Big Picture · Week of 17 August 2026
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The S&P 500 remains in a secular bull market, with any pre-midterm weakness more likely a normal correction than a 2022-style bear market.
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The S&P 500 remains in a secular bull market, with any pre-midterm weakness more likely a normal correction than a 2022-style bear market.
US deficit and debt issues must be addressed rather than deferred, as they pose long-term risks to the dollar and Treasury securities’ risk-free status.
Bitcoin has held the floor of its power-law curve and corrected long enough to satisfy the time element of a mild four-year cycle winter.
$NVDA's Hugging Face deal could prove materially larger than it initially appears, supporting a more constructive long-term outlook.
Bearish
US housing affordability faces a crisis as 30-year mortgage rates have remained near 6.7% for the past month.
September rate-hike odds have risen to almost 60%, exceeding the 42% probability of holding rates steady at the next meeting.
US stocks are expected to decline over the near term, with gold and long bonds also projected to weaken materially.
1 Week Horizon
Ciovacco · XLK
Reznicek · Fed Policy
Reznicek · QQQ
Reznicek · DXY
Karsan · SPY
Karsan · GLD
Karsan · TLT
Hanke · USO
El-Erian · Fed Policy
El-Erian · SHY
Keller · AMZN
Keller · SNDK
Shannon · SPCX
Shannon · CRSP
Shannon · MRNA
Shannon · TSLA
Shannon · BTC
Shannon · TLT
Shannon · GM
Shannon · IWM
Shannon · QQQ
Shannon · SPY
Shannon · SMH
Shannon · XLE1 Month Horizon
Ciovacco · SPY
Ciovacco · Positioning & Vol
Ciovacco · AI
Ciovacco · QQQ
Ciovacco · HYG
Ciovacco · TLT
Ciovacco · Fed Policy
Ciovacco · Inflation
DiMartino Booth · TLT
Hanke · Housing
Reznicek · XLF
Reznicek · SPY
Reznicek · GLD
Keller · SPY
Keller · XLRE
Shannon · AAPL
Shannon · XLF
Shannon · XLE
Bianco · Liquidity
El-Erian · Fed Policy
Elliott · Earnings
Steno Larsen · Fed Policy
Steno Larsen · DXY
Roberts · TLT1 Year Horizon
DiMartino Booth · Fiscal & Treasury
DiMartino Booth · Inflation
DiMartino Booth · Fed Policy
Hanke · Tariffs & Geopolitics
Timmer · BTC
Snider · Liquidity
McCullough · NVDA
Bianco · Housing
Bianco · Inflation
Bianco · TLT
Bianco · Fiscal & Treasury
Nathan · NVDA
Schiff · Inflation
Steno Larsen · Growth
Hanke · Liquidity
Steno Larsen · AI
Hanke · USO
Bianco · DXY
Bianco · Growth
Bianco · AI
Bianco · BTC
Bianco · Positioning & Vol
Bianco · Fed Policy
Hanke · AIMoved Since Yesterday
McCullough · TLT Japanese 10-year yields are ramping back toward new cycle highs, reinforcing persistent upward pressure across global bond yields and US duration.
DiMartino Booth · DXY The dollar is likely to hover unless Treasury buybacks become materially larger, as a bigger program would be needed for another major decline.
Hanke · AI AI faces mounting local opposition as 75% of Americans oppose nearby data centers, up from 42% a year ago, reinforcing a sustained backlash.
Schiff · Fiscal & Treasury U.S. government spending needs to decline to address the problem rather than relying on symbolic rebranding, reflecting a long-standing fiscal concern rather than a fresh call.
Dale · SPY Stocks face a secular bear market if substantial redistributive policies, including higher taxes on the rich and greater spending on the poor, are adopted.
Dale · AI AI capex remains booming, supported by stock-market appreciation and favorable capital-income treatment that leaves the W-2 class comparatively pressured by K-shaped policies.
McCullough · BTC Bitcoin faces risk-management pressure, with nearly half of all bitcoin in existence currently worth less than its holders paid.
Sonders · Inflation Kansas City Fed manufacturing prices paid increased to +55 in August from +52 previously, signaling firmer input-price pressure.
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