From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The 2 to 100 Club.

In this scan, we look to identify the strongest growth stocks as they climb the market-cap ladder from small- to mid- to large- and, ultimately, to mega cap status (over $200B).

Once they graduate from small-cap to mid-cap status (over $2B), they come on our radar. Likewise, when they surpass the roughly $30B mark, they roll off our list.

But the scan doesn't just end there.

We only want to look at the strongest growth industries in the market, as that is typically where these potential 50-baggers come from.

Some of the best performers in recent decades – stocks like Priceline, Amazon, Netflix, Salesforce, and myriad others – would have been on this list at some point during their journey to becoming the market behemoths they are today.

When you look at the stocks in our table, you'll notice we're only focused on Technology and Growth industry groups such as Software, Semiconductors, Online...

There is a big catch-up trade brewing in the banking industry. 

The big banks have already been working. In fact, most financials have. 

JPM was one of the first Dow components back to new all-time highs. Goldman and Morgan are right there with it.

Meanwhile, Wells, Citi, and BofA either just resolved— or are on the cusp of resolving massive consolidation patterns.

And then there are the regional banks… most of which look nothing like the big guys.

They are still about 25% off their all-time highs. However, I'm betting they close that gap… and soon. 

Here’s a chart showing the big banks vs the little banks.

Up until a few years ago, there was never any material difference between these trends. 

But when the banking crisis struck, those with excessive lending exposure suffered...