Financial stocks rally as investors rotate out of AI, driven by wider lending margins and IPO surge

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Financial stocks are rallying as investors rotate out of AI names, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF up more than 8% since early June while the S&P 500 is little changed and the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF is down nearly 4%. Wider lending margins are a key driver: although the Fed Funds Rate has fallen to just over 3.5%, market-based rates on mortgages, autos, and credit cards have not declined as much, boosting banks' net interest income—Bank of America's rose 9% year over year in the first quarter. Caution around AI stocks is also fueling the shift, as investors seek undervalued names like JPMorgan Chase at 15 times forward earnings and Bank of America at just over 13 times. A revival in capital markets is adding momentum, with Ernst & Young reporting that total corporate capital raised in the first half of 2026 was up more than 200% year over year, led by SpaceX's record-breaking IPO. The rotation is expected to last, supported by a low recession probability of 16% over the next 12 months per the New York Fed, projected U.S. GDP growth of 1.8% this year and 1.9% next year, and a pipeline of major IPOs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Canva, and Shein.

Impact on stocks 6

Digital Finance & Tokenization▲ · 2 stocks
JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPM
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Wider lending margins and rotation into undervalued financials; JPMorgan at 15x forward earnings.

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 2 stocks
Financials▲ · 1 stocks
Bank of America Corp
BAC
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Wider lending margins boost net interest income; Bank of America's rose 9% YoY in Q1.

Space Economy▲ · 1 stocks

Off-coverage companies 5

AnthropicPrivate± Mixed
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Databricks, Inc.Private± Mixed
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Ernst & Young Global LimitedPrivate± Mixed
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OpenAIPrivate± Mixed
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Shein Group LimitedPrivate± Mixed
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