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Financials Sector: News Highlight, Sentiment and Fundamentals
Sun. Oct 26, 2025

The price action of Financials (XLF) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The overall sentiment for Financials sector is very positive (overall 2.9, positive 3.4, negative -0.5) on 20251026. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.6), Price Level (2), Option Speculation (1.5), Broad Market Trend (0.4), Sector Price Trend (0.3), and Valuation Sentiment (-1) will drive up the price. The forces of and Market Risk Prefrence (0) will drive down the price.

'Buy the dips' is the preferred trading strategy. Hourly SMA 20 trend line is likely to provide a support from any pullbacks. The swing to upside will be significant considering the high positive sentiment forces (3.4). The extreme bullish overall sentiment (2.9) may signal the top of this uptrend.

The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on XLF trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale.


DateAttentionAverage
Attention
PricePrice
Level
ChangeSMA10
Trend
Market
Sentiment
Trend
Sentiment
FundamentalsNews
Sentiment
2025-10-261%      0.6%      1.8      0.3      2.6      2.3     
2025-10-250%      0.6%      2      0.3      3      6     
2025-10-241%      0.9%      53.13      51      1.12%      0.19%      2.1      0.3      3.3      6.4     
2025-10-231%      1.3%      52.54      28      0.23%      -0.19%      1.9      0.3      3      3.3     
2025-10-221%      1.4%      52.42      20      -0.57%      -0.19%      1.5      -0.2      2.7      3.3     
2025-10-210%      1.7%      52.72      31      -0.11%      -0.19%      1.6      -0.2      2.8      5     
2025-10-200%      2%      52.78      29      1.15%      -0.19%      1.3      -0.1      2.5      7     
2025-10-191%      2.1%      1.7      -0.1      2.5      4.5     
2025-10-182%      2.3%      1.7      -0.1      2.5      2.8     
2025-10-174%      2%      52.18      6      0.81%      -0.19%      1.7      -0.1      2.5      1.2     
 
Both emotion scores and sentiment scores are calculated in a -10 - +10 scale.
The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

 
1 (-3) HSBC to recognize $1.1 billion provision in third quarter after court ruling in Madoff case Herald Fund SPC sued HSBC's Luxembourg unit in 2009, claiming restitution of securities and cash it said were lost in the fraud. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Sun. Oct 26, 2025
2 (5) Wall Street Braces For $6.6 Trillion Fed Shift Amid Bitcoin Price Surge Wall Street is discreetly gearing up for a significant alteration in the Federal Reserve’s $6.6 trillion balance sheet, coinciding with a sudden rise in Bitcoin‘s (CRYPTO: BTC) price. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Sun. Oct 26, 2025
3 (5) Citi Opens Riyadh HQ as Wall Street CEOs Forge Deeper Saudi Ties The bank chose the landmark Kingdom Tower for its HQ, rather than the glitzy new financial district where others like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have set up, after receiving a license to do so last year, according to a statement on Sunday. The site will provide strategic direction and management functions to branches across the Middle East and North Africa, Citi said, without disclosing more information on headcount. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Sun. Oct 26, 2025
4 (6) Big Banks Are Setting the Tone as Earnings Season Kicks Off Despite risks in private credit, the financials sector is largely insulated as the big banks proved when earnings season kicked off last week. (https://www.marketbeat.com/) Sat. Oct 25, 2025


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