The Best Investing Ideas in the Financial Sector

Chasing highfliers is a sucker's game. But tracking monthly trends across the market can lead to great investment ideas, as well as shed new light on stocks you already have in your portfolio.

Let's take a look at the biggest movers in the financial sector. These stocks -- which include companies from the commercial banking, commercial markets, and real estate investment trust sectors -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the last month.

Financial sector market movers

Those returns are certainly eye-catching. But do these highfliers have staying power?

Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 150,000 investors strong) has to say about the best plays in the Financial Sector market.

And the next big winners are ...
The following Financial Sector stocks are of similar size in comparable industries to the ones in the previous chart. However, CAPS members think these companies have more promising future returns than the ones already making waves.

CAPS Community financial-sector favorites

Of course, some of today's winners might continue to rack up outsize returns. But isn't it better to snag tomorrow's winners before they start running up?

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