J.P. Morgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, is the first major lender to report earnings.
The company is closely watched by investors looking for clues into how the industry's Wall Street and Main Street businesses fared in the quarter.
J.P. Morgan CFO Jennifer Piepszak said trading revenue was "meaningfully" higher in the fourth quarter versus a year ago. The rebound comes from the industry's' fixed-income trading operations, projected to rise 25% on average, versus a 3% bump in stock trading revenue, KBW analyst Brian Kleinhanzl wrote last month., outpacing the broader stock indices in the fourth quarter as investors rushed into an under-owned sector. J.P.
But banks may face pressure this year as interest rates stay low or are even slashed further. The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rates for the third time in October, and that pressures net interest income, or the revenue that banks garner from collecting loan payments, minus the interest it pays to depositors.
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