XLF - Consumer finance stocks outpace S&P 500 banks and insurance in November

With plenty of positive news about potential COVID-19 vaccines in November, financial stocks in general have outpaced the S&P 500 in the past month, with consumer finance (red line in chart below), in particular turning in the best performance.Nasdaq U.S. Small Cap Banks Index (green), though, lagged the broader S&P 500 (light blue).The second-best performing group is the S&P 500 Banks Index (orange) followed by S&P 1500 Regional Banks Index (purple), and the S&P 500 Insurance Index (dark blue).When using Seeking Alpha's stock screener, SLM (SLM), Ally Financial (ALLY) and Discover Financial (DFS) top the list of consumer finance stocks (with market cap over $2B) when ranked by Quant rating. The three stocks all did better than the S&P 500's 11% rise during the month: SLM up 20%, DFS rising 21% and Ally gaining 15%.ETFs: [[XLF]], [[FAS]], [[FAZ]], [[VFH]], [[BTO]], [[FNCL]], [[UYG]], [[IYF]], [[IYG]], [[FXO]], [[SEF]], [[RYF]], [[JHMF]]Taking a look

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Consumer finance stocks outpace S&P 500, banks and insurance in November