‘Be conscious of your threat’: Cash supervisor tackles Silicon Valley Financial institution fallout on ETFs

There’s hypothesis the Silicon Valley Financial institution collapse may expose issues lurking in ETFs tied to particular sectors.

Astoria Portfolio Advisors CIO John Davi has financials topping his watch listing.

“You might want to be conscious of your threat,'” Davi, who runs the AXS Astoria Inflation Delicate ETF, informed CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. The fund is an ETF.com 2023 “ETF of the 12 months” finalist.

Davi contends the Monetary Choose Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) may very well be among the many largest near-term laggards. It tracks the S&P 500 monetary index.

His agency offered the ETF’s positions in regional banks this week and acquired bigger cap banks, in keeping with Davi. He sees larger establishments as a extra steady, multiyear funding.

The XLF ended the week greater than 3% decrease. It is down nearly 8% because the SVB collapse March 10.