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On Yahoo! Finance, Darius joined Josh Lipton to explain why rising volatility, Fed independence concerns, and geopolitical stress are reshaping market structure. With a historic degree of crowded bullish positioning, near-term chop remains likely. However, 42 Macro maintains a constructive medium-term backdrop as the economy continues to experience a structural uptrend in productivity growth.

If you missed the discussion, here are three key takeaways that likely have huge implications for your portfolio:

1) Productivity Is Driving Disinflation

Darius emphasized that inflation should be analyzed through trend impulses, not noisy month-to-month prints. When viewed through three- and six-month annualized rates, core CPI, core goods, core services, and…

Darius Dale recently joined our friend Julie Hyman of Yahoo Finance to explain why investors should continue to fade volatility associated with “tariffs” — exactly what our global investor community has been doing since April. This administration understands it must outgrow the debt trajectory and is pulling fiscal, regulatory, and monetary policy levers to drive a durable and robust recovery starting next year—the core tenet of our Paradigm C theme.

If you missed the discussion, here are three key takeaways that likely have huge implications for your portfolio:

1) Tariffs Are the Trees, Paradigm C Is the Forest

Darius explained that focusing myopically on tariffs misses the broader macro picture. The administration’s combined fiscal,…

Darius Dale recently joined our friend Maggie Lake on Maggie Lake Talking Markets for a timely discussion surrounding the Federal Reserve’s recent 25 basis point rate cut and the structural regime change underway at the institution. He highlighted the Fed’s reluctance to firmly commit to their arbitrary 2% inflation target, suggesting a shift toward prioritizing maximum employment over price stability to ease the distributional burden of fiscal dominance upon the US economy.

If you missed the discussion, here are three key takeaways that likely have huge implications for your portfolio:

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1) The Fed’s Arbitrary 2% Inflation Target is Fading in Practice

Darius noted how Powell would not plant a flag on the…