Bank Stocks Soar with Interest Rate

With interest rate is rising, bank stocks have one of the biggest gain in 2015. Should you move back to bank stocks? Top stock market industries are Pacific regional banks, southwest regional banks, etc.

Top Financial Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -0.65%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -0.03%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -0.87%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 1.18%.

Top performing stock industries in week 23, 2015 (June 1, 2015 to June 7, 2015) are:

1. Photographic Equipment & Supplies 7.11%
2. Beverages - Wineries & Distillers 4.44%
3. Resorts & Casinos 4.17%
4. Regional - Pacific Banks 4.16%
5. Regional - Southwest Banks 4.14%
6. Auto Dealerships 3.91%
7. Investment Brokerage – Regional 3.72%
8. Gaming Activities 3.46%
9. Textile - Apparel Clothing 3.44%
10. Trucking 3.26%
11. Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks 3.03%
12. Investment Brokerage – National 2.99%
13. Regional - Southeast Banks 2.94%
14. Air Delivery & Freight Services 2.92%
15. Tobacco Products, Other 2.88%
16. Movie Production, Theaters 2.67%
17. Home Health Care 2.62%
18. Regional - Midwest Banks 2.56%
19. Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 2.53%
20. General Entertainment 2.45%
21. Beverages – Brewers 2.43%
22. Computer Peripherals 2.17%
23. Regional - Northeast Banks 2.17%
24. General Contractors 2.03%
25. Appliances 1.88%
26. Internet Information Providers 1.85%
27. Savings & Loans 1.75%

Best Banks Stocks Return

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2015 are drug, health care, grocery, consumer, etc.

Best performing Wineries & Distillers beverages stocks 2015 are:

1. Castle Brands Inc. (ROX) 10.67%
2. Diageo plc (DEO) 6.34%
3. Brown-Forman Corporation (BF-B) 3.50%
4. Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) 0.83%
5. Brown-Forman Corporation (BF-A) 0.80%

Top performing Pacific regional banks stocks 2015 are:

1. Zions Bancorporation (ZION) 10.25%
2. Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) 6.22%
3. Banc of California, Inc. (BANC) 5.71%
4. Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) 5.49%
5. SVB Financial Group (SIVB) 5.23%
6. Bridge Capital Holdings (BBNK) 5.13%
7. Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC) 4.93%
8. Westamerica Bancorp. (WABC) 4.85%
9. Hanmi Financial Corporation (HAFC) 4.25%
10. Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (GBCI) 4.19%
11. PacWest Bancorp (PACW) 3.59%
12. FS Bancorp, Inc. (FSBW) 3.53%
13. Umpqua Holdings Corporation (UMPQ) 3.35%
14. Northrim Bancorp Inc. (NRIM) 3.23%
15. Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. (PPBI) 3.17%
16. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc. (FCTY) 3.17%
17. Bank of Hawaii Corporation (BOH) 3.14%
18. Preferred Bank (PFBC) 3.12%
19. CVB Financial Corp. (CVBF) 2.87%
20. First Interstate Bancsystem Inc. (FIBK) 2.68%

Best Southwest regional banks stocks 2015 are:

1. UMB Financial Corporation (UMBF) 7.86%
2. CoBiz Financial Inc. (COBZ) 5.33%
3. First Financial Bankshares Inc. (FFIN) 5.24%
4. Texas Capital BancShares Inc. (TCBI) 5.00%
5. Prosperity Bancshares Inc. (PB) 4.31%
6. BancFirst Corporation (BANF) 3.62%
7. Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (CFR) 3.61%
8. International Bancshares Corporation (IBOC) 3.56%
9. BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF) 3.49%
10. First Community Corporation (FCCO) 3.25%