Oct 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM

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Odds of an October hike fell below 15% after Warsh spoke, from about 27% before
Long-end Treasury yields fell faster than short-end yields as money sought safety in long bonds
Small caps and equal-weight indexes beat the S&P 500

Traders cut bets on a Fed hike at the late-October meeting after Chair Kevin Warsh said, “AI is the most profound transformation of the economy I’ve seen in my lifetime.” Before his remarks, the implied odds were about 27%. After, they fell below 15%.

Rising Treasury yields alone don’t raise the market’s ceiling. What does is the point when yields turn.

Chart: Warsh avoided hawkish rhetoric and didn’t take a hard line on rate hikes

AI themes stand to gain:

$Roundhill Memory ETF(DRAM.US)

$Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF(LYTE.US)

$VanEck Semiconductor ETF(SMH.US)

$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)

Philly Semiconductor Index down seven straight sessions, wiping out the earlier sentiment premium and leverage.
U.S. stock and options volume has picked up noticeably. SPY and QQQ implied volatility has rebounded from year lows.
Bond yields are falling. Long-end yields fell more than short-end, showing safe-haven money went mostly into long-dated bonds. Yields had stayed high for a month; the tech selloff finally pushed them down.

Chart: The 30-year Treasury yield has been falling since Oct. 7

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Theme	Tickers	Key Takeaway	Data Points
Consumer discretionary turns	$Amazon(AMZN.US)$Tesla(TSLA.US)$SPDR FD Consumer Discretionary(XLY.US)	Falling yields are lifting the sector after two months of pressure. Stocks can rise because the market’s style preferences shift and the shift lasts, not because of company news.	Under pressure for 2 months. Top two holdings are Amazon and Tesla.
Gold and real rates	$SPDR Gold Shares(GLD.US)$Microsectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN(GDXU.US)	Gold tends to rally when real rates are falling. Its rallies tend to end when real rates are repriced higher, as in 1980 under Paul Volcker and in 2012.	Real rates at 2.8%–3.0%. 10Y TIPS yield down about 10 bp in two days, roughly 90% of the drop in the nominal 10Y yield.
Bitcoin now moves with rates	$Strategy(MSTR.US)$Robinhood(HOOD.US)$Circle(CRCL.US)$Coinbase(COIN.US)	Bitcoin is shifting from a rate follower to a hedge against government credit. It used to fall when real rates rose. Now it rises with them.	Correlation with 10Y real yields above 0.6, a record (Fidelity). US federal debt above $40T.
Market breadth is improving	$SPDR S&P 500(SPY.US)$Invesco S&P 500 Eq Wgt ETF(RSP.US)$iShares Russell 2000(IWM.US)	Long-term borrowing costs are coming down a little, and that is starting to lift valuation expectations for small and mid-cap stocks.	S&P 500 +0.33%, equal-weight RSP +0.7%, Russell 2000 +1.38%
Earnings season and buyback blackout	$Magnificent Seven ETF - Roundhill(MAGS.US)$Proshares UltraPro QQQ(TQQQ.US)$Direxion Semicon Bull 3X(SOXL.US)	Buybacks pause during blackout periods, so the index has less support on dips. The small/mid-cap rebound means megacaps no longer have to carry the index alone.	Magnificent Seven companies report over the next two weeks. Buybacks resume two days after results.

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