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Tech's dominance is facing challenges as earnings gap with broader market narrows, prompting investors to seek opportunities in other sectors.

The bank has closed five consent orders since the beginning of 2025.

UBS analysts said its annual financial advisor survey showed that Blackstone's ‘dominant position was completely unchanged.’

Today, the world’s three largest sectors by market cap are information technology, financials, and industrials, together making up 50% of the global stock market.

Against this backdrop, the S&P 500® exhibited striking bouts of intraday volatility yet finished the month in negative territory.

Bank of America shares are down 2.4% in Monday's session. The decline comes as U.S. stock futures drop amid growing recession fears.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day's trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day that ended, Wednesday, March 5.

Bank of America shares are trading lower by 8.8% since Monday's open. Shares of banking companies are volatile this week amid President Trump's decision to implement tariffs.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day's trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day that ended, Tuesday, March 4.

Bank of America shares are trading lower by 5.7% Tuesday afternoon. Fears surrounding U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada have added to broader market uncertainty.

If yields keep dropping, bond prices will rise. And if liquidity crunch fears escalate, defensive sectors could shine.