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Market briefs

Macro, sectors and indicators — read weekly, not reactively

Context for long-term investors, filtered for signal over noise.

Economic indicators

This week's readings

CPI (YoY)

2.9%

vs. 3.1% prior

Unemployment

4.1%

unchanged m/m

Fed Funds Rate

4.50%

held this meeting

GDP Growth

2.4%

Q/Q annualized

Federal Reserve building
Policy

Reading the Fed's pause between the lines

A hold doesn't mean neutral. What the dot plot and duration curve suggest about the next move.

6 min read
Trading floor screens showing sector performance
Sector Watch

Industrials quietly outpace tech this quarter

A rotation worth tracking, and what it implies for cyclical exposure heading into year-end.

5 min read
Shipping containers representing global trade data
Macro

Freight volumes hint at demand ahead of CPI

Leading indicators worth watching before next month's inflation print lands.

7 min read
Analyst charting market outlook on a whiteboard
Outlook

Three scenarios for the back half of the year

A base case, a soft-landing case, and a stagflation risk case — and how allocation should respond to each.

9 min read
Energy infrastructure representing sector performance
Sector Watch

Energy capex cycle enters a new phase

Capital discipline is reshaping free cash flow yields across the sector.

6 min read
Housing market data representing macro trends
Macro

Housing affordability and the rate-lock effect

Why existing-home inventory stays tight even as demand softens at the margin.

8 min read

Risks we're watching

  • Sticky services inflation delaying rate cuts
  • Credit spread widening in lower-quality issuers
  • Geopolitical disruption to energy and shipping

Where we see support

  • Resilient consumer balance sheets
  • Corporate earnings breadth improving beyond mega-cap tech
  • Capex cycle in energy and infrastructure sectors