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The Dow rose more than 300 points on Thursday as investors turned their attention to an important labor-market update due out Friday morning.

"I think the next few weeks, this is a 'get out the popcorn moment' for tech," Wedbush Securities' Dan Ives said.

Fund managers have expressed scepticism over the creation of a BG ISA, arguing it is “unlikely to be the catalyst for fresh investment into the UK”.

Investors sweating over a market pullback can relax for now, as numerous factors are providing a tailwind for stocks, Goldman's John Flood said.

One of the reasons that Im optimistic is that Im surrounded by pessimists. The crux of our bullish outlook is that sentiment is still fairly tepid on equities. Subramanian says: "We would begin to get a little less enthusiastic when everybody else gets more enthusiastic. We would need to see a broadening out of the equity market."

Investors added $16 billion of net long positions in US stocks last week, in addition to ETF inflows, according to Citi.

The conditions facing small-cap stocks mirror 1999, when the sector embarked a streak of outperformance that lasted over a decade, Tom Lee said.

LGIM CIO Sonja Laud has suggested the Magnificent Seven could be reaching bubble territory, while proposing a thematic approach to AI.

From solid employment data to an imminent US presidential election, US small and mid-cap (SMID) equities look like they could benefit from several tailwinds In...

Global investors have expressed their “most bullish” sentiment since January 2022, according to the Bank of America’s Global Fund Manager survey.