Goldman Sachs shares have been driving higher on optimism of a recovering economy and expectations that the standalone investment bank is well positioned for an eventual merger and acquisition wave.
Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling — or buying or selling by "superinvestors." Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. TheStreet.com reports.
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The attitude of fund managers toward the global economy and risk assets has improved in just the past several weeks, according to findings of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey.
Banks are valued below historical norms and the worst of the new financial regulations are already done, and that has one banking analyst upbeat about bank stocks.