1 Reason PennyMac Financial Services Is Beating the Market

1 Reason PennyMac Financial Services Is Beating the Market

What if I told you there was a financial stock out there that was trading up over 22% year to date? When you consider that the broader S&P 500 is essentially flat so far this year and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF is down 25% year to date, it seems even more unlikely that a financial stock could be doing so well in this current economic environment. It is stock for a company that operates in one of the most pedestrian businesses out there -- mortgage banking.