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US stocks may have further room to rise despite elevated valuations, as the earnings and productivity gains generated by artificial intelligence are not yet fully reflected in equity prices, according to HSBC's Willem Sels. According to Bloomberg, Sels, global chief investment officer at HSBC Private Bank and Premier Wealth, said investors remain skeptical about the sustainability of corporate earnings growth, particularly among technology and semiconductor companies.
The Fed is likely to be less concerned that a rate hike will damage the labor market.
Bond ETFs can be a safer alternative to stocks during market volatility. Another appeal is their potential to protect against inflation.
The S&P 500 has risen about 2.6% since late June despite a global bond market selloff that pushed 10-year Treasury yields to a high of 4.815%.
The 10-year Bund yields reached their highest since 2011 and yields on U.K. 10-year government bonds climbed to their highest level since 2007.
Many factors are sending yields higher, but rising energy costs are the inflationary trigger
The bond selloff comes as investors were already reassessing inflation risks and government borrowing as renewed military escalations between the U.S. and Iran sparked a new surge in oil prices, with crude rising to $92 a barrel on Tuesday after two Saudi oil tanks were struck in the Strait of Hormuz. The strait handled around 20 million barrels of crude oil per day before the war, and while the U.S. says between 8 million and 9 million barrels are now exported daily, other tracking firms and analysts believe the number is between 2 million and 6 million.
Global bond yields surged Tuesday as renewed tension between the U.S. and Iran reinforced inflation expectations, which increased the prospect of interest-rate hikes in the coming months.