State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) Research
The State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF endeavors to replicate the total return of the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index, before accounting for fees and expenses. This ETF provides focused exposure to the regional banking segment within the broader S&P Total Market Index. Companies are selected for the underlying index based on their GICS classification, along with liquidity and market capitalization thresholds. By tracking a modified equal-weighted index, the fund aims to offer diversified, unconcentrated industry exposure across large, mid, and small-cap regional bank stocks. This distinctive methodology allows investors to make highly targeted strategic or tactical investments in the sector, surpassing the precision typically found in traditional sector-based funds.
Market snapshot
- Symbol
- KRE
- Price
- $71.72
- Day change
- +0.80%
- Market cap
- $3.8B
- 52-week range
- 56.19-74.27
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
Recent news
- Wall Street's Deregulatory Campaign: Who Pays When Banks Lose?
Wrapped in the technical language of Basel III capital reform, the Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, Financial Services Forum, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Consumer Bankers Association have jointly asked federal regulators to cut the capital requirements that backstop the American banking system. Their request is large, the justifications are suspect, and the people who would bear the consequences—depositors and taxpayers—are nowhere in the room.
- US banks to make final push on capital rule changes as Fed wraps up consultation
Large U.S. banks on Thursday will formally pitch the central bank on tweaks to a Federal Reserve proposal aimed at reducing the funds they must set aside to absorb potential losses, as the central bank enters the last leg of a marathon overhaul of U.S. capital rules.
- Japan bank lobby warns of potential service disruptions due to AI-enabled cyberattacks
Japanese lenders may be forced to suspend services such as ATMs and online banking if sophisticated AI models end up posing a serious threat to the banking system, said the chair of the country's banking lobby.
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