GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks show resilience to wall of rates and inflation worries
The MSCI All Country stock index was slightly firmer and heading for first-half gains of about 11.5%, recouping over half of last year's losses, thanks in part to the AI boom lighting a fire under Big Tech. "Despite rising rates and worries of a recession, the market continues to climb a wall of worry and I think earnings will justify the multiples expansion that we've seen this year," said Patrick Spencer, vice chair of equities as RW Baird.