{"id":108921,"date":"2021-10-27T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=108921"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:32:22","slug":"the-relationship-between-banks-and-the-yield-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/the-relationship-between-banks-and-the-yield-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relationship Between Banks and the Yield Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traders and investors are always searching for defined relationships.&nbsp; It makes life much easier if we can say that product X went up because of a change in Y, and it makes trading much more profitable if that relationship is statistically significant.&nbsp; An obvious example would be when energy stocks rise or fall when they follow changes in the price of crude oil.&nbsp; Investment theses and statistical arbitrage funds are built around this premise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the more logical relationships is between bank stocks and the steepness of the treasury yield curve. &nbsp;A bank\u2019s main input and output is money. &nbsp;Banks tend to borrow short-term, via deposits, commercial paper, and the like, and lend long-term via commercial loans and mortgages.&nbsp; If the yield curve is positively sloping, meaning that longer-term rates are higher than short-term rates, then the input cost to the bank is less than its output.&nbsp; The steeper the yield curve, the greater the differential between a bank\u2019s borrowing costs and lending revenues, the greater the profit that flows to the bank\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One common proxy for the steepness of the yield curve is the spread between 2 and 10-year treasury notes.&nbsp; As a result, it has been quite common for increases in that spread to be used as a rationale for buying XLF, the Financial Select Sector SPDR that has become a proxy for large banks and financial institutions.&nbsp; In many ways that is an imperfect proxy, since XLF contains many important non-bank financial companies and banks with large trading and custody operations.<sup>[i]<\/sup>&nbsp; KRE, the SPDR Regional Banking ETF is a more pure play on institutions that rely mostly on basic borrowing and lending activities, thus exposing them more to the shape of the yield curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can see the relationships in the graph below, which shows the movements in XLF and KRE plotted against the 2-10 yield spread:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-xlf-red-line-kre-blue-line-vs-2-10-yield-curve-white-blue-bars-since-march-2020\"><strong>XLF (red line), KRE (blue line), vs 2-10 Yield Curve (white\/blue bars) since March 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"463\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve-1100x463.png\" alt=\"XLF (red line), KRE (blue line), vs 2-10 Yield Curve (white\/blue bars) since March 2020\" class=\"wp-image-108929 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve-1100x463.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve-700x295.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/XLF-KRE-yield-curve.png 1918w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/463;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We see that while both XLF and KRE generally kept pace with the steepening yield curve since the Fed began aggressive monetary accommodation in the wake of the Covid crisis, KRE was more closely tied to that yield spread.&nbsp; The following graph shows the excellent correlation between KRE and the yield spread:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>One Year Linear Regression, 2-10 Yield Spread (X-axis) vs. KRE (Y-axis)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"506\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl-1100x506.png\" alt=\"One Year Linear Regression, 2-10 Yield Spread (X-axis) vs. KRE (Y-axis)\" class=\"wp-image-108930 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl-1100x506.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl-700x322.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl-1536x706.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/KRE-correl.png 1912w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/506;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We see a tight relationship between the two, with an R-squared of .765.&nbsp; That can be considered a reasonable cause and effect from a trader\u2019s viewpoint.&nbsp; But in both cases, the bull market in stocks can\u2019t be discounted.&nbsp; The ETFs rose markedly when the yield curve steepened in the first quarter of 2021, but haven\u2019t given back most of those gains even when the curve flattened over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, when we see a marked flattening of the 2-10 spread \u2013 nearly 10 basis points \u2013 the 1% fall in XLF and 2% fall in KRE seem understated.&nbsp; We see it at the tail of the first graph, and in the high level of the red star in the second.&nbsp; It is even clearer in a 6 month version of the first graph (below).&nbsp; If one has been trading this relationship, the bullish environment has been a definite boon if one is long KRE or XLF today.&nbsp; That said, if the relationship holds tightly, those ETFs could see some further declines if the yield curve maintains its current shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>XLF (red line), KRE (blue line), vs 2-10 Yield Curve (white\/blue bars) past 6 Months<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"472\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph-1100x472.png\" alt=\"XLF (red line), KRE (blue line), vs 2-10 Yield Curve (white\/blue bars) past 6 Months\" class=\"wp-image-108931 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph-1100x472.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph-700x300.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph-1536x658.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/6-month-graph.png 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/472;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[i] The largest component of XLF is Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), which is organized as an insurance company despite being well-known as the vehicle Warren Buffett\u2019s investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a logical relationship is between bank stocks and the steepness of the treasury yield curve. 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