The AI Trade Faces Its First Real Test | Protect the Pile Episode 20
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The episode discusses the current state of the market, focusing on the performance of the S&P 500 and small caps amidst early earnings signals.
On this episode of Protect the Pile, R. Patrick Kent, Sam Rahman and Brooks Cutright break down a summer market that keeps defying the noise. With the S&P 500 up double digits, small caps suddenly outperforming and the Mag 7 barely positive on the year, the group debates whether the market’s leadership is truly broadening or just rotating through crowded trades. They dig into early earnings season signals from banks, healthcare, semiconductors and AI infrastructure, including the wa...
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