May 9, 2026, 6:23 PMseekingalpha.comKCE
KCE: Not The Best Tactical Approach To Financial Exposures
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The State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF offers significant exposure to asset managers and custody banks, benefiting from rising AUM in buoyant markets. KCE's resilience is offset by limited upside in strong markets and commodification pressures, with many AM components trading above a 10x PE baseline. Large-ticket advisory and bulge bracket banks like GS, MS, and JPM are better positioned to capitalize on potential AI and SpaceX IPO deal flow and ECM activity indexed to strong markets.