Morgan Stanley: Buy these 9 stocks for safe, high-quality earnings heading into a volatile 2024

As predictions for how the stock market will perform in 2024 continue to roll in, it’s becoming clear that hopes are largely high across Wall Street.

True, still-high inflation coupled with geopolitical conflict and domestic economic uncertainty — particularly among retailers heading into the all-important holiday shopping season — don’t bode well for the market in the short-term.