Markets are entering June with momentum. May ended strongly, with major U.S. indexes at record highs after a run helped by big corporate earnings, hopes that the Middle East conflict might eventually cool, and the continuing belief that AI will keep creating winners. Global stocks have also been carried by the same force. After a shaky April, the MSCI World Index rose sharply again in May, marking its strongest two-month stretch since the rebound after Covid. Investors are still following the money, and the money is still going into AI.
