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  • Is Fed Chair Warsh’s sanguine take on US inflation dynamics appropriate?
    2026/07/01
    Is Fed Chair Kevin Warsh too optimistic on inflation? Darius explains why peaking inflation is not the same as sticky inflation, how AI-driven capital spending and a tightening labor market are creating persistent core inflation pressures, and why investors may be underestimating the next major macro trade.
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    9 分
  • Why is China not participating in the AI theme?
    2026/06/30
    Today, we examine why markets may be dramatically underestimating China's long-term AI potential, despite its strategic advantages in critical minerals, open-source AI, and political capital. We also explore whether growing signs of excess in the U.S. AI trade—including circular financing, crowded positioning, and delayed IPOs—could signal a deeper correction ahead.
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    5 分
  • Will sharp elbows and financing concerns force investors to rotate out of the AI theme?
    2026/06/29
    Darius discusses the BIS's warnings surrounding AI financing, compute capacity constraints, and circular financing risks, while explaining why investors should remain disciplined when managing AI exposure and how 42 Macro's KISS and Dr. Mo frameworks help navigate evolving market conditions.
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    9 分
  • Should investors continue to use AI providers as a Source of Funds for AI adopters?
    2026/06/24
    Rising compute costs and slowing returns on AI infrastructure spending may pressure the margins of AI providers while creating opportunities among AI adopters. We also discuss the significance of Micron’s earnings, the recent semiconductor “chip-wreck,” and why the long-term Source of Funds trade could drive a multi-year convergence in productivity, profitability, and valuations across global markets.
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    7 分
  • Is it time to take some chips off the AI table, part II?
    2026/06/23
    Darius Dale explains why short- to medium-term investors should prepare for deeper equity volatility as rebalancing flows, crowding signals, and a hotter U.S. economy pressure risk assets. He also discusses why any 1998-style correction should be managed systematically through KISS and Dr. Mo, rather than emotionally, as the broader Paradigm C bull market remains intact.
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    7 分
  • Will the disintegrating global economy continue to support the global stock market?
    2026/06/22
    In today’s Macro Minute, Darius Dale explains why the ongoing shift to a multipolar world remains a durable source of demand for AI, defense, and critical resources, while making the case for rotating capital from over-owned U.S. mega-cap technology stocks into undervalued opportunities abroad. He also breaks down the mechanics of the "reverse portfolio substitution effect" and why the Warsh Fed’s expected bank deregulation could reshape Treasury ownership, bond yields, and nominal growth expectations over the coming years.
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    7 分
  • How long will the Fed pretend to be hawkish?
    2026/06/18
    Darius breaks down why the current tightening cycle may have a much shorter shelf life than investors expect, how Kevin Warsh’s task forces could reshape monetary policy, and why a dovish Fed may emerge within the next six to nine months.
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    8 分
  • Is Kevin Warsh a dove in hawk’s clothing or a hawk in dove’s clothing?
    2026/06/17
    Darius explains why this question represents the biggest known unknown in global markets ahead of Warsh’s first FOMC press conference. He discusses the potential implications for monetary policy, market liquidity, and risk assets, while outlining why Paradigm C and the risk of a late-cycle equity bubble remain firmly intact unless Warsh delivers a meaningful hawkish shift in the Fed’s reaction function.
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    8 分