State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF

KBE

Market cap $1.4B

According to numbers released Monday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the US banking industry's quarterly profitability rebounded sharply, jumping 13.5% to $79.3 billion in the third quarter of 2025.

Launched on 11/08/2005, the State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Financials ETFs category of the market.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Financials - Banking segment of the equity market, the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on November 8, 2005.

Interest rates are on the decline, U.S.-China trade tensions have heightened and markets have been on a wild ride of late. Against this backdrop, the largest banks of the United States reported earnings.

Jitters around U.S. banks' exposure to loan losses have fueled expectations for more mergers and acquisitions as big buyers may be spurred to look to absorb smaller or weaker rivals, according to four senior industry sources.

Jamie Dimon's concern over "cockroaches" in credit has spawned a debate about private credit. While some industry watchers sound the alarm on the booming industry, others are more sanguine.

A day after worries about the U.S. banking system threatened to spin out of control, the market took a deep breath.

Despite some fresh doubts about credit that banks addressed this week, the U.S. economy seems to be chugging along.

Adam Parker, Trivariate Research founder, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss Parker's thoughts on the credit environment, what could go wrong with capital expenditures and much more.

Fear over credit quality in U.S. regional banks rippled through markets on Friday, dragging global financial stocks lower and reviving memories of the crisis of confidence that shook sentiment just over two years ago.