5 Stocks to Buy Amid Rising Interest Rates

3. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 72   

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) provides banking and financial products. It is one of the stocks best positioned to benefit from a rise in interest rates as a nominal increase in rates would lead to hundreds of millions in extra earnings for the bank. Coupled with the strong fundamentals of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), 2022 looks set to be a strong year for the company. 

This is why top hedge funds remain bullish on Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC). At the end of the third quarter of 2021, 72 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $46.4 billion in Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), compared to 87 in the previous quarter worth $46.5 billion.

In its Q1 2021 investor letter, ClearBridge Investments, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Higher long-term interest rates supported financials such as Bank of America, which has shown both defensive and offensive characteristics in the past year. We believe it continues to be the least risky large bank from a credit standpoint, with conservative underwriting and controlled risk taking, a leading consumer deposit franchise, scale and technology. It is also a leader in its commitments to sustainability, or as it terms it, responsible growth. Disclosure and reporting at all levels form a large part of this commitment, including gender diversity and equality, environmental commitments and support of communities in which it operates. In the first quarter Bank of America announced it is setting a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its supply chain and operations, and notably also in its financing activities, before 2050.”