RYF has been a slow-mover lately, but it's moving up today after a blockbuster earnings report from JP Morgan. RYF today is exiting oversold relative to the S&P 500. When you look at RYF's chart in isolation, it's right below a breakout level:
With attractive valuations across the entire sector, I think this fund will indeed break out on the strength of JP...
Along with energy, the financial sector is one of the few sectors currently at an attractive valuation. With a P/E of 13.3 and a price-to-book ratio of 1.4, banks are quite reasonably priced. The dividend yield of 1.8% is low compared to bonds or energy, however.
What worries me about banks is that I think they have a lot of bad debt on the books that will never...