Wall Street’s Rally Fueled by Relief, Not Reality: Strategist Sounds Alarm
Markets are partying like it's 1999—but the champagne's flat. Here's why the smart money's side-eyeing this rally.
The sugar high of lowered expectations
Traders are popping bottles over dodging worst-case scenarios while fundamentals gather dust. Another case of Wall Street celebrating the absence of disaster as if it were actual growth.
Numbers don't lie (but traders might)
When relief outperforms results, you get the 2025 special: markets hitting ATHs on vibes alone. The VIX is napping while earnings reports whisper warnings—classic 'don't fight the Fed' theater.
The cynical take
Another quarter of institutional investors mistaking liquidity for genius. At least the algo traders are honest about their lack of human judgment.