Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful of charts we think are good summations of investor activity, from a market full of dispersion, to an AI boom driving an infrastructure buildout, a consumer who keeps spending, and a bond market that no longer plays the role it used to. Have a great weekend!
Dave: Technology stocks aren’t nearly as popular with fund managers as the headlines might imply
Graphic as of 08.14.2026
Brett: The index looks calm, but the crowded end of the market has been getting knocked around all year
Graphic via The Compound as of 08.20.2026
Mark: and a wide swath of sectors and styles aren’t nearly as tied to index performance
John Luke: Each of the earlier booms here reshaped the economy long after the spending stopped
Graphic as of 08.10.2026
Brad: and unlike almost every other capital cycle, this one hasn’t blinked at the cost of money
Graphic as of 08.20.2026
Beckham: The demand side is showing up in corporate budgets, and the pace is picking up
Graphic as of 08.12.2026
Jake: and this is with much of the corporate base not even signed up yet
Graphic as of 08.18.2026
JG: Away from tech, the people running factories suddenly see growth ahead
Source: Bespoke as of 08.20.2026
Ten: and households keep spending while telling surveys things are terrible
Graphic as of 08.15.2026
John: This makes sense when you consider how many people have a locked-in mortgage expense
Graphic as of 08.15.2026
Dave: The inflation argument that most worried the Fed has quietly resolved itself
Graphic as of 08.13.2026
Dave: and whatever the committee says about being restrictive, markets clearly aren’t feeling it
Graphic as of 08.13.2026
Brian: Over in bonds, the forty-year tailwind that helped most balanced portfolios has turned into a headwind
Graphic as of 08.17.2026
JD: not a surprise given how many of these countries lean on foreign money
Graphic as of 08.20.2026
Joseph: and those bonds are moving in gear with stocks, leaving their hedging benefit a major question mark
Graphic as of 08.13.2026
John Luke: It’s important to remember that not only do stocks skew higher, but large up years are more common than large down years
Graphic as of 08.17.2026
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