JPMorgan Chase & Co

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class B

Visa

Mastercard

Bank of America

Wells Fargo

Goldman Sachs

American Express

S&P Global

BlackRock

Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF

FNCL tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US financial companies across the entire market-cap spectrum.

Launched on 10/21/2013, the Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Financials - Broad segment of the equity market.

Should You Invest in the Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL)?

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Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF offers exposure to the U.S. financial sector, including small caps, but with higher volatility and lower valuations compared to XLF. FNCL's top holdings include JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway, and Visa, with a heavier allocation to banks and an underweight in financial services. Despite a positive sector outlook, the Fund's focus on smaller companies may lead to extra volatility, making XLF a better option for investors at this point.

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Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides broad exposure to U.S. financial companies, aiming to replicate the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Financials 25/50 Index. The FNCL ETF's portfolio is predominantly made up of financial stocks, with the top 10 holdings making up 43% of the holdings. FNCL's top holdings include Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Mastercard, and Bank of America.

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FNCL invests in financial companies. FNCL likely remains undervalued, while cyclical positioning is improving given markets' tendency to lead the real economy.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) raised its view on interest income and announced a profitable outlook, lifting financial sector-related exchange traded funds. On Monday, the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) increased by 3.1%, the Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (NYSEArca: FNCL) gained 2.8%, and the Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEArca: VFH) advanced 2.8%.

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Banks could hold off on raising interest payments on deposits if the Federal Reserve hikes rates, potentially further bolstering their bread-and-butter businesses and supporting the outlook on financial sector-related exchange traded funds. The Fed has signaled that it will hike rates in March, the first of potentially multiple hikes in 2022.

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Financial sector-related exchange traded funds could outperform this year as their bread-and-butter business could support higher growth with the Federal Reserve prepping multiple interest rate hikes. As the Fed moves to raise rates for the first time in three years, banks' net interest income, or the difference between deposits and lending, could begin to rise, [.

Financial ETFs Could Gain Momentum as Rates Rise Ahead

Trading revenues among Wall Street banks surged during the height of the trading spree amidst the heightened volatility during the pandemic recovery. However, financial sector-related exchange traded funds could begin to ease into a new normal as conditions settle down.

Financial Sector ETFs Could Ease Into a New Normal

As rates rise, investors should consider banks and financial sector-related exchange traded funds. The S&P 500 financials sector is already outperforming in the new year, rising 5.4% last week over the first five trading days of January and marking the sector's best start to a calendar year since 2010, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Financial sector exchange traded funds rallied Monday as bankers, and industry leaders welcomed President Joe Biden's nomination of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second four-year term. On Monday, the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) increased 2.0%, Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (NYSEArca: FNCL) advanced 1.9%, iShares U.S. Financials ETF (NYSEArca: IYF) gained 2.0%, [.

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After the coronavirus pandemic put many businesses on hold for a year, companies have kicked off an unprecedented deal-making spree, bolstering banks and financial sector-related exchange traded funds. According to Dealogic data, over the first eight months of 2021, companies announced mergers and acquisitions worth over $1.8 trillion in the U.S. and more than $3.6 [.

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U.S. financials perform well on a 'return on equity' basis, and forward price/earnings ratios are low. While financial stocks are not as intuitively alluring as tech stocks, their returns on equity are good, and earnings are likely to be mostly sustainable at current levels.

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Financial sector-related exchange traded funds were dealt a blow Friday after the Federal Reserve planned to end coronavirus pandemic relief that provided a temporary capital buffer for big banks. On Friday, the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEArca: KRE) fell 0.9%, Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLF) dropped 1.0%, Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (NYSEArca: FNCL), was [.

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As banks free up their cash hoards accumulated during the coronavirus pandemic, financial sector-related ETFs could benefit from the increased loan activity. In the months ahead, banks are expected to let loose billions of dollars in reserves they previously set aside to cover potentially poor loans that still haven't materialized after a year into the [.

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