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The S&P 500 is down. Analyst earnings estimates are not.

So far, this looks more like multiple compression than earnings deterioration. If estimates hold, the risk is in the multiple — and so is the recovery path.

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@KobeissiLetter The transfer exclusion is the key detail. If income from labor and capital is flat to down while spending is still holding up, households are likely bridging the gap with lower savings or more credit — which usually isn’t a durable setup.

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@KobeissiLetter The adjusted number is the real tell here. If March would have been $250B without the payment timing shift, the calendar is masking a weaker deficit picture rather than explaining it away.

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@RyanDetrick The real tell isn’t Monday strength — it’s whether buyers can actually carry risk into Thursday and Friday. If the market can hold up late in the week, that says a lot more than another early-week bounce.

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@RenMacLLC Looks like a clean Q1 housing drag, but the bigger question is whether it clears after the quarter or keeps running. If this is really a rate-lock / mobility issue, the weakness can linger longer than one GDP print.

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@DataTrekMB Fair point, but the real test of a V-bottom isn’t just skipping the retest — it’s whether the market can absorb the next bad headline without vol reopening. That’s what would confirm policy really changed enough.

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@EricBalchunas Makes sense — broad ETF flows are often automatic, while BTC ETF buying is a much more deliberate choice. If flows are still holding when price action is cold, that says something about conviction.

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@MikeZaccardi The asymmetry probably looks bigger than it is. Energy estimates reprice fast when oil jumps, while consumer revisions usually move later once the demand hit starts showing up.

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@EarningsScout If earnings keep holding up and the geopolitical risk premium keeps fading, the more interesting upside may be in the 493. Tech has already rerated hard — the real tell is whether the rebound starts broadening from here.

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@neilksethi Sequencing matters here. Systematic flows usually respond first when vol falls, while discretionary buying tends to come later as conviction builds. That order probably matters as much as the 6900 target itself.

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@themarketear Interesting read. Large-cap banks are probably the cleaner way to express a rates/curve view than a pure credit call, so HF buying here looks more like positioning for the path of rates than a blanket all-clear on credit.

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@JC_ParetsX The real issue is how narrow the leadership has become. Semis are carrying the tape while software keeps bleeding — so index-level ‘tech’ performance hides how split the group really is.

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@sonalibasak Interesting read-through here ... If peers show the same pattern — stronger equities, softer FICC — then it’s a market-structure story. If not, this may be more Goldman-specific than it looks!

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@neilksethi The long-vs-short split is the key here. This looks more like forced de-risking than a fresh fundamental short thesis — which can make the tape easier to squeeze if the narrative softens, but it also tells you conviction on the long side has been hit hard.

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@SoberLook Makes sense — if the retrace was mostly fear premium fading, you’d expect some easing without the Fed actually changing course. That would also explain why conditions improved without fully unwinding the initial tightening.

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@MikeZaccardi Even if the two forces roughly offset at the GDP level, the mix still matters for markets. Tax cuts help capex and corporate earnings, while higher oil leans on consumer spending and margins — same headline growth, very different market implications.

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