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Earnings

Earnings: what mattered this week

Three beats, two misses and one guidance cut that the market initially misread as a positive. The sector dispersion this earnings season is wider than the index moves suggest — here's the breakdown by vertical.

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Indices

Nasdaq leadership rotates

For the first time since Q3 last year, mega-cap tech is underperforming the broader Nasdaq Composite on a 20-day basis. The rotation into industrials and healthcare is broadening participation — and complicating the AI trade narrative.

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Energy

Energy majors and the dividend trap

The majors are outperforming on a total return basis, but the yield support is masking weaker capex discipline than the market is pricing. Two names we'd watch carefully heading into next quarter's reserve updates.

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Small caps

Small caps: signs of life?

The Russell 2000 has broken out of a five-month consolidation range with above-average volume. Rate sensitivity makes small caps a leveraged bet on the Fed pivot timeline — the setup is either compelling or a trap, depending on your macro view.

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Financials

Banks into rate-cut season

Net interest margin compression is coming. The question is how fast and how much — and whether deposit repricing gives banks a longer runway than bears currently model. Regional bank balance sheets are where the risk is least visible.

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Technology

Semis: capacity, AI capex and pricing

Advanced node capacity additions from TSMC and Samsung are starting to arrive at a moment when AI training demand plateaus — at least temporarily. The front-end / back-end divergence in semiconductor pricing matters more than the headline capex numbers.

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