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Stocks Try to Bounce. Oil and Gold Aren't Buying It

Jul 20, 2026

Stocks Try to Bounce. Oil and Gold Aren't Buying It

Futures point higher after a growth-led selloff dragged the chip complex into a bear market, yet crude sits near a one-month high and gold holds above $4,000, both still bid on a weekend of Gulf escalation. The even-weight construction caps technology near a sixth of the mix and spreads the rest across the real-economy sectors built for an inflation-tinged backdrop.

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June Said Inflation Was Beaten. Oil Reopened the Case

Jul 19, 2026

June Said Inflation Was Beaten. Oil Reopened the Case

The soft June inflation prints were really a cheap-oil story, and oil came roaring back this week as the Strait of Hormuz seized up. Growth and the chip trade took the hit while the blue chips held their ground. The even-weight build caps technology near a sixth of the mix and spreads the rest across the real economy, on the cushioned side of a growth-led week.

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Six Nights of Strikes. The Chip Trade Finally Blinked

Jul 17, 2026

Six Nights of Strikes. The Chip Trade Finally Blinked

The AI trade cracked from Taipei to Tokyo before New York woke up, and a widening war has crude on pace for its best week since April. Both systematic strategies own the trends that confirmed, with technology capped near a sixth of the even-weight mix and utilities at a full position.

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Inflation Cooled Twice. Now Comes the Shopper

Jul 16, 2026

Inflation Cooled Twice. Now Comes the Shopper

Two soft inflation reads in two days pushed stocks back to record territory with the fear gauge near its lows. Both systematic strategies open near fully invested, spread across all three benchmarks and the seven real-economy sectors doing the market's broadening work.

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Inflation Just Fell the Most Since 2020. The Market Didn't Wait

Jul 15, 2026

Inflation Just Fell the Most Since 2020. The Market Didn't Wait

June inflation posted its biggest monthly drop in five years, the largest banks blew past estimates, and the fear gauge slid back toward its lows. Both systematic strategies open near fully invested across all three benchmarks and seven real-economy sectors, positioned in the trends the softer read just rewarded.

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Everyone Waited for Inflation. Oil Didn't

Jul 14, 2026

Everyone Waited for Inflation. Oil Didn't

June inflation, five of the largest banks, and the Fed chair before Congress all land in one session. But an overnight jump in crude on renewed Gulf tension pushed the ten-year to a two-month high and reopened the inflation question before the data even arrived. Both systematic strategies open near fully invested in the real-economy trends already working.

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