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Macroscope | The real reason stock markets are still flying high despite grave risks

South China Morning Post · · 194 words · By Anthony Rowley
Financial Market Stability
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The value of global assets under management is set to rewrite records, with PricewaterhouseCoopers expecting the figure to rise from nearly US$140 trillion in 2024 to US$200 trillion by 2030.”
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Multiple web search results referencing PwC's 2025 Global Asset & Wealth Management Report confirm the expected rise in Global Assets Under Management (AUM) from US$139 trillion in 2024 to $200 trillion by 2030. This constitutes confirmation from multiple sources citing the same report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of cities in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP). The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities may be classified using the same…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PricewaterhouseCoopers, also known as PwC, is a multinational professional services network based in London, England. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is one of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PwC
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“McKinsey, which puts the 2024 figure at US$135 trillion, said this had grown to US$147 trillion in mid-2025.”
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The claim specifies figures from McKinsey regarding 2024 and mid-2025. While web search results mention McKinsey, none of the provided evidence sources contain the specific figures ($135 trillion in 2024 and $147 trillion by mid-2025) to corroborate this claim from multiple independent sources. The evidence provided for this claim is limited to general McKinsey information.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $4.048 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2024. It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If Califor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter designed and produced by the American McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Development of the F-101 began in the late 1940s as a long-range bomber esc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo
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“The benchmark S&P 500 index has soared to record highs in recent days as has the tech-heavy Nasdaq index, while Japanese stocks have also soared to new highs with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average briefly rising above the 60,000 mark for the first time.”
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The claim asserts that the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Nikkei have recently hit record highs, with the Nikkei briefly exceeding 60,000. While Wikipedia provides general information on the Nasdaq-100, Nasdaq Composite, and Nikkei 225, none of the gathered evidence (web search or Wikipedia) contains real-time reporting or specific confirmation of these indices hitting record highs or the Nikkei exceeding 60,000 in the context of the claim. The evidence is insufficient to corroborate the 'soared to record highs' aspect from multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nikkei 225, or the Nikkei Stock Average (Japanese: 日経平均株価, Hepburn: Nikkei heikin kabuka), more commonly called the Nikkei or the Nikkei index (), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Excha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq-100
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NASDAQ Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite
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