{"id":216379,"date":"2026-07-30T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/uncategorized\/tomorrow-never-knows\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:28:07","slug":"tomorrow-never-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/traders-insight\/ibkr-market-insights\/tomorrow-never-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow Never Knows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Musical Accompaniment: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m4BuziKGMy4?si=pj3H8V04XccRbWAM\">The Beatles<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can certainly say one thing about yesterday\u2019s FOMC press conference \u2013 it moved markets.&nbsp; Treasury bonds, which are most attuned to the nuances of Fedspeak, reacted somewhat violently, leading to a significant steepening of the yield curve in less than an hour.&nbsp; Stocks responded negatively, seemingly to the abrupt rise in long-term yields, though some of the fall seems attributable to a hedge fund blowup that was revealed this morning.&nbsp;&nbsp; Today, one of those asset classes is reversing its moves while the other continues yesterday\u2019s trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since our readership is more likely to be active in stocks than bonds, let\u2019s address the equity move first.\u00a0 It was apparent that the recent pullback in tech stocks, particularly in the semiconductor sector, was something more than a mild pullback.\u00a0 It was a real-time verification of our adage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Parabolic uptrends are almost always unsustainable for long periods of time and tend to reverse abruptly and sharply.&nbsp; The question is when.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we refrained from reflexively categorizing the >20% downdraft in key semiconductor indexes, like SOX, as a bear market, it seemed evident that leveraged investments that had succeeded extraordinarily well in recent weeks had gone awry.\u00a0 South Korea seemed to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/south-korea-etf-kospi-samsung-sk-hynix-2c242ea9?refsec=markets&amp;mod=topics_markets\">epicenter of the leveraged speculation<\/a>, but the global tech sector was apparently not immune to its effects.\u00a0 Today, we found out the name of a key culprit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We learned early this morning that the prime brokers for Situational Awareness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/general\/star-ai-investor-leopold-aschenbrenner-is-unwinding-trades-after-steep-losses-sources-say\/ar-AA2940v8?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">were scrambling to raise cash<\/a>.&nbsp; It was reported that the hedge fund, which started in 2024, had assets under management that surged from $3 billion at the start of the year to a peak of $45 billion at the start of July.&nbsp; This was thanks largely to leveraged long investments in fast-moving technology infrastructure stocks and short positions in software shares.&nbsp; Then, shortly after the open, we were informed that one large hedge fund had taken over its portfolio of public shares (as I was typing this, it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/citadel-buys-situational-awarenesss-stock-portfolio-after-big-losses-in-ai-5117159b?mod=rss_markets_main\">Citadel was the buyer<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was rumored that Situational Awareness had been levered as much as 4:1. If that was the case, a pullback of 25% or more in many of its holdings would have wiped out the fund\u2019s equity.&nbsp; Traders have interpreted today\u2019s news as a market-clearing event, reducing tech sector risk and forcing short covering by those who had been pressing downside bets.&nbsp; And for those of you who might be concerned about the welfare of the fund\u2019s wunderkind founder, sometimes nothing helps a hedge funder\u2019s reputation as much as a spectacular blowup.&nbsp; The thinking often goes, \u201cHeck, he\u2019s not likely to repeat the same mistakes again, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the goings-on at a large hedge fund and its prime brokers are a key short- to medium-term event, the more important event for the long-term market scenario was yesterday\u2019s FOMC meeting and press conference.&nbsp; Put simply, bond traders doubted Chair Warsh\u2019s resolve.&nbsp; While he appeared to paint himself as a single-mandate Chair, focused primarily on \u201cstable prices\u201d (the term \u201cinflation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/mediacenter\/files\/FOMCpresconf20260729.pdf\">was mentioned 41 times<\/a> during the press conference, 29 of them by Warsh) over \u201cfull employment\u201d (mentioned only thrice by Warsh), fixed income investors felt that there was insufficient concrete proof of definitive measures toward achieving that goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chart below shows the intraday moves in the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) alongside 2-, 10-, and 30-year yields that occurred yesterday after the FOMC statement and press conference.&nbsp; Short rates adapted quickly, removing the likelihood of a near-term hike \u2013 expectations for a first hike have been pushed back to December, after the midterm elections \u2013 but then long-term rates moved sharply higher as concerns about future inflation took root.&nbsp; Stocks initially rallied on hopes for fewer hikes but then faded quickly after long-term rates ate into stock valuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-activity-from-1-58pm-to-4-pm-et-in-spx-purple-near-left-scale-and-2-year-red-far-right-scale-10-year-blue-far-left-scale-30-year-yields-white-near-left-scale-with-vertical-lines-at-2pm-2-30pm-and-3-20pm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Activity from 1:58pm to 4 pm ET in SPX (purple, near left scale), and 2-Year (red, far right scale), 10-Year (blue, far left scale), 30-Year Yields (white, near left scale); with Vertical Lines at 2pm, 2:30pm, and 3:20pm<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1098\" height=\"588\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/image-139.png\" alt=\"Activity from 1:58pm to 4 pm ET in SPX (purple, near left scale), and 2-Year (red, far right scale), 10-Year (blue, far left scale), 30-Year Yields (white, near left scale); with Vertical Lines at 2pm, 2:30pm, and 3:20pm\" class=\"wp-image-216380 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/image-139.png 1098w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/image-139-700x375.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/image-139-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/image-139-768x411.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1098px; aspect-ratio: 1098\/588;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em>,<em> past performance is not indicative of future returns.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2-day moves in the yield curve are displayed below.&nbsp; The steepening of the yield curve is evident, with 3-month yields falling by about 10 basis points while 10-year and 30-year yields rose by about 5 and 12 basis points, respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is very difficult for equity valuations to ignore such a sharp rise in long-term rates, especially when so many of the market leaders are intending to borrow billions of dollars to finance their AI-related buildouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-change-in-treasury-yields-from-tuesday-through-today-green-and-yesterday-through-today-orange\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Change in Treasury Yields from Tuesday through Today (green) and Yesterday through Today (orange)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/image-140-1100x482.png\" alt=\"Change in Treasury Yields from Tuesday through Today (green) and Yesterday through Today (orange)\" class=\"wp-image-216380 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/482;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em>, <em>past performance is not indicative of future returns.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, the rise in rates was not enough to daunt the enthusiasm shown by Microsoft (MSFT) investors over that company\u2019s plans to merely hold the line on capital spending.&nbsp; Their results blew past expectations, led mainly by a gain in its Azure cloud and a bump in paid Copilot usage.&nbsp; That was enough to add about $500 billion to MSFT\u2019s market capitalization, helping to boost stocks even beyond the market-clearing bounce after the resolution of the hedge fund trauma and the 10% decline in Meta Platforms (META).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow\u2019s activity will depend upon market reactions to Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) earnings and a clearer look at whether residual concerns about excessive leverage continue.&nbsp; Month-end shenanigans after a turbulent July could also come into play.&nbsp; 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