Michael Msika

Since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher unleashed a wave of privatizations in the 1980s, the London Stock Exchange has been a symbol of Britain’s free-market economy. Home to companies that dominate global industries, including AstraZeneca Plc, Shell Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc, the FTSE 100 Index is an international benchmark. Yet in recent years, trading volume has slumped and some British companies have picked other markets to list their shares. It appears to fit the narrative of a nation whose

Un repunte de las acciones de Estados Unidos previo a la temporada de resultados corporativos presenta un riesgo a corto plazo para las acciones dada la perspectiva de más aumentos de tasas de la Reserva Federal y la disminución del crecimiento de las ganancias, según Michael Wilson de Morgan Stanley.

The rebound in European equities since mid-March has failed to win over strategists, who predict that the sustained campaign of central-bank interest rate hikes will stall the rally.

The abnormal sense of calm signaled by Wall Street’s favorite volatility gauge could spell trouble for investors who see the market lull as an all-clear to buy stocks, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists are calling time on their preference for euro-area stocks over their US peers.

Saudi Aramco already shells out a dividend that’s worth more than payouts from the next five largest global payers combined. That gap is now set to widen.

Hedge funds positioned for a sharp slump in global equities have become too pessimistic and might have to turn bullish if stocks keep rallying, in turn sending the market even higher, Societe Generale SA strategists say.

If you want to catch the brisk recovery rally in tech stocks this year, you’d better buy shares exposed to artificial intelligence, such as Nvidia Corp., or cloud computing and avoid the popular behemoths like Apple Inc., Google-parent Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.

This year’s searing Big Tech rally is showing signs of overheating, with at least one technical measure suggesting a pullback might be right around the corner.

Even record dividends aren’t tempting investors enough to bet on stocks they see as more vulnerable in a recession.