美股連升兩日,標普500指數史上首次收在5,500點以上,納斯達克指數突破18,000點到數市,雙雙創新高。聯邦儲備局主席鮑威爾表示,對抗通脹的行動「取得相當大的進展」,惟未有暗示減息路線圖;Tesla上季電動車出貨量好過預期,股價急漲一成。
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court threw out the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of overcharging investors by billions of dollars of corporate bonds, saying the trial judge should have been recused because his wife owned stock in one of the banks. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said that while U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman "almost certainly unknowingly" had a conflict of interest, his partiality could reasonably be questioned because his wife's ownership of Bank of America stock created an "appearance of impropriety." A spokesman for the Manhattan federal court, where Liman works, declined to comment.
Investors remain bullish on bank stocks in the first half of 2024, driven by rate cut expectations, decent lending and modest economic growth. So, banks - Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), JPMorgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and BNY Mellon (BK) - outperform the S&P 500 index.