Recent volatility in technology shares, including a record half-trillion-dollar single-day loss for Google, spurred a broader Nasdaq decline that drove bond yields downward. BlackRock's Jeffrey Rosenberg pointed out that third-quarter GDP figures underscored this dependency, showing business investment surged 12.7% largely due to a 37% jump in information processing equipment. Although Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh argued that capital expenditures are diversifying across other industries, investors still treat AI downturns as a threat to overall growth. Nevertheless, persistent inflation and volatile oil futures continue to restrict the central bank's ability to ease policy, leaving bon…
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Investors are increasingly interpreting downturns in artificial intelligence as disinflat…: Investors are increasingly interpreting downturns in artificial intelligence as disinflationary threats capable of dragging down the broader United States economy.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh challenged market perceptions by asserting that busines…: Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh challenged market perceptions by asserting that business capital expenditures are broadening past narrow technology sectors.
Elevated oil futures and sticky inflation may prevent the Federal Reserve from cutting in…: Elevated oil futures and sticky inflation may prevent the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates, undermining Treasuries as dependable equity hedges.
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If there was one safe bet over the course of 2026, it was that treasury yields would rise alongside a move up in oil futures contracts. Over the past month, that ended, and according to Jeffrey Rosenberg, senior portfolio manager of the Systematic Alternatives ETF (IALT) at BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, the breakdown in that trade has big implications for the market.
"Oil and treasury yields had this amazing correlation and in October it just stopped," Rosenberg said on the most recent CNBC "ETF Edge."
The relationship between oil and bond yields was featured in Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's FOMC press conference on Wednesday, with Warsh noting how oil futures have continued to rise, a factor the central bank must consider in its fight against inflation. But Rosenberg said what Warsh didn't talk about was "the most important takeaway."
"Treasuries and oil had an 80% correlation this year," Rosenberg said, which is "outsize" relative to normal correlations. "We've basically been trading off oil for good reason." "
What happened? Rosenberg says you can sum it up by…
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