Citadel Securities’ Rubner Sees Risk of Flow Unwind in US Stocks

May 18, 2026 | Markets

Risks are growing of an unwind in the powerful fund flows that drove US stocks to record highs in recent weeks, according to Citadel Securities’ Scott Rubner. The S&P 500 Index has surged about 16% from its March low, supported by robust earnings, corporate...

Texas Fund Revealed as Record Backer of State Street Credit ETF

May 18, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The identity of an investor that dramatically boosted assets in State Street Corp.’s private credit ETF has been revealed as a $60 billion sovereign wealth fund that provides funding to Texas public schools. The Texas Permanent School Fund bought more than 29 million...

Investors Add Exposure to China ETFs After Trump-Xi Meeting

May 18, 2026 | Markets

Investors plowed cash into China-focused exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace in over a year last week amid easing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies and the broader rally across artificial intelligence stocks. The $7.3 billion KraneShares...

SpaceX’s Mega-IPO Puts a Price on the Fear of Missing Out

May 18, 2026 | Markets

Elon Musk has turned science fiction into reality for the better part of two decades, making believers rich and earning the benefit of the doubt from many on Wall Street. Away from rockets and electric cars, his companies are bending reality on another plane –...

How Attack on UAE Shows Nuclear Plants’ Vulnerability in War

May 18, 2026 | Markets

A drone strike near the United Arab Emirates’ only nuclear power plant has underscored the fragility of the Iran war ceasefire and vulnerability of such civilian energy infrastructure. Barakah is the Middle East’s largest nuclear power plant, located around 280...

Morgan Stanley’s chief latest forecast: Bond market turmoil could lead to a pullback in US equities, but the long-term bull market outlook remains optimistic.

May 18, 2026 | Markets

According to Zhitong Finance, as the selloff in global bond markets continues to intensify, the AI-driven rally in U.S. equities is facing a severe test. Mike Wilson, Chief U.S. Equity Strategist at Morgan Stanley, warned that if bond market volatility increases and...