Financials: The 3 Best-Performing Financials Stocks of 2018 (So Far)

<p>The leaders of large-cap financials have been a data company, a subprime lender, and a unique banking institution.</p> <p>Intro: The financials sector hasn’t been a great performer so far in 2018, underperforming the S&P 500 by more than six percentage points. However, there are some stocks in the sector that have done extraordinarily well. Here’s why <strong>Morningstar</strong> (NASDAQ: MORN), <strong>Credit Acceptance Corp.</strong> (NASDAQ: CACC), and <strong>SVB Financial Group</strong> (NASDAQ: SIVB) have all risen by more than 35% so far this year.</p>