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US banks rose significantly again in December, the third consecutive month of substantial outperformance after five months in a row of underperformance. Thus, BKX index rallied by 6.7% MTD (through December 24) vs +2.3% MTD of SPX index. Absolute perform...

01 August 2021, Arbat Capital

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US banks increased significantly in November after substantial outperformance in October. So, US banks grew much faster than the broad market index for the second month in a row after five consecutive months of underperformance. It was the second best mo...

12 August 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks increased significantly in October after substantial decline in September. So, US banks outperformed the broad market for the first time over the last six months. It was the best month for banks vs SPX index since November 2016. Thus, BKX index ...

11 September 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks decreased in September after moderate growth in August. So, the banking industry index broke down its growth channel and underperformed the broad market again. It was the 5th month in a row of relative underperformance with overall absolute decl...

10 July 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks went higher in August after relatively flat dynamics in three previous months following very volatile first four months of the year. But banks underperformed the broad market significantly again, the 4th month in a row and the 7th month of weake...

09 August 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks were flat in July as it was in two previous months following very volatile first four months of the year. But banks underperformed the broad market again, the sixth month of weaker dynamics over last 7. Thus, BKX index increased by 0.3% MoM as o...

08 May 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks were flat in June as it was in May after very volatile first four months of the year. But banks underperformed the broad market again, the fifth month of weaker dynamics over the last 6. Thus, BKX index increased by 0.2% MoM in June vs +1.8% MoM...

07 July 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks were flat in May after very volatile first four months of the year. Notwithstanding, banks underperformed the broad market again, the fourth month of weaker dynamics over the last 5. Thus, BKX index increased by 0.1% MoM in May vs +4.5% MoM of S...

06 May 2020, Arbat Capital

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US banks increased significantly in April after very weak performance in the first 3 months of 2020. However, the broad market was only slightly outperformed after 3 months in a row of lagging dynamics. 

05 2020, Arbat Capital

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