Market news today - markets at a crossroads

About this episode

Tom Stevenson reviews the current state of the markets amidst rising earnings and geopolitical tensions.

This week in the markets: shares and bonds stand at a watershed as earnings soar on the back of the continuing AI investment boom but the Middle East conflict casts a persistent cloud over the economic outlook. Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Stevenson

Topics covered

• market news
• economic outlook
• AI investment
• Middle East conflict
• earnings
• shares
• bonds

Keywords

• market news
• AI investment
• Middle East conflict
• earnings
• shares
• bonds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fidelity International

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