Rising bond yields pose a key risk to global equities as they navigate the historically weak month of September, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Grace Peters.
Strong US earnings growth should push stocks even higher before the outlook becomes less certain in 2027, with a risk that margins come under pressure, according to Bhanu Baweja, chief strategist at UBS Group AG.
Equities face no serious threat from higher bond yields or oil prices as long as Brent crude stays below $100 a barrel, according to Maximilian Uleer of Deutsche Bank AG.
The US’s decision to sell euros to support Japan’s currency without warning European policymakers is adding to geopolitical risks and further dimming the appeal of longer-maturity government bonds, according to BlackRock Inc.
UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the governing Labour Party’s industrial strategy will survive its looming change of leadership, arguing Keir Starmer’s likely successor, Andy Burnham, was “already committed” to the policy.
Peter Kyle, UK business and trade secretary, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. UK Prime Minister Starmer entered Downing Street less than two years ago and he will leave later this summer as yet another short-lived British prime minister who failed to come to terms with the world US President Donald Trump forged.
European NATO allies have mostly replaced the assets that the US has cut from its rescue plans in case of a war in Europe, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Sir John Stringer said in an interview.
Delegates attend the meeting of North Atlantic Council in Defense Ministers at the NATO headquarters in June. Photographer: Omar Havana/Getty Images
Hayfin Capital Management has raised more than €15 billion ($17.1 billion) for its new flagship direct lending fund in the latest sign that institutional investors are concentrating commitments with the biggest firms in the $1.8 trillion private credit market.
Prosus NV said profit more than doubled in the last fiscal year, beating analysts’ estimates as growth in the tech investment company’s e-commerce businesses and an increase in the value of the stake it owns in China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. boosted earnings.
Fabricio Bloisi, chief executive officer Prosus NV and Naspers Ltd., during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Monday, June 29, 2026. Prosus said profit more than doubled last fiscal year, beating analysts’ estimates after being boosted by growth in the tech investment company’s e-commerce businesses and an increase in the value of the stake it owns in China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Prosus NV said profit more than doubled in the last fiscal year, beating analysts’ estimates as growth in the tech investment company’s e-commerce businesses and an increase in the value of the stake it owns in China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. boosted earnings.
Fabricio Bloisi, chief executive officer Prosus NV and Naspers Ltd., during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Monday, June 29, 2026. Prosus said profit more than doubled last fiscal year, beating analysts’ estimates after being boosted by growth in the tech investment company’s e-commerce businesses and an increase in the value of the stake it owns in China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Big tech stocks could turn more attractive in the artificial intelligence trade as chipmakers show continued volatility, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategist Christian Mueller-Glissmann.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will set out plans to make the UK “investable” in a speech Thursday in the City of London designed to help revive the flagging fortunes of Parliament’s main opposition party.
Kemi Badenoch in London, on June 17. Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg
The recent selloff in technology stocks is a healthy sign after an increase in speculative positioning in the sector, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s head of asset allocation research.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
European equities could attract investors who are worried about the dominance of a handful of technology stocks, according to Sharon Bell, senior European equity strategist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Austria’s Erste Group Bank AG is ready to consider bolt-on acquisitions in all of its countries as it works to integrate its largest ever acquisition in Poland.
Signage for a newly branded Erste Bank Polska on a bank branch in Warsaw. Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg
European regulators should avoid adjusting electricity pricing in case it puts at risk investment in clean energy, according to Statkraft AS, the region’s top producer of renewable power.
Birgitte Vartdal, on March 16. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
European regulators should avoid adjusting electricity pricing in case it puts at risk investment in clean energy, according to Statkraft AS, the region’s top producer of renewable power.
Birgitte Vartdal, on March 16. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
Paul Markham, head of global equities at GAM Investment, expects investors will remain cautious despite Tuesday’s relief rally, saying it’s “quite difficult to believe” the current bounce will be sustained.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Inflation is a bigger concern than economic growth as the European Central Bank assesses the implications of the war in Iran, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.
Inflation is a bigger concern than economic growth as the European Central Bank assesses the implications of the war in Iran, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.
Sustained higher oil prices resulting from conflict in the Middle East may fuel inflation in South Africa, though the buffers built by the government should help keep its debt-consolidation plans on track, the finance minister said.
South Africa's finance minister Enoch Godongwana on March 5. Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg