Morgan Stanley CEO: Optimistic about the US stock market, expects the S&P 500 to continue to pump.

Theodore ‘Ted’ Pick, CEO of Morgan Stanley, expressed optimism about the stock market and stated that the US economy will continue to perform well in 2025 at the annual Asia-Pacific Summit held by Morgan Stanley in Singapore, according to CNBC. ‘The world is still dominated by US consumers. The balance sheets of US companies are overall very good. And the new government is talking about economic growth,’ Pick said. He admitted that there may be some caution due to factors such as policy uncertainty, but ‘overall, people continue to maintain a constructive attitude, which is understandable.’ Pick said that Morgan Stanley expects the S&P 500 index to rise and pointed out that industries such as finance and industry may perform well under the conditions of continued economic growth and some relaxation of regulations. The S&P 500 index has risen slightly more than 24% so far this year, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen 15.13%.