Episode Details

Treasury yields are climbing. Oil is surging. Financial conditions are tightening. Under normal circumstances, that combination should be a clear headwind for long-duration growth stocks.

Yet AI and mega-cap technology continue to defy the pressure.

In this episode of Market Pulse, Marcus and Elena unpack the growing disconnect between a tougher macro backdrop and the extraordinary resilience of the market’s technology leadership. They examine what rising rates and energy prices are signaling, why AI-linked equities continue to attract capital, and whether investors are witnessing genuine earnings durability—or simply another stage of an increasingly concentrated market.

The key question is no longer whether rates matter. It is how long AI enthusiasm can overpower the macro forces working against it.

For investors, that tension may determine whether the next major move is another leg higher—or a much sharper repricing.

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