Analyzing Stock Market Performance, Bond Market Trends, and London's Financial Center Status

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Exploration of the S&P 500's performance driven by influential stocks like Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft, and the importance of diversification. Insight into the bond market's response to Federal Reserve actions and discussions on London's strategies to maintain its financial center status amidst banker bonus incentives and European banking challenges.

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has battered President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in the first round of snap parliamentary elections, US stock markets performing better than expected at the midyear point, and Morgan Stanley will join Goldman and JPMorgan in scrapping UK bonus caps.

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Our intern is Prakriti Panwar. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

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