Mike Wilson: The Increasing Risks to Earnings

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

US stocks extended their losses amid trade tensions and mixed corporate earnings. Stronger-than-expected PMI data and warnings from Walmart, the US retail giant, that Trump's tariffs are driving up costs, have heightened inflation concerns and lifted yields. As markets are lookin ...  Show more

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 ...

The S&P 500 fails to rebound, the markets are poised for the Fed’s big rate hike, inflation and pump pressures are on, and crypto is crumbling. Founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments Sam Zell shares his unfiltered perspective on the Fed, energy prices, and DC policy, ...

Stocks are sliding and bonds are rallying, as investors react to accumulating evidence that inflation will persist even though the economy is slowing down. There’s a word for that kind of scenario: stagflation. “The Fed is facing one of the worst predicaments of its existence,” t ...  Show more