While each strategist has their own reasons for leaning mostly bullish on the stock market next year, several themes overlap among top forecasters.
Britain has had diplomatic contact with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that swept Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power last week, British foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday. "HTS remains a proscribed organisation, but we can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact as you would expect," Lammy told broadcasters. On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has had direct contact with HTS.
Wall Street’s top strategists say bank stocks are a top play for 2025.