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Forget Interest Rates: Bank Earnings Could Reveal the Next Catalyst for Financial ETFs

Chandrima Sanyal

Investors are shifting focus from interest rates to strong trading, investment banking, IPO activity, and commercial lending as bank stocks' growth engines.

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