Insights

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 Cheryl Casone on Fox Business to discuss the state of earnings, energy markets, and Fed policy heading into the year-end. Despite short-term volatility, we continue to view our six-month-old Paradigm C theme as supportive of one of the most constructive investment backdrops in years.

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

1) Corporate Earnings Continue to Defy Bears

Darius noted that despite Tesla’s miss, this is “the best earnings season we’ve seen since Q2 of 2021,” with roughly 85% of S&P 500 companies beating earnings and sales growth accelerating. He emphasized that these results confirm the ongoing resilience of the U.S. economy and the…