Morgan Stanley’s stock (NYSE: MS) gained over 30% year-to-date. This compares to rival Goldman Sachs stock, which has seen its stock gain over 40% year-to-date. So what are some of the trends driving MS stock higher?

Morgan Stanley said Nvidia stock is its top pick heading into 2025, and success of Blackwell should dispel investors' lingering concerns.

The firm pointed out that the lack of broad participation among stocks, which began to deteriorate at the start of December, coincided with a rise in 10-year U.S. Treasury yields above a critical 4.5% threshold. This increase in yields has historically acted as a headwind for stocks, flipping the correlation with equity multiples to negative.

Wall Street is expecting another positive year for the stock market in 2025 — but there's one investment strategy traders should follow, as the outlook for stocks is more mixed than it appears, according to Morgan Stanley's top stock strategist.

Investment bank Morgan Stanley on Friday issued a bullish report on artificial intelligence chipmakers, calling Nvidia stock a top pick for 2025.

AI technology has become the ‘shiny new thing’ in the business world, the new tech that transforms industries with streamlined workflows, smarter applications, more satisfied customers, increased revenues – essentially,