Brent crude and WTI recently rose to the highest levels in almost six months after the U.S. sanctioned Iran.
Despite bad headlines, many analysts, including Societe Generale, recommend buying European equities.
Technology stocks may be poised to carry the S&P 500 to eclipse its record high set in September 2018.
One of the largest problems with low volatility is that investors are lulled into a sense of calm.
Low liquidity and complacent investors could start churning the market waters, the firm's analysts said.
As volatility increases, liquidity decreases, worsening price moves, a JPMorgan analyst says.
Goldman Sachs analysts argue that a yield curve inversion is not necessarily a harbinger of recession.
Analysts anticipate dovish rhetoric as the Fed meets this week.
Morgan Stanley has been skeptical about the strength of the global economy for some time.
U.S. companies have been buying back shares for nearly 140 years, a company strategist said.