Market Rebounds but Growth Is Uncertain

Markets have remained resilient despite the prospect of higher-for-longer rates. Our Global Head of Fixed Income Research Andrew Sheets considers the risks building beneath the surface.Read more insights from Morgan Stanley.----- Transcript -----Andrew Sheets: Welcome to Thoughts ... Show More

U.S. mortgage rates are hovering around their highest levels in three years. Morgan Stanley Co-Heads of Securitized Products Research Jay Bacow and James Egan examine the forces keeping homeowners locked in and buyers priced out of the housing market.Read more insights from Morga ... Show More

The AI investment boom has been a defining force in markets. Our Head of Public Policy Research Ariana Salvatore looks at whether the U.S. midterm elections could change the spending and policies behind it.Read more insights from Morgan Stanley.----- Transcript -----Ariana Salvat ... Show More

<p>Equity markets rallied after Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Uchida talked down the Japanese yen - but the rally faded into the US close as investors realised that more economic challenges may lie ahead. Nicolas Jordan, CIO Office, explains how our investment strategy is affecte ... Show More

<p>After a cautious start to Q2, equity markets regained their stride in Wednesday’s session climbing higher across regions. The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the Fed is still in wait-and-see mode when it comes to rate cuts, but markets took more comfort from t ... Show More

The market continues to go higher, despite a banking crisis. Interest rates are starting to come down. Things don’t seem as dire as once thought. We’ll give you our thoughts on what we see right now with the ten-year treasury at 3.5%. Markets inching higher throughout the year. W ... Show More

<p>Stocks reversing course as investors fear it could take the Fed even longer to cut rates. So could a potential delay keep markets from continuing their climb? Plus… is there a small cap comeback on the horizon? The signs starting to emerge, and where you look for leadership in ... Show More

Though surging stocks suggest markets are reaffirming hopes of a soft landing from the FED, some high-profile strategists disagree. Today's Stocks & Topics: Home Sales Report, Musk and Twitter, Oil Prices, VZ - Verizon Communications Inc., XLI - Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, ... Show More

Lawrence McMillan, head of McMillan Analysis, said that the current range-bound market has indicators that can work for short-term trades, but nothing that really allows him to look out more than a few weeks. He is looking for the market to break through resistance at 2,993 on th ... Show More

Markets rebounded sharply Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its first positive trading session after six consecutive down days. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said engineering a soft landing would involve “some pain,” as the central bank remains on t ... Show More

<p>Whilst US markets closed last week on a high, Asian markets were more circumspect overnight and sentiment in China was dented by declining industrial profits data. Although it has been announced that First Citizens Bank &amp; Trust Co is buying Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits a ... Show More

Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co., says that while the stock market has done well at the index level — where a few big names carried the benchmarks to big years — the fuller story has been told at a lower level, where the market has had more str ... Show More