Morning Bid: Odd couple: Surging stocks and gold

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Usually alternatives, stocks and gold are rising together as investors seek to ride an inflationary expansion by taking on AI-driven corporate risk with gold added to portfolios as a hedge against loosening monetary and fiscal policy worldwide. Monday's brief stumble on Wall Street looks to have been just that and both U.S. futures and European stocks rallied on Wednesday, w ...