jun 12, 2020 | Kimble Charting
Are Banks going to end the month with a large bearish pattern just below dual resistance? Possible, yet the month is far from over! This chart looks at the Bank Index (BKX) on a monthly basis. The rally this month took it up to test its 61% retracement level and old...
