VettaFi offers advisors and investors a number of ways to access ETF-related news, analysis, and data across its platforms. By analyzing proprietary data, Lara Crigger, Editor-in-Chief, has been teasing out research trends happening on the site as markets reacted to news of bank failures this month. See also: VettaFi’s Top ETF News & Research Reads: Week of March 17, 2023 Rosenbluth reported that there was a massive engagement spike in research on regional banks mid-month, particularly in the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE A-) and the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT B+), a fact that is unsurprising given that most advisors and investors are either researching an ETF they currently own or possibly looking for buying opportunities. “We saw more than a tripling in the traffic — this is mid-month of March versus mid-month of February,” Rosenbluth explained. What was of even greater surprise to Rosenbluth was the enormous rise in interest for the Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares (DPST A) which fell sharply as regional banks stocks dropped due to its leverage. It’s been a week of “really strong engagement in regional banking ETFs and financial ETFs in general as we saw a swing towards that sector versus the broader, other sector universe,” Rosenbluth said.