Top Financial Stocks to Watch in April 2025
Finance stocks in brief
Financial services — or finance — stocks cover many different types of companies which manage money, including banks, insurance firms, investment companies and real estate businesses.
Banks are perhaps the most well-known finance companies, as they provide the loans, credit cards, mortgages and deposit system upon which the world’s economy depends. Banks tend to be heavily influenced by external factors such as interest rate movements and wider economic growth. The FTSE 100 offers multiple banks including HSBC and Lloyds.
Insurance companies are also very popular financial sector stocks. These types of businesses provide policies to protect against financial loss; they tend to be more stable as premiums…
