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Oil stocks, materials and techs have been market leaders this year. That trend could continue if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates later this year and in 2027.
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Oil stocks, materials and techs have been market leaders this year. That trend could continue if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates later this year and in 2027.

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Chip makers and other tech stocks weighed on major U.S. indexes.

Warsh wants an “unfiltered message from markets,” while Bessent is buying long Treasuries because he says yields no longer reflect the underlying fundamentals. AI hyperscalers issued $220bn of debt through August 10, versus $12.5bn in the comparable 2025 period, while Treasury is fighting for basically the same capital.

A district attorney in the U.S. state of California said on Monday the office has ended a criminal probe into a GKN Aerospace factory and announced a claims program of up to $100 million for more than 50,000 nearby residents who left their homes in May due to a chemical incident at the plant.

Iran's "economic D-Day" sanctions are unlikely to shift the regime's stance or meaningfully impact global markets near-term. Much of the negative market impact from Iran-related turmoil is already priced in; expect volatility but not fundamental disruption before the U.S. midterms.

Valuations today are so stretched that it may not take much more straw to break the camel's back.

The $40 trillion debt sounds alarming, but context matters: Household wealth has risen far more over the same period. Markets appear to have absorbed higher Treasury yields so far.

Steve Keen has spent two decades telling anyone who'll listen that markets watch the wrong debt. This week he put a clock on it.

Basic Materials broke out of a multi-month consolidation, with unusually broad strength in copper and agricultural input stocks creating several attractive trend-trading setups. The strength in economically sensitive Materials supports the narrative of a healthy economy with persistent inflation.

Industrials rebounded 0.29% on Friday, snapping four consecutive declines. The gain wasn't enough to lift the sector back above its 50-DMA, but it did add to the series of higher lows that have been in place since the spring.

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund portfolio modestly trailed the MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Index in Q2. On an individual company basis, NICE, Landis+Gyr and DBV Technologies were the largest Q2 detractors. Our top contributors for the quarter were Rohm, LivaNova and Glanbia.

Strategy sold $2 billion of stock last week and bought no Bitcoin with it. Its holdings sat unchanged at 840,447 BTC while Bitcoin posted the largest weekly dollar gain in its history.

AI trade fundamentals will likely drive future returns as speculative leverage unwinds, evidenced by lower volatility in semiconductor stocks. But, leverage is moving on and off-balance sheets of major AI players like Alphabet (GOOGL) and NVIDIA (NVDA), introducing hidden systemic risks reminiscent of the Dot.com era.

Trump admin unveils anti-Iran global sanctions plan, signals China not exempt