What Makes Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) Stock a Hot Pick for Investors? InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips At the Kansas City Federal Reserve's annual monetary policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo, Chairman Jerome Powell clearly said that a gradual path of interest rate hikes seem appropriate owing to lack of clear signs of inflation crossing the required mark or an overheated economy. This calls for investing in banks, insurance and brokerage houses as such institutions will see a ramp up in profits on continuous interest rate hikes and stable economic conditions.