The best reasons to buy regional bank stocks By: CNBC.com News October 07, 2014 at 08:00 AM EDT Forget Wall Street. Regional banks are getting bigger through acquisitions, and that makes them the best stock bet in the financial sector. Read More >> Related Stocks: Bank of America First Horizon Corp First Merchants Corp Hometrust Bancshares Iberiabank Corp Investors Bancorp MB Financial Inc Teton Advisors Inc