Brian Chappatta, Columnist

Bank Stocks Are Either Cheap or Signal More Pain

With the S&P 500 crossing 3,000, watch financial shares to see whether the rally can last.

May 26, 2020 at 7:23 PM UTC

Brian Chappatta is managing editor of Bloomberg News' leveraged finance and distressed debt teams. He was previously managing editor and team leader of its wealth group. Before that he was a Bloomberg Opinion markets and finance columnist and a bonds reporter for Bloomberg News.

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Something strange happened in the U.S. stock market on Tuesday.

No, it wasn’t that the S&P 500 crossed 3,000 for the first time in almost three months, generating a yelp of joy from the White House and groans from Wall Street veterans who remain perplexed at the seeming disconnect between financial markets and the American economy.