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On the AI trade, strategist Dhaval Joshi is reframing the entire bubble debate. His argument: stop asking whether AI is a bubble and start asking which AI bubble is popping right now. Joshi sees a rolling sequence of bubbles cycling through the space, each inflating and deflating in turn, which reframes risk management entirely for investors positioned in the sector.
Shifting to the macro picture, President Trump continues to insist costs are coming down, but the data tells a different story. Inflation remains stubbornly above average even as the Dow, S&P five hundred, and Nasdaq have pushed to new highs. That divergence between equity euphoria and consumer price pressure is a tension the market cannot ignore indefinitely, and it represents a genuine structural headwind.
Meanwhile, a notable insider transaction is drawing scrutiny at CoreWeave. The company's operating chief sold thirteen thousand six hundred and eight shares on August tenth, two thousand twenty six, pocketing roughly one point three million dollars ahead of earnings. Insider sales before results always warrant attention, and on a name as closely watched as CoreWeave, the timing will raise questions among institutional holders.
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