The whole point of big banks is to hold clients’ money and watch it grow, so it kind of makes sense that funds tracking them are outperforming this year. Exchange-traded funds holding large bank equities have beaten broad market indices by a significant margin year-to-date, with some up nearly 50%, according to CFRA Research data. And that momentum is expected to continue into next year, as well. “The optimism for both Europe and US banks is the view that non-fee income from capital markets activity and w ...