Big Picture · Week of 17 August 2026

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AI

AI adoption and inflation anxiety are expected to remain defining forces in markets, extending the current era beyond a short-term cycle.

Michael Kantrowitz BULLISH

Piper Sandler Chief Investment Strategist. HOPE framework — Housing, Orders, Profits, Employment.

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Editorial Representation of Michael Kantrowitz

AI adoption and inflation anxiety are expected to remain defining forces in markets, extending the current era beyond a short-term cycle.

Editorial Representation of JC Parets
JC Parets NKE Moderate

Nike has a really big move brewing as volatility is super compressed, signaling an upside breakout setup for $NKE.

Editorial Representation of Lance Roberts

Economic activity currently supports markets despite prevailing concerns, with the EOCI historically showing a high correlation to nominal GDP growth and earnings.

Editorial Representation of Charlie Bilello

US national debt increased by $2.8 trillion over the next year despite stated plans to pay it down, pointing to continued debt expansion.

Editorial Representation of Adam Mancini

The S&P needs to recover 7,680 to begin its next leg higher following an extremely choppy, low-volatility trading session.

Bearish

Editorial Representation of Darius Dale

Treasury bonds face sustained selling pressure from a geopolitical supply-demand imbalance, with financial repression expected to remain a recurring issue for 5 to 10 years.

Editorial Representation of Peter Schiff

The U.S. dollar’s further weaponization over Iran policy will accelerate global de-dollarization, worsening the need to buy back or monetize Treasuries.

Editorial Representation of Brian Shannon

Bitcoin could see deeper profit-taking toward the year-to-date VWAP and the VWAP from the latest thrust if its hourly break above last week’s high fails.

Editorial Representation of Bob Elliott

Dollar positioning among macro managers has turned bearish in response to the most recent Fed and Treasury policy efforts.

Editorial Representation of Luke Gromen

Iranian secondary sanctions targeting China will raise international questions about the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, pressuring the USD structurally.

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1 Year Horizon

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Editorial Representation of Adam Mancini Mancini · SPY
Adam Mancini
BULLISH BEARISH Week

The S&P futures setup is very weak and used up after another 7680 trap, with 7645–50 below as the near-term downside level.

Editorial Representation of Tom Lee Lee · BTC
Tom Lee
BULLISH BEARISH Year

Ethereum’s breakout in the ETH/$BTC ratio after nine years signals a sustained period of Ether outperformance relative to Bitcoin.

Editorial Representation of David Woo Woo · TLT
David Woo
BEARISH BULLISH Year

Long-duration Treasury prices should stop falling as financial repression protects the AI capital-expenditure boom from rising yields that could otherwise choke it off.

Editorial Representation of Lance Roberts Roberts · TLT
Lance Roberts
BULLISH BEARISH Month

Long Treasury yields are rising as markets adjust to stronger economic growth reflected in corporate earnings, while inflation expectations remain flat.

Editorial Representation of Steve Hanke Hanke · Fiscal & Treasury
Steve Hanke
BULLISH BEARISH Month

US tariff revenues turned negative in June and July as refunds exceeded collections, making Trump’s tariffs a fiscal catastrophe.

Where They Diverge

TLT
Inflation
Fed Policy
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