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Buffett's 'clearing' of Bank of America approaches the regulatory threshold: three consecutive days of selling, cashing out $0.46 billion!
According to the latest new document submitted to the SEC, Berkshire Hathaway reduced its shareholding in Bank of America stocks for three consecutive trading days on September 25, 26, and 27, 2024, totaling 11.678 million shares, with cashing out of approximately 0.461 billion dollars. After the latest sell-off, Berkshire Hathaway currently still holds 10.3% of the shares of this second largest bank in the USA, approaching the regulatory threshold of 10%.
Fed Rate Cut Paves the Way for Banks to Exit Emergency Facility
After the Fed began cutting interest rates, can bank of america stocks rekindle the glory of 1995?
In 1995, thanks to a series of rate cuts taken by the Federal Reserve, as well as the successful achievement of an economic 'soft landing' by then Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan, the banking industry experienced one of the best periods in American history. The BKX index saw an increase of over 40% by the end of that year, outperforming the S&P 500 index, and this outperformance against the large cap persisted for two years.
U.S. stock market closing | The 'Triple Witching Day' saw violent fluctuations in the final trading hour, with the Dow hitting a new all-time high; Intel surged in the final hour, gold reached a new high, and the offshore RMB rose by 300 points.
The Dow Jones hit a new high, while small-cap index fell more than 1% after seven consecutive gains, and the S&P briefly stopped falling in late trading. The Dow rose 1.6% for the week, the Nasdaq rose 1.5%, and energy stocks drove the S&P up 1.4%, the fifth consecutive weekly gain in six weeks, with small-cap stocks rising more than 2% and China concept stocks rising nearly 4% for the week.
US stocks close | Nasdaq rose 2.5%, Dow Jones, S&P hit record highs; chip stocks, Chinese concept stocks shine, Tesla rose more than 7%, Nvidia rose nearly 4%
The US unemployment benefits data strengthens expectations of an economic soft landing, with the Dow Jones breaking the 0.042 million point mark for the first time and the S&P closing above 5700 points for the first time. The Nasdaq rose 3% at one point, the chip index rose 5.7% at one point, the bank index rose nearly 3%, and the Chinese concept index rose over 4%.
Smaller Banks Outshine Big Ones Post-Fed -- WSJ