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MIB Weekly: Dow Cracked 50,000 and a $2.1T IPO Debuted in the Same Week — Long Semis, Short AI Cash-Burn; Iran Holds the Key to Warsh’s June 17 FOMC

By RecessionALERT on June 13, 2026 in Reflections

Iran’s 14-point Hormuz draft MoU sent WTI from $91.78 to $84.24 by Friday, potentially deflating the energy surge that drove May CPI to a three-year high (4.2%) and locked out Fed cuts heading into Warsh’s June 17 inaugural FOMC — now with 47% hike odds. SpaceX debuted as the largest IPO in US history ($75B raised, +19.3%), while Intel’s Google foundry win and JPMorgan’s KLAC upgrade drove the semiconductor equipment complex +20–32% on the week.

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MIB Daily: Iran deal may be the only kill-shot for 6.5% PPI — WTI -4.43%, SOX +8%, SpaceX SPCX Friday; but two ceasefires failed, and Warsh’s June 16 FOMC resets energy/semis/duration

By RecessionALERT on June 11, 2026 in Reflections

Iran peace deal erases Wednesday’s stagflation trade — Trump cancels strikes, announces imminent signing; Dow +1.86%, WTI -4.43%, VIX -12%. Semiconductors surge: KLAC +12.86%, SNDK +14.46%, LRCX +12.53% as JP Morgan calls KLAC a triple-earner by 2030. SpaceX prices at $135/share, raises $75B, debuts Friday as SPCX. PPI hits 6.5% YoY while claims rise to 229K — Fed trapped entering next week’s Warsh FOMC. US-China deal declared “done,” rare earths resume, but Beijing calls it only a framework.

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MIB Weekly: Stagflation Confirmed, AI Capex Accelerating, Summit Resolved Nothing — Own Energy & AI Infrastructure, Sell Rate-Sensitive Duration Through the Fall Diplomatic Window

By RecessionALERT on May 16, 2026 in Reflections

WTI crude surged +11.52% to $105.48 as US-Iran ceasefire talks collapsed — “garbage” per Trump Tuesday — while CPI 3.8% and PPI 6.0% pushed rate-hike odds from under 3% to over 50% in 72 hours and the 10Y to a one-year high of 4.601%. Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Fed Chair inheriting this stagflation stack. The Trump-Xi summit briefly drove records (S&P 7,500, Dow 50,000 Thursday) before crashing Friday on zero binding deals — tariffs, chips, and Taiwan all unresolved.

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