Six of the largest banks in the US recorded exceptional returns in 2024, despite recession fears and geopolitical uncertainty.

JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley printed $145.68 billion in combined profits last year, largely propelled by stellar performances in investment banking and dealmaking.

JPMorgan Chase witnessed a net income of $58.5 billion in 2024, with $14 billion in Q4 alone, due to increased investment and consumer banking activity.

Says JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon,

“The US economy has been resilient. Unemployment remains relatively low, and consumer spending stayed healthy, including during the holiday season. Businesses are more optimistic about the economy, and they are encouraged by expectations for a more pro-growth agenda and improved collaboration between government and business.” 

Bank of America generated a net income of $27.1 billion last year, driven by strong fee earnings. Wells Fargo had a net income of $19.7 billion in 2024 amid double-digit growth in both trading and investment banking.

Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs recorded $14.28 billion in net earnings last year as the firm ranked among the top across the globe in terms of completing mergers and acquisitions. Morgan Stanley reported $13.4 billion in net income in 2024 behind “strong results” across the firm’s business segments.

As for Citi, the bank posted $12.7 billion in profits last year amid “record years” in the firm’s Services, Wealth and US Personal Banking divisions.

Citing data from market analysis firm FactSet, the Financial Times reports that the combined profits posted by the six banks are a 20% increase from the earnings generated in 2023 and represent the second-highest on record in 17 years.

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Bitcoin (BTC) reached an all-time high above $100,000 earlier this week as a number of tailwinds fueled a post-U.S.-election rally in the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Citi (C) said in a research report on Thursday.

“The nomination of digital asset-friendly Paul Atkins to chair the SEC provided the final boost,” that saw bitcoin break through $100,000 to record highs, analysts led by Alex Saunders wrote.

The cryptocurrency was trading around $98,500 at the time of publication.

Bitcoin continues to be bolstered by exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows and other buying as adoption grows, the bank noted.

The macro environment is also constructive for digital assets. Loose financial conditions and resilient growth are positive for crypto tokens, Citi said.

“Other digital assets likely have more to gain from a more permissive regulatory environment,” the authors wrote, noting that bitcoin’s dominance has fallen.

Citi said it hasn’t seen a notable rise in on-chain activity.

Over the longer term, the bank said a network’s utility or value will be linked to its usage, macro correlations and production costs.

A new, more benign regulatory system could unlock more and wider use cases for blockchain assets, the report added.

More permissive crypto policies should broaden the asset class, Citi said, but bitcoin, which has already been classified as a commodity, and has both a spot ETF and a futures contract, has less to gain than other tokens.

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