As Donald Trump‘s administration nears completion of a proposal to ease big bank rules, Wall Street’s megabanks are largely expected to cheer the lower supplementary leverage ratio (SLR), allowing them to hold fewer capital reserves against their assets.
What Happened: Analysts largely agree that the Trump administration's push to ease big bank rules, particularly the SLR, is a boon for banks and could stimulate broader economic growth.
Gennadiy Goldberg, the head of U.S. rates strategy at TD Securities, told Politico that easing capital rules for the banks will free the capital to buy more U.S. Treasuries
However, Phillip Basil, Better Markets’ director of economic growth and financial stability, told Politico that lowering big banks’ capital requirements heightens financial stability risks, accusing the banking industry of exploiting recent Treasury market turmoil as a pretext to push for long-sought regulatory relief.
Meanwhile, Kepp Loeffler, the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, said that Small businesses “can win with a level playing field – ESPECIALLY combined with tax cuts and deregulation.”
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Why It Matters: Here a list of some banking stocks that investors could consider.
| Stocks | Year-To-Date Performance | One-Year Performance |
| Bank of America Corp. BAC | -0.36% | 10.66% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM | 10.00% | 30.81% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS | 4.43% | 31.97% |
| Morgan Stanley MS | 2.60% | 31.43% |
| Citigroup Inc. C | 7.69% | 21.64% |
| Wells Fargo & Co. WFC | 6.54% | 26.02% |
| Fifth Third Bancorp FITB | -9.44% | 3.64% |
| Grupo Financiero Galicia SA GGAL | -15.63% | 63.06% |
| BancFirst Corp. BANF | 6.55% | 46.67% |
Here are some banking exchange-traded funds to look out for.
| ETFs | Year-To-Date Performance | One-Year Performance |
| Invesco KBW Bank ETF KBWB | 0.51% | 22.70% |
| SPDR S&P Bank ETF KBE | -3.11% | 16.44% |
| First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF FTXO | -1.92% | 17.65% |
| Themes Global Systemically Important Banks ETF GSIB | 25.20% | 36.01% |
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF QQQ , which track the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index, respectively, fell on Friday. The SPY was down 0.11% at $589.39, while the QQQ declined 0.16% to $519.11, according to Benzinga Pro data.
On Monday, the futures of the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 indices were trading lower.
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Momentum 62.52 Growth 77.39 Quality 62.90 Value Not AvailablePrice Trend
Short Medium Long Overview BANF BancFirst Corp $123.70 -% C Citigroup Inc $74.84 -0.64% FITB Fifth Third Bancorp $38.10 -0.24% FTXO First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF $31.89 2.77% GGAL Grupo Financiero Galicia SA $58.05 -% GS The Goldman Sachs Group Inc $599.00 -0.24% GSIB Themes Global Systemically Important Banks ETF $40.00 -2.31% JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co $263.50 -0.19% KBE SPDR S&P Bank ETF $53.20 -% KBWB Invesco KBW Bank ETF $65.83 0.34% MS Morgan Stanley $127.59 -0.34% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 $515.93 -0.61% SPY SPDR S&P 500 $586.71 -0.45% WFC Wells Fargo & Co $74.31 -0.63% Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs© 2025 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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