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August 29, 2025 - All trends (long term, mid-term and short term) for Financial sector looks good.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 100 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Financial sector in short term bullish trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 100 and an improvement of trend continues.

Year To Date Performance: 5.58 %

Weekly Performance: 0.73 %

Daily Performance: 0.2 %

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Here are the Smart Investing & Trading Scores of the most requested Financial stocks at 12Stocks.com (click stock name for detailed review):

JPMorgan Chase 90	Citi 100	Goldman Sachs 100
Wells Fargo 90	American Express 90	ING Groep 30
Bank of America 100	Barclays 60	Morgan Stanley 100
HSBC 50	Mastercard 60	Visa 60
UBS 90	Deutsche Bank 30	Royal Bank 100
SunTrust Banks 30	Itau Unibanco 100	Prudential 60
American 20	Travelers 40	PNC 100
Capital One 90	BlackRock 50	Simon Property 100
CME 0	Allstate 40	PayPal 60

12Stocks.com: Investing in Financial sector with Stocks

The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance and trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score) of various stocks in the Financial sector.

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12Stocks.com Performance of Stocks in Financial Sector

Ticker	Stock Name	Watchlist	Category	Recent Price	Trend Score	Change %	YTD Change%
FUNC	First United		Regional Banks	37.33	100	-0.72%	4.39%
HEQ	John Hancock		Closed-End Fund - Equity	10.77	70	-0.19%	9.08%
DTF	DTF Tax-Free		Closed-End Fund - Debt	11.28	80	0.27%	2.63%
PFO	Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred ome Opportunity Fund		Closed-End Fund - Debt	9.25	40	-0.05%	6.84%
CEE	Central and		Closed-End Fund - Foreign	16.79	30	-1.09%	58.61%
GDL	GDL Fund		Closed-End Fund - Equity	8.50	100	-0.36%	4.99%
GGT	Gabelli Multimedia		Closed-End Fund - Equity	4.24	50	0.72%	6.16%
CMU	MFS High		Closed-End Fund - Debt	3.30	50	-0.46%	-4.29%
ECF	Ellsworth Growth		Asset Mgmt	11.00	100	0.56%	10.63%
MPV	Barings Participation		Closed-End Fund - Debt	20.36	100	-0.62%	12.35%
PNI	PIMCO New		Closed-End Fund - Debt	6.57	50	-0.61%	-5.27%

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Financial Sector: Technical Analysis, Trends & YTD Performance
Financial sector is composed of stocks from banks, brokers, insurance, REITs and services subsectors. Financial sector, as represented by XLF, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of Financial stocks (e.g, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs) is up by 5.58% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -1.56% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:
XLF Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Very Good
Medium Term Trend: Very Good
XLF Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Very Good
Overall Trend Score: 100
YTD Performance: 5.58%
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12Stocks.com: Top Performing Financial Sector Stocks

Hot Financial Stocks of 2025 We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within Financial sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers. The winners and losers.

The top performing Financial sector stocks year to date are

ESSA Bancorp[2924%]	MicroSectors Gold[262%]	Banco Santander[113%]
Banco Bilbao[103%]	Iris Energy[99%]	Bancolombia S.A[94%]
Mr. Cooper[91%]	Heritage Insurance[91%]	Inter & Co[87%]
Deutsche Bank[85%]	X [80%]	Woori [79%]

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Now, more recently, over last week, the top performing Financial sector stocks on the move are

Plymouth Industrial[40.4%]	SelectQuote [30.2%]	Seritage Growth[20.2%]
MBIA [18.4%]	iShares iBonds[14.6%]	Nu [13.8%]
Cipher Mining[10.9%]	Brookfield Business[10.2%]	Brookfield Business[9.8%]
Stratus Properties[8.9%]	MicroSectors Gold[7.2%]	Aegon N.V[6.9%]

View complete list of Financial stocks by weekly performance

Unfortunately not all Financial stocks have done well this year. Investors of these stocks hope they have seen the worst and hope that these stocks are set to bounce back. The bearish stocks in this index year to date (YTD) are

HFF [-100%]	Israel Acquisitions[-100%]	Guggenheim Credit[-100%]
Goldman Sachs[-100%]	PHH [-92%]	SunTrust Banks[-91%]
CIM Commercial[-88%]	Fangdd Network[-86%]	Office Properties[-77%]
eHealth [-62%]	GoHealth [-60%]	iShares iBonds[-58%]

Investors can get enhanced performance by riding the current stock trends. Using complex algorithms, 12Stocks.com has come up with Smart Investing & Trading Scores (on 0-bearish to 100-bullish scale) to identify best trending stocks. Top trending Financial stocks are

AdvisorShares Pure[100]	MicroSectors Gold[100]	MBIA [100]
Central Pacific[100]	Broadstone Net[100]	Offerpad [100]
ASA Gold[100]	Healthcare Realty[100]	Bancorp [100]
EZCORP [100]	John Hancock[100]	LendingClub [100]

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12Stocks.com: Investing in Financial Sector using Exchange Traded Funds

The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF) that help investors track Financial Index. For detailed view, check out our ETF Funds section of our website.

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12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Financial Index

Ticker	ETF Name	Watchlist	Recent Price	Smart Investing & Trading Score	Change %	Week %	Year-to-date %
XLF	Financial		53.96	100	0.2	0.73	5.58%
IAI	Broker-Dealers & Secs		174.57	60	1.92	0.6	12.72%
IYF	Financials		125.44	100	-0.32	-0.87	11.86%
IYG	Financial Services		89.34	100	-0.27	-1.08	12.5%
KRE	Regional Banking		65.75	100	-0.4	-1.29	3.78%
IXG	Global Financials		115.08	100	-0.21	-0.37	20.55%
VFH	Financials		131.57	100	-0.32	-0.85	9.82%
KBE	Bank		61.28	100	4.83	5.08	4.7%
FAS	Financial Bull 3X		178.12	100	4.68	5.86	-1.42%
FAZ	Financial Bear 3X		4.10	10	-4.81	-5.67	-19.26%
UYG	Financials		99.49	100	3.1	4.07	2.59%
IAT	Regional Banks		54.13	100	-0.53	-1.12	2.84%
KIE	Insurance		59.06	50	1.22	3.09	3.97%
PSCF	SmallCap Financials		59.01	80	-0.44	-0.75	2.76%
EUFN	Europe Financials		33.51	50	-0.35	-0.32	51.27%
PGF	Financial Preferred		14.49	60	-0.14	0.35	3.03%

Smart Investing & Trading Score (0-Bearish to 100-Bullish)

12Stocks.com: Charts, Trends, Fundamental Data and Performances of Financial Stocks
We now take in-depth look at all Financial stocks including charts, multi-period performances and overall trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score). One can sort Financial stocks (click link to choose) by Daily, Weekly and by Year-to-Date performances. Also, one can sort by size of the company or by market capitalization.

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	FUNC First United Corporation
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks
	MarketCap: 106.859 Millions
	Recent Price: 37.33 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
	Day Percent Change: -0.72% Day Change: -0.25
	Week Change: -1.26% Year-to-date Change: 4.4%
FUNC Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add FUNC to Watchlist: View: Get Complete FUNC Trend Analysis ➞

	HEQ John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Equity
	MarketCap: 106.847 Millions
	Recent Price: 10.77 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70
	Day Percent Change: -0.19% Day Change: -0.02
	Week Change: -0.19% Year-to-date Change: 9.1%
HEQ Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add HEQ to Watchlist: View: Get Complete HEQ Trend Analysis ➞

	DTF DTF Tax-Free Income Inc.
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Debt
	MarketCap: 106.407 Millions
	Recent Price: 11.28 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
	Day Percent Change: 0.27% Day Change: 0.03
	Week Change: 0% Year-to-date Change: 2.6%
DTF Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add DTF to Watchlist: View: Get Complete DTF Trend Analysis ➞

	PFO Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc.
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Debt
	MarketCap: 106.107 Millions
	Recent Price: 9.25 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
	Day Percent Change: -0.05% Day Change: 0
	Week Change: -0.27% Year-to-date Change: 6.8%
PFO Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add PFO to Watchlist: View: Get Complete PFO Trend Analysis ➞

	CEE The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc.
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Foreign
	MarketCap: 105.847 Millions
	Recent Price: 16.79 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
	Day Percent Change: -1.09% Day Change: -0.19
	Week Change: 3.22% Year-to-date Change: 58.6%
CEE Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add CEE to Watchlist: View: Get Complete CEE Trend Analysis ➞

	GDL The GDL Fund
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Equity
	MarketCap: 104.847 Millions
	Recent Price: 8.50 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
	Day Percent Change: -0.36% Day Change: -0.03
	Week Change: 1.08% Year-to-date Change: 5.0%
GDL Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add GDL to Watchlist: View: Get Complete GDL Trend Analysis ➞

	GGT The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc.
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Equity
	MarketCap: 104.547 Millions
	Recent Price: 4.24 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
	Day Percent Change: 0.72% Day Change: 0.03
	Week Change: -0.71% Year-to-date Change: 6.2%
GGT Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add GGT to Watchlist: View: Get Complete GGT Trend Analysis ➞

	CMU MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Debt
	MarketCap: 103.307 Millions
	Recent Price: 3.30 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
	Day Percent Change: -0.46% Day Change: -0.01
	Week Change: -1.95% Year-to-date Change: -4.3%
CMU Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add CMU to Watchlist: View: Get Complete CMU Trend Analysis ➞

	ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Asset Management
	MarketCap: 102.203 Millions
	Recent Price: 11.00 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
	Day Percent Change: 0.56% Day Change: 0.06
	Week Change: 0% Year-to-date Change: 10.6%
ECF Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add ECF to Watchlist: View: Get Complete ECF Trend Analysis ➞

	MPV Barings Participation Investors
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Debt
	MarketCap: 101.207 Millions
	Recent Price: 20.36 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
	Day Percent Change: -0.62% Day Change: -0.12
	Week Change: 1.64% Year-to-date Change: 12.4%
MPV Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add MPV to Watchlist: View: Get Complete MPV Trend Analysis ➞

	PNI PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II
	Sector: Financials
	SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Debt
	MarketCap: 100.707 Millions
	Recent Price: 6.57 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50
	Day Percent Change: -0.61% Day Change: -0.04
	Week Change: 1.08% Year-to-date Change: -5.3%
PNI Links: Profile News Message Board
Charts:- Daily , Weekly
Add PNI to Watchlist: View: Get Complete PNI Trend Analysis ➞

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