Finance Stocks to Gain as Bond Yields Near 4-Year High: Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC) Wintrust Financial Corp (NASDAQ: WTFC ) operates as a financial holding company in the Chicago metropolitan area, Southern Wisconsin, and Northwest Indiana. Strengthening inflation prospects pushed bond yields higher and prompted the Federal Reserve to step up the pace of monetary tightening from two to three additional rate hikes this year. Oil prices near a three-and-a-half-year high and American companies paying a significant amount for purchasing raw materials indicate an upsurge in inflation that could easily derail economic growth in the near term.