Stock market update

Morgan Stanley sees European equities broadening as AI volatility drives diversification

Europe is no longer just a trade for when the US stumbles; it's becoming a genuine diversification destination.

Eamonn Sheridan

Broader US stocks close near session highs for the day. Dow closes at a new record

S&P index closes ABOVE its 100 hour moving average. NASDAQ index closes just BELOW its 100 hour moving average

Greg Michalowski

Nasdaq climbs to the highs of the day as Alphabet and Amazon lead the way

Big gains for some megacap tech names

Adam Button

Consumer cyclical surge: Amazon and Tesla drive market optimism

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Itai Levitan

SpaceX hype may be cooling as valuation concerns and rate risks weigh on sentiment.

AI buildout echoes dot-com and railway manias, BIS warns on bust risk and recession threat

Different this time? The world's central bank for central banks just said the AI boom looks a lot like every other boom that ended badly.

Eamonn Sheridan

The AUS and the NZD were the weakest of the major currencies vs USD today

Tech stocks surge while semiconductors struggle

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Itai Levitan

Tokyo shares down ~4%, South Korea down ~6%. Fingers pointing at OpenAI IPO delay

AUD and Kiwi slapped lower too.

Eamonn Sheridan

Equities on the slide. US futures down, Asian indexes down.

ES -0.2%, NQ -0.7%

Eamonn Sheridan

KOSPI in focus as Samsung plans 648 bln domestic push and South Korea caps fuel prices

A 648 billion dollar investment pledge and a government price cap signal South Korea is playing offence on both growth and inflation.

Eamonn Sheridan

New York Times says 'OpenAI leans toward waiting until next year for IPO'

Sam Altman insistent on a US$1t tln valuation

Eamonn Sheridan

The price action in tech stocks is a mess

What's the signal?

Adam Button

tech tumbles: bright spots for banks and healthcare

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Itai Levitan

JPMorgan says non-US stocks at 25% discount but cheap alone won't shift flows

The cheapest international equities in decades are proving that being cheap is not the same as being bought.

Eamonn Sheridan

JP Morgan lifts S&P 500 target to 7,800 but warns of flash crash risk in crowded AI trades

ICYMI - JP Morgan's upgrade comes loaded with caveats, and the flash crash warning may matter more than the new target.

Eamonn Sheridan

Communication services soar: A glimpse into today's market dynamics

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Itai Levitan

Samsung $65bn buyback and new chip cluster talks spark South Korea equity bounce

Samsung is throwing capital at shareholders and capacity at AI, and Seoul is cheering both.

Eamonn Sheridan

BofA lifts Nikkei target to 76,000 on AI demand, Hormuz relief and rising corporate ROE

BofA sees Japan's equity rally extending, with the next leg driven by leverage rather than margins.

Eamonn Sheridan

CFD mimics NQ, restrained puke so far 24 June 2026

Retail investors chase AI upside as pros stay cautious and Nasdaq longs pile up

Investors are chasing the AI trade with historic conviction, and the risks are stacking up to match.

Eamonn Sheridan

Alphabet will replace Verizon in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

S&P Global said the Google parent’s A shares would be included the 30-stock index ahead of Monday’s trading next week.

Eamonn Sheridan

OpenAI targets $100bn in ad revenue by end of decade, Semafor reports

OpenAI has abandoned its no-ads principle and is now chasing a slice of the internet's most lucrative business model, at scale and in a hurry.

Eamonn Sheridan

AI, fiscal spending and credit growth to drive markets higher, UBS says

UBS says stay invested and stay diversified, because the cost of sitting in cash while this market moves is becoming increasingly hard to justify.

Eamonn Sheridan

S&P 500 Morgan Stanley forecast 23 June 2026

Liquidity squeeze, not rate hikes, is the near-term threat to stocks, says Morgan Stanley

Wilson thinks Warsh's first meeting was a necessary discomfort, but the liquidity squeeze it has set in motion will keep equities under pressure into July.

Eamonn Sheridan

Market recap: Tech giants stumble amid semiconductor rally

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Itai Levitan

US futures - Globex - has opened for the new week, equity indexes down, oil up

Oil up around 2% while ES and NQ are lower (-0.3% and -0.4% respectively

Eamonn Sheridan

Tech breakthrough: Semiconductors surge, energy struggles

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Itai Levitan