美国有线新闻 CNN 美股再创新高 道指首次突破25000点

 

AZUZ: Including General Electric, there are now 30 stocks listed in the Dow. They're called Blue Chips, stocks from companies that are financially strong and considered good investments. The Dow Jones average is one indication how the U.S. economy is doing and it hit a milestone¹ last week. It passed 25,000 points.

But it's not just the Dow's new high mark that made news. It's the speed at which the index reached the record. For the Dow to go from 5,000 points to 10,000, which it did back in the 1990s, it took more than three years. The index just jumped from 20,000 points from 25,000 in less than 12 months. Analysts² say this is because the U.S. economy is growing faster and that companies profits are high.

Some economists³ say it's possible for the economy to overheat, to grow too fast and cause inflation, when prices rise and people ar??en't able to buy as much. That could trigger a series of actions that could reverse economic growth.

Others say there's still plenty of room for the economy to grow without overheating. And if it does that, it's anyone's guess how high the Dow can go.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: The most impressive milestone yet for the Dow Jones Industrial Average: 25,000. It's a psychological mark but shows the explosive growth in stocks over the past year.

The blue chips first hit 20,000 on January 6th, 2017. By March, the Dow nailed 21,000. In early August, 22,000. In October, 23,000. Just 30 trading days after that mark, 24,000.

Two key developments driving this 8-year-old bull market ever higher:

First, President Trump's big push on tax reform. Investors⁴ cheered as Congress delivered a bill to the president's desk before Christmas.

Corporations are a big winner and Wall Street is betting companies will use their new spare cash to buy back stock and beef up their dividends⁵.

Second, corporate⁶ profits. Companies are making money and investors are optimistic about the future, so optimistic it seems nothing can stop this rally, not a growing nuclear threat from North Korea, not the Russia investigation⁷, not a series of interest rate hikes.

Dow 25,000 is here. The question now, can Dow 30,000 be far behind?

1 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 dividends   

红利( dividend的名词复数 )； 股息； 被除数； （足球彩票的）彩金

参考例句：

• Nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity. 没有什么比宽宏大量更能得到厚报。
• Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends. 五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益。

6 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。