Is This Dow Jones' Rally Sustainable?

Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global

20-May-24 07:00

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The Dow Jones Index made history closing above 40,000 points on May 17th. Kingsley Jones, the chief investment officer at Jevons Global, talks about the sectors driving this rally including defence stocks, driven by the many wars worldwide, as well as AI, and whether or not there is room for it to move higher.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Keith Kam, Shazana Mokhtar

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Categories: markets, economy, politics, government, international, gaming

Tags: federal open market committee (fomc), dow jones, high inflation, asx 200, tariffs,

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