BlackRock upgrades U.S. stocks to overweight, says AI-driven rally could broaden in next 6 to 12 months

BlackRock on Monday upgraded its overall outlook for U.S. stocks to overweight from neutral, as the world’s largest asset manager sees the S&P 500’s upward momentum continuing for the next six to 12 months amid cooling inflation and potential interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The stock market’s tech-driven rally, fueled by investor excitement over artificial intelligence, should “broaden out as inflation falls further, the Fed starts to cut rates, and the market sticks to its rosy macro outlook,” s ...