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Access & Opportunity Podcast

Access & Opportunity with Carla Harris

In this special season, we're checking in with some of our previous season guests to understand how they're adjusting their schedules, businesses, outlook and investing styles amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Wealth Management

How Spike in COVID-19 Cases Affects Investment Outlook

U.S. stocks rose in July, even as the pandemic spread. Here’s why we still forecast an economic rebound.

Is the Pandemic Accelerating Digital Disruption?

COVID-19 and the impact of social distancing may become the ultimate tech disrupter, driving investment and digitalization innovations that could outlast the pandemic.

Life in the Time of COVID: Four Scenarios for the Road Ahead

The pace of recovery over the next 18 months will define the U.S. economic outlook over the next 3-5 years. Morgan Stanley outlines 4 scenarios for life after COVID.

How “Work From Home” May Work for Investors

Working from home began as a short-term response to COVID-19, but the trend will likely endure, with societal, business and market implications.

Capital Flows as Space Opens for Business

The space economy will require a self-sufficient ecosystem that includes capital, strategic partnerships and evolving business models. Here’s how it may develop in the coming years.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

Keeping It Black: 'Cultural Competence' Is Key

Carla Harris speaks with Kesha Cash of Impact America Fund and Diishan Imira, founder of Mayvenn, on what brought them together, the hurdles faced and the communities that sustain them.

Sales and Trading

Foundations’ Social Bonds Offer Funding Lifeline for Nonprofits

In a move that could change philanthropy, foundations are asking investors to finance grant-making to nonprofits, which are essential to a post-pandemic recovery and more equitable future.

COVID-19 Era Serves Up Big Changes for U.S. Restaurants

COVID-19 and social distancing have changed consumer behavior, bringing structural changes to the restaurant industry that could last long after a vaccine is found.

Does Earth's Future Depend on Space?

How satellite technology and space exploration could be the key to addressing climate change—and could be central to sustainable investing in the coming years.

Thoughts on the Market

The Case for Optimism in the Near Term

Chief Cross-Asset Strategist Andrew Sheets says although their base case for continued market strength is measured, there is an argument to be made for a bull case forecast.

2020 U.S. Election Preview: 5 Themes to Watch for Investors

Ahead of the November vote, the key variable for investors may rest with divided vs. unified government and its potential impact on policies that can move the economy and markets.

Investment Management

5 Climate Change Metrics for Investors in a Decarbonizing World

In the transition to a low-carbon economy, investors can harness new indicators to assess the risks and opportunities companies face due to climate change.

2020 Midyear Economic Outlook: Embracing a V-Shaped Recovery

Multiple economic indicators suggest that the global economy began recovering in May, is gaining momentum and may return to pre-pandemic levels by year-end.

2020 Midyear Investor Outlook: Unusual Times, Conventional Playbook

While 2020 has certainly been exceptional, Morgan Stanley strategists believe a new cycle has started—and a recovery could be more “normal” than investors expect.

Coronavirus: Economic Risk and Recovery

As nations work to contain the spread of the coronavirus, investors search for clarity on the path to recovery. Morgan Stanley analysts and economists share insights on the road ahead.

5 Ways the Coronavirus Recession Could Change the Internet

Sheltering in place has brought dramatic changes to how we live and work. Here are five areas of potential disruption online.

Thoughts on the Market

Who’s Driving The Growth in U.S. Money Supply?

Growth in money supply is one of the most powerful indicators for rising inflation—and its currently rising at record levels. How should investors position portfolios?

5 Ways the Coronavirus Recession Could Change the Internet

Sheltering in place has brought dramatic changes to how we live and work. Here are five areas of potential disruption online.

Thoughts on the Market

The Case for Optimism in the Near Term

Chief Cross-Asset Strategist Andrew Sheets says although their base case for continued market strength is measured, there is an argument to be made for a bull case forecast.

Thoughts on the Market

Emerging-Market Economies Face COVID-19

Emerging markets recovered quickly from the 2008 financial crisis, but could a more challenging backdrop in 2020 mean a different outcome this time?

Wealth Management

Look Under Market’s Surface

Instead of chasing recent gains in the S&P 500, investors should consider cyclical sectors.

Rise of the ASEAN Super Apps

Digital disruption has been slow to arrive in Southeast Asia, but several factors are converging to put the region at an inflection point and drive adoption of multipurpose super apps.

Thoughts on the Market

Reopening at the Tipping Point

How should investors think about the recovery as the U.S. balances reopening with concerns over a second wave of coronavirus infections?

Institute for Sustainable Investing

7 Insights from Asset Owners on the Rise of Sustainable Investing

Sustainable investing is gaining traction in record numbers, according to key findings from Morgan Stanley’s new survey of institutional investors.

Investment Management

Coronavirus and the Butterfly Effect

How an increasingly interconnected world has amplified COVID-19’s repercussions and its ramifications for sustainable investing.

Banking on the Next Cycle

Although the banking industry was at the epicenter of the previous global recession, the coronavirus pandemic now positions the industry to play a vital role as a shock absorber for the economy.

Access & Opportunity Podcast

Coming Back, Changed

Carla Harris checks in with Hope Knight, President and CEO of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, on how she continues to support her community in the time of COVID-19.

The Coronavirus Recession: Sharper But Shorter

Although first-quarter GDP data confirm that the U.S. and euro area are in recession, some signs out of China suggest a shorter-than-expected downturn.

Why COVID-19 Could Reshape the Future of Health Care

The pandemic reveals U.S. health-care system flaws and underscores benefits from innovation and streamlined regulation. See the 5 areas likely in focus for change.

Sales and Trading

Reviving States, Cities and the Munibond Market Amid COVID-19

As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts the U.S. economy, some state and local governments are accessing much needed capital through the municipal bond market.

Financing Climate Action as Earth Day Turns 50

Climate change risks have never been more acute, as the world’s largest environmental movement reaches a milestone. That’s why financial institutions, policymakers and investors are mobilizing markets to meet the challenges of reducing carbon emissions and other pollutants.

After the Coronavirus Peak, What’s Next?

As the growth in new cases of infection appears to be slowing in some hard-hit regions, what comes next? A look at what needs to happen before the world can “reopen.”

Announcing the Multicultural Innovation Lab 2020 Cohort

Despite some macro challenges, our new cohort is ready to kick off the fourth year of Morgan Stanley's accelerator program for tech startups led by multicultural founders.