Published on 26 Jul 2023 on Market Watch
Investors are generally sour when it comes to bank stocks, and the financial sector as a whole trades at a low valuation to expected earnings.
But the great expansion of U.S. household wealth points to an opportunity for long-term investors to ride a wave of stable and growing earnings for certain financial service companies. These companies are de-emphasizing riskier and lower-margin lending businesses and cyclical investment-banking activities, while focusing on growing more stable fee-generating business.