Bank Earnings Are Mixed—These 2 ETFs Offer Very Different Paths to a Recovery

Impact · against what's priced in

The Q3 earnings results for JPM and GS are largely non-events as they align with existing market assumptions. JPM's EPS miss reinforces existing pricing regarding margin compression and credit risk, while GS's beat confirms a recovery in trading that the market already considers the baseline.

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Already priced in

The price assumes

regulatory capital rules and rising credit losses will compress margins

The unusual EPS miss despite 8% revenue growth suggests the margin pressure and credit provisions the market already expects are materializing.