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Week Ahead (May 25 to 29): PCE Inflation, Rising Yields, and Late-Cycle Earnings Put the Rally's Foundations on Trial

As the thirteenth week of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran opens with U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day, the week that follows may be the most consequential macro test the 2026 rally has yet faced. Strength in first-quarter earnings has allowed investors to look …

Nitish Kishor | 22 May 2026

Trump Got Commerce. Putin Got Words. Beijing Got Everything Else.

Trump left Beijing with Boeing orders and agricultural deals. Putin left with a 9,935-word joint statement and no pipeline deal. One week, two summits, two very different outcomes. A macro analysis of who actually won.Key HighlightsTrump secured Boeing orders and agricultural deals but left …

Nitish Kishor | 22 May 2026

Iran Holds Firm, Walmart Warns and Trump Blinks on AI: 7 Market-Moving Stories Investors Need to Know Today

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued a directive that near-weapons-grade uranium must not be sent abroad. Iran's deputy foreign minister restated Tehran's claims to sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, and a senior Iranian source confirmed no deal has been reached, with uranium …

Nitish Kishor | 22 May 2026

US Sector Performance Analysis: Energy Liquidation Continues as the Growth Squeeze Decelerates

The USEquitymarket session on May 21, 2026, delivered a tape characterized by rotational digestion and fragmented institutional flows. Following the extreme zero-sum whiplash of the prior 48 hours, active managers appear to be pausing to evaluate structural damage. The empirical data points to a …

Robert Luong | 21 May 2026

US Sector Momentum Analysis: The Utilities Trap and the Total Energy Capitulation

The empirical momentum data from the May 21, 2026, session exposes a highly deceptive tape designed to punish absolute-price chasers. The Relative Rotation Graph (RRG) presents a stark reality: the sectors flashing the brightest green on standard screens are structurally broken, while the sectors …

Robert Luong | 21 May 2026

Utility ETFs surge as AI power hunger reshapes grids

The rapid scaling of artificial-intelligence workloads is colliding with the physical limits of the power grid. Utilities, long dismissed as “sleepy” dividend plays, now face a once-in-a-generation surge in load. Goldman Sachs estimates that U.S. data-centre power demand could rise from roughly 20 terawatt-hours …

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

Inflation Fears Ripple Through Industrial Metals

The selloff in industrial metals reflects a confluence of economic and geopolitical pressures. Copper, often dubbed "Dr. Copper" for its perceived status as an economic bellwether, has fallen sharply on the LME and COMEX; its retreat accelerated as the dollar strengthened—typically a headwind for …

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

Elon Musk’s $119bn chip gamble: too bold, or too late?

Elon Musk’s vision for Terafab—his $119bn chip factory in Texas—is less aBusiness Planthan a declaration of technological sovereignty. The facility is conceived as a vertically integrated semiconductor powerhouse: a single site to produce chips for Tesla’s (Nasdaq: TSLA) electric vehicles, SpaceX’s (private) rockets, and …

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

Treasury yields rise as inflation proves stubbornly persistent

Treasury yields have ascended with remarkable persistence, defying earlier expectations of a swift pivot toward monetary loosening. The 10-year yield breached 5.1418%—its highest level since 2002—while the 2-year note reached 4.1008%, a spread that underscores the market’s skepticism about near-term inflation containment. The sell-off …

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

The NextEra–Dominion megamerger and the fight for America’s grid

A bet on scale in an era of electrification

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026
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