3 Reasons Financial Stocks Could Be Headed Higher
Since the last financial crisis in 2008, banks haven't been terrific investments. Many got severely hurt in the 2008 real estate bust and ensuing fallout. Even in the recovery, the subsequent decade of restrictive (albeit deserved) regulations, higher capital requirements, and a slow economic recovery soured investors on the sector. Compare the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT: XLF) to the overall market and the tech-heavy QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq 100.
XLF 10 Year Total Returns (Daily) data by YCharts
Source Fool.com



