Big Picture · Week of 17 August 2026
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A fragile economy and energy shock could trigger a downturn as the Fed follows the ECB, repeating a policy-mistake setup seen before.
Jeffrey Snider HIGHER
Eurodollar University. Money and credit creation, bank balance sheets, global dollar liquidity and deflationary regimes. Near-daily.
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A fragile economy and energy shock could trigger a downturn as the Fed follows the ECB, repeating a policy-mistake setup seen before.
Gold has upside support regardless of the outcome through a Bessent put, even as its correlation with oil weakens.
The S&P 500 needs to hold 7,722 and 7,695 on any dips to keep upside targets directly in play into Monday and Tuesday.
$BUXX is making new all-time highs, signaling continued upside momentum, a constructive near-term outlook, and potential further gains from current levels.
$ZS needs to push through $190 resistance to confirm a bullish technical setup rather than merely trading up to that level.
Bearish
$NVDA faces an obvious single point of failure as supplier, customer, and backstop for used-GPU prices, a long-standing risk rather than a fresh call.
Fed may deliver a “PR hike” as the approaching FOMC meeting raises the prospect of tighter policy despite market expectations.
Treasury financing faces renewed market dysfunction above roughly 4.8% yields, while hyperscalers can sustain borrowing costs near 8%.
1 Week Horizon
Roberts · Fed Policy
Mancini · SPY
McCullough · BUXX
McCullough · UNG
Keller · ZS
Keller · TSLA
Keller · Positioning & Vol
Wang · Fed Policy
Kochuba · AI
Parets · NVDA
Timiraos · Fed Policy
Shannon · GLD
Steno Larsen · LABOR
Sonders · Growth
Kochuba · Positioning & Vol
Woo · USO
McCullough · BTC
McCullough · OIH
Hanke · USO
McCullough · LULU
McCullough · GLD
McCullough · XSW
McCullough · CRCL
Dale · Liquidity
Fed may deliver a “PR hike” as the approaching FOMC meeting raises the prospect of tighter policy despite market expectations.
The S&P 500 needs to hold 7,722 and 7,695 on any dips to keep upside targets directly in play into Monday and Tuesday.
$BUXX is making new all-time highs, signaling continued upside momentum, a constructive near-term outlook, and potential further gains from current levels.
1 Month Horizon
Snider · Fed Policy
Snider · Recession Risk
Snider · Inflation
Woo · GLD
Woo · SPY
Woo · USO
Bianco · Fed Policy
Elliott · Recession Risk
Elliott · USO
Elliott · LABOR
Elliott · GLD
Elliott · Inflation
Bianco · TLT
Wang · Inflation
Wang · TLT
Wang · SPY
Lee · BMNR
Carlson · LABOR
El-Erian · LABOR
Hanke · LABOR
Schiff · LABOR
Bianco · Positioning & Vol
Bianco · LABOR
Sonders · LABOR
Fed policy risks repeating a mistaken rate-hiking response to perceived resilience despite an increasingly fragile economic setup that could ultimately prove the narrative wrong.
1 Year Horizon
Snider · Recession Risk
Snider · Inflation
Nathan · NVDA
Gromen · Fiscal & Treasury
Bianco · SPY
Bianco · Inflation
Bianco · TLT
Nathan · MSFT
Nathan · AMZN
Gromen · TLT
Elliott · Growth
Elliott · Fed Policy
Roberts · SPY
Roberts · Earnings
Schiff · LABOR
Schiff · Inflation
Schiff · Growth
Hanke · Inflation
Hanke · Growth
Bianco · Fed Policy
Bianco · Fiscal & Treasury
Roberts · TLT
Hanke · GLD
El-Erian · AI
A fragile economy and energy shock could trigger a downturn as the Fed follows the ECB, repeating a policy-mistake setup seen before.
US market pricing continues to reject a meaningful inflation problem, with TIPS, swaps, and the flattening yield curve signaling lower inflation pressure.
$NVDA faces an obvious single point of failure as supplier, customer, and backstop for used-GPU prices, a long-standing risk rather than a fresh call.
Moved Since Yesterday
Woo · USO Oil prices are likely to rise as mutual confidence in escalation between Iran and Trump creates a classic standoff setup.
El-Erian · AI AI faces a bumpy capital-markets path as higher borrowing costs, public resistance, and shallow adoption intensify internal and external pressures.
El-Erian · Fiscal & Treasury Historically reliable buyers of US Treasuries are eroding as China, Japan, and GCC economies face geopolitical and domestic funding pressures.
McCullough · GLD Gold gains are being partially booked after a near-term advance, reflecting a tactical reduction rather than a fresh directional call.
Dale · AI The bull market in AI is not over, supported by an expected shift toward yield-curve control by the end of next year.
Dale · Fed Policy Fed policy should shift toward yield curve control and financial repression, potentially during the lame-duck Congress later this year.
Dale · TLT Long Treasury bonds should sell off as the 10-year yield converges toward the 5.83% fair-value estimate over time.
Roberts · TLT Bond yields are rising as oil, term premium, the yen, and other pressures weigh on fixed income ahead of the approaching FOMC meeting.
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