This week, investors are weighing renewed optimism surrounding the AI-driven Productivity Boom, and mounting pressures in housing and global bond markets.
Better-than-expected SpaceX results and Anthropic’s S-1 filing challenged the durability and severity of the current risk-off INFLATION Market Regime. Early third-quarter earnings and Anthropic’s historic commitments to secure computing capacity also reinforced 42 Macro’s view that the U.S. remains in the early innings of a corporate-profit-boosting investment cycle.
September housing starts fell 5.2%, building permits declined 0.2%, and pending home sales plunged to an all-time low. In our view, the housing market is unlikely to recover meaningfully given that upward pressure on rates is a persistent feature of 42 Macro’s pro-growth Paradigm C.
Overseas, Japan’s commitment to reflationary fiscal policy will likely continue to place additional upward pressure on long-term JGB yields and bond yields globally.
Can the AI-driven Productivity Boom overcome the pressure from housing weakness and tighter financial conditions?
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