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Old 09-19-2008, 03:16 PM   #311
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Originally Posted by CCdaCE View Post
What I can't understand is why didn't KBE or KRE or VFH (Vanguard Financials ETF) get absolutely crushed at anytime this week? I was waiting for a true fire sale.

-CC
KBE is capitalization-weighted, so it's price movement is dominated by the larger, less volatile (in a relative sense) banks (JPM, WFC, BAC, USB, etc) and it contains no investment banks (eg GS, MS, etc).
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