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The Market Just Changed. Here Are 8 Reasons $SPY May Not Be Done Falling Yet
@Michael Esther:
$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ crashed 2% but this actually triggers a bigger 10%-20% sell off. Korean stock market crashed 12% already. There's 8 reasons why $SPY has to pull back: 1. $Boeing(BA)$ just dropped a hawkish bomb BofA now expects the Fed to hike rates 3x in 2026 (75bps total), reversing their own call from last week. Sticky inflation + strong jobs data is the reason. Market was only pricing in 1 hike this is a major repricing of risk. Tickers: $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ $WhiteFiber, Inc.(WYFI)$ $Amkor Technology(AMKR)$ $Applied Optoelectronics(AAOI)$ $APPLIED DIGITAL CORP(APLD)$ $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ $Apple(AAPL)$ 2. KOSPI just got demolished overnight Korea's KOSPI crashed ~10% after SK Hynix signaled it's slowing HBM4 expansion to shift capacity toward higher-margin conventional DRAM. Market read this as AI memory demand cooling, even though SK Hynix's 2026 HBM supply was already sold out. Tickers: $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ $Western Digital(WDC)$ $Seagate Technology PLC(STX)$ $Micron Technology(MU)$ 3. Leverage in Korea is unwinding fast Korean retail margin debt hit record levels (~$39-40B) chasing the AI rally. When SK Hynix/Samsung cracked, leveraged accounts got force-sold, amplifying the KOSPI crash and spilling into global risk sentiment. Tickers: $ServiceNow(NOW)$ $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ $Robinhood(HOOD)$ $SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$ $T1 ENERGY INC(TE)$ $Keel Infrastructure Corp(KEEL)$ 4. Kevin Warsh's first meeting = hawkish surprise New Fed Chair Warsh held rates steady but struck a notably hawkish tone, with 9 of 18 FOMC members now penciling in a 2026 hike. Markets expected a dovish honeymoon got the opposite. Tickers: $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ $IBM(IBM)$ $Bloom Energy Corp(BE)$ $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ 5. The AI spending math is being questioned Nasdaq 100 futures dropped ~2.5%+ Tuesday as investors grew nervous about debt-funded AI capex actually generating returns. Higher yields make that spending more expensive, hitting mega-cap tech hardest. Tickers: $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ $Broadcom(AVGO)$ $Intel(INTC)$ $Oracle(ORCL)$ $Micron Technology(MU)$ 6. SpaceX lockup overhang is weighing on sentiment $SpaceX(SPCX)$ has slid ~24% over 3 sessions post-IPO as investors price in upcoming insider share unlocks (20% after August earnings, more later). No insiders have sold yet — it's the anticipation of future supply hitting the float. Tickers: $AST SpaceMobile, Inc.(ASTS)$ $EchoStar(SATS)$ $IONQ Inc.(IONQ)$ $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ 7. The largest quarter-end rebalance in 4+ years JPMorgan estimates institutions could sell up to $165B in equities and rotate into bonds by June 30 — the biggest such flow since at least 2022. GPIF (~$60B), Norges Bank (~$40B), US pensions (~$55B), and the SNB (~$25B) are the major sellers. Tickers: $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ $Microsoft(MSFT)$ $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ $Alphabet(GOOG)$ $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ 8. Treasury yields are climbing on the hawkish repricing The 10-year is sitting near 4.51% as markets price in fewer cuts / more hikes. Higher yields compress valuations across growth and rate-sensitive sectors simultaneously. Tickers: $Roundhill Memory ETF(DRAM)$ $First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund(GRID)$ $VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF(AIS)$ $Vanguard S&P 500 ETF(VOO)$ $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT)$ $SPY will test 50SMA at $730. I'd wait to buy dips, BUT for sure we are adding cheap stocks.
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