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Expert perspectives and commentary on markets, economics, and global events. Opinion pieces are clearly labeled and represent the views of individual contributors, not the publication.
A rising market graph glows across a Wall Street office overlooking data-center servers, an oil refinery and gathering storm clouds.

Record Highs Are Concealing a More Fragile Market

Wall Street’s resilience reflects strong earnings and artificial-intelligence optimism, but investors are underpricing the risks posed by expensive valuations, heavy capital spending and renewed energy inflation. The stock market’s latest record-setting advance
August 5, 2026
A concerned investor studies sharply falling market charts on multiple screens beside semiconductor hardware and server racks in a dimly lit data-centre environment.

The AI Sell-Off Is a Discipline Test, Not a Verdict

Investors are right to question the scale of artificial-intelligence spending, but abandoning the sector wholesale risks confusing financial scrutiny with technological failure. The global retreat from semiconductor and artificial-intelligence stocks is less
July 28, 2026
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The AI Trade Needed a Reality Check

The semiconductor selloff is less a verdict on artificial intelligence than a warning that even transformative technologies cannot justify unlimited prices. The sharp retreat in semiconductor shares should not be mistaken for
July 17, 2026
A bronze bull and bear face each other beside an hourglass outside a neoclassical central bank building under storm clouds.

The Fed Put Is Not Coming Back Soon

Investors expecting interest-rate relief to rescue every market wobble may be misreading a cycle defined by sticky inflation, geopolitical shocks, and unusually narrow equity leadership. The most important market signal this summer
July 9, 2026
A photorealistic data center scene with glowing server racks, a balance scale, a semiconductor chip, and an upward financial chart symbolizing the AI stock rally and valuation discipline.

AI Has Earned Its Rally, But Not Its Blank Check

The market’s first-half strength shows investors still trust the artificial-intelligence capital cycle, but the second half may reward discipline more than enthusiasm. The most dangerous point in a bull market is not
July 1, 2026
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Markets Need More Than Cheaper Oil

A geopolitical relief rally can buy investors time, but it cannot replace earnings discipline, valuation restraint, or a credible inflation path. The sudden improvement in global risk appetite has given investors the
June 15, 2026
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AI Stocks Need Discipline, Not Another Victory Lap

A sharp divergence between the Dow and Nasdaq shows the artificial-intelligence trade is maturing, forcing investors to separate durable earnings power from inflated expectations. The most important market signal this week was
June 5, 2026
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The AI Rally Needs More Than Easy Money

Investors are right to admire the durability of the technology-led bull market, but wrong to assume it can remain immune to inflation, oil shocks and higher-for-longer interest rates. The central question for
May 28, 2026
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