XLF
State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF
stock NYSE ETF

a lot of major index etf option like SPY, QQQ ,IWM, DIA closes at 4:15 ET, as well as sector etf like XLE, XLF, XLK along with GLD and SLV. (im ignoring index options like SPX, NDX, VIX etc as their expiration differ a bit for 0dte)

When index at top $SPY $QQQ $XLK $XLC $XLF & look 10yr at 5.3%, one of them should breakdown eventually
Whole economy not AI query search from internet, need food, gas, groceries, look at them.
$PG $PEP $COST $WMT $UPS $FDX $GE $CMG $MCD all may not spike like $NVDA $MU by Algo

a lot of major index etf option like SPY, QQQ ,IWM, DIA closes at 4:15 ET, as well as sector etf like XLE, XLF, XLK along with GLD and SLV. (im ignoring index options like SPX, NDX, VIX etc as their expiration differ a bit for 0dte)

When index at top $SPY $QQQ $XLK $XLC $XLF & look 10yr at 5.3%, one of them should breakdown eventually
Whole economy not AI query search from internet, need food, gas, groceries, look at them.
$PG $PEP $COST $WMT $UPS $FDX $GE $CMG $MCD all may not spike like $NVDA $MU by Algo

the XLF and IXG monthly candles are fucking insane

XLF chart kinda worrisome....

I find these posts confusing. Rising bond yields have already pushed large portions of US equities into bear market territory. Look at the Dow, the Russell, the RSP(the equally weighted SPY), they're all falling inverse to rising bond yields.
Rate sensitive stuff like the S&P Utilities(XLU) have been being hammered for weeks now. A flattening yield curve hurts financials(XLF)...and that was the financials, now the short end of the yield curve is being pushed down...for some reason. Oh wait, it's people rushing into tbills and money market funds. Hey, that sounds bad for equities. Do we even need to discuss how bad these rising rates are for real estate? XLRE

Trouble is, everyone is focused on the nasdaq and cap weighted S&P. As a result they fail to see that the vast majority of sectors have been declining. Don't believe me? Just go look at a chart of SPY next to a chart of RSP...they're literally the same 500 companies weighted differently and they tell two different stories.

Guess its time to short XLF if yields keep rising.

**TLDR**: *Note the flair, for beginners and those getting started. Just a post to share some resorces on where to find stocks.*

There are two basic approaches to look for undervalued stocks. The first approach is to find the high quality companies that you want to invest in, and put them on a watchlist and wait. The other approach is to find out stocks that have been beaten down in price, fallen out of favor and then sieve through them to find one or two that is worth investing.

The first approach is an exercise in patience and self-control, there is always a temptation to buy expensive because of FOMO. I am guilty of this. The second approach poses a unique problem for the investor, the need to sort out the value-traps from undervalued stocks that have temporary problems. The investor could also buy too early, only to watch the stock go down another 30% - 50% before eventually recovering. I have seen investors here buy the stock first because the cheap price is too irresistible without doing a proper analysis of the company.

Anyway, this post are some resources on where to find beaten down stocks.
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**1. Sectors that are oversold**
|Sectors|2026|YTD|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Energy|NYSEARCA:XLE|34.81%|
|Technology|NYSEARCA:XLK|34.79%|
|Healthcare|NYSEARCA:XLV|9.79%|
|Industrials|NYSEARCA:XLI|7.06%|
|Basic Materials|NYSEARCA:XLB|6.46%|
|Consumer Staples|NYSEARCA:XLP|5.35%|
|Real Estate|NYSEARCA:XLRE|2.38%|
|Financial Services|NYSEARCA:XLF|\-1.67%|
|Communications svs|NYSEARCA:XLC|\-4.64%|
|Consumer Discretionary|NYSEARCA:XLY|\-7.77%|
|Utilities|NYSEARCA:XLU|\-8.04%|

You can put them into a google sheet and monitor it, here is a template
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19lzY4CC9qHCpu7Ocy5FScGbUoZLf0Le-GYW3MU3-8Vk/edit?gid=369799323#gid=369799323](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19lzY4CC9qHCpu7Ocy5FScGbUoZLf0Le-GYW3MU3-8Vk/edit?gid=369799323#gid=369799323)

**2. The 52 Week low lists**
[https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/new-fifty-two-week-highs-lows](https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/new-fifty-two-week-highs-lows)
(Best to download the NYSE and NASDAQ list onto a spreadsheet, and then remove all the ETFs, Bonds, SPACs, BDC and REITS)

**3. Stocks that have been downgraded:**
[https://www.wsj.com/market-data/stocks/upgradesdowngrades](https://www.wsj.com/market-data/stocks/upgradesdowngrades)
**4. Stocks which recently cut or suspended dividends**
[https://www.dividendstocks.com/tools/dividend-cuts/](https://www.dividendstocks.com/tools/dividend-cuts/)
**5. Screeners**
I can't comment on a good screener, perhaps someone else can.

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Finally remember this: finding a bunch of stocks from these lists is just the first step. The second and third tasks are: **How do you know they are not value traps ?** and **How do you know it won't go down another 30-50% before recovering ?**