EghtesadOnline: The second half of this year may be a golden opportunity for investors to enjoy handsome returns from the most benign global economic backdrop since the financial crisis, before the story changes in 2018.

EghtesadOnline: Airbnb Inc. completed its first major investor share buyback, repurchasing $94 million of the privately held company’s stock from Morgan Stanley , people familiar with the transaction said.

EghtesadOnline: Snapchat has chosen bankers for its initial public offering, which could happen as soon as March, according to people familiar with the matter.

EghtesadOnline: HSBC Holdings Plc, Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley see mounting evidence that global markets are in the last stage of their rallies before a downturn in the business cycle.

EghtesadOnline: A pushback against the populist movements that have threatened to destabilize the European Union will help bolster the euro for years, according to Andrew Sheets, chief cross-asset strategist at Morgan Stanley .

EghtesadOnline: It may not be a smooth ride, but investors who jump into Chinese equities and hold on for the long term will end up happy, according to Morgan Stanley .

EghtesadOnline: Apparently you can put a price on being a strategic adviser to a president. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas expects shares of Tesla Motors Inc. to surge 30 percent this year — and one of the reasons is the relationship between CEO Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump.

EghtesadOnline: The dollar is set to fall 5 percent in the next few months, the Federal Reserve isn’t raising interest rates anytime soon and U.S. economic data is only going to get worse.