James Gard

3 weeks ago | morningstar.co.uk | James Gard

The Mansion House Accord follows on from the Mansion House Compact, which was signed in July 2023 by 11 pension providers and then chancellor, Jeremy Hunt. The agreement takes its name from the Mansion House speech, the annual event where the UK chancellor makes delivers an address to City of London grandees.

1 month ago | morningstar.co.uk | James Gard

A lot depends on whether the Trump administration continues to “walk back” on announced tariff rates, such as those imposed on the automotive industry. “If nothing changes, the US goes into recession,” says Iain Stealey, international CIO within the global fixed income, currency and commodities group at JP Morgan. More “walk backs” can avert recession, he says, but for now investors don’t know how much economic damage has already been done.

1 month ago | morningstar.dk | James Gard

STOXX Europe 600 lukkede med en stigning på næsten 2 %, og det amerikanske indeks steg med omkring 1,5%. "Den mere forsonlige tone fra Det Hvide Hus om handelsforhandlinger er i tråd med vores opfattelse af, at det værst tænkelige scenarie om toldsatser kan undgås", siger analytikere i den schweiziske bank UBS. De siger også, at regnskabssæsonen har været med til at forbedre investorernes tillid.

1 month ago | morningstar.com | James Gard |Gabe Alpert

US stocks rose on Wednesday as President Donald Trump backpedaled on his threat to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and indicated a potential deescalation of the trade war Trump started earlier this month. The Morningstar US Market Index rose 1.8%, the benchmark S&P 500 Index gained 1.8%, and the more tech-heavy NASDAQ rose 2.7%. All nine Morningstar Style Boxes rose, with the biggest gains coming from large-cap growth stocks, which jumped 2.6%.

1 month ago | morningstar.es | James Gard

La subida de las acciones de Tesla TSLA el martes también ayudó, ya que Elon Musk pareció volver a centrarse en la dirección de la empresa de vehículos eléctricos, alejándose del gobierno. A pesar de la caída de los beneficios, las acciones de la empresa ganaron un 4,60% el martes antes de los resultados y parece que subirán un 7% en la apertura del miércoles.