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Financials Gain on Hopes for Bull Market - Financials Roundup

Shares of banks and other financial institutions rose amid hopes that a bond and stock-market bonanza could continue.

Wall Street investment banks and alternative-investment firms are clamoring to get a piece of the lucrative artificial-intelligence investing craze.

Firms such as Blackstone are exploring "private credit," providing high-interest loans to bolster growth plans for AI firms.

There's also likely to be a series of initial-public offerings and secondary offerings from AI companies eager to capitalize on public enthusiasm for the emerging technology of generative AI.

U.S. regulators took a major step forward Thursday toward green-lighting spot ether exchange-traded funds that could potentially lead to mainstream adoption of the world's second-most popular cryptocurrency.

 

Write to Rob Curran at rob.curran@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 24, 2024 17:30 ET (21:30 GMT)

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