Gareth Soloway argues the latest GDP/PCE data is stagflationary and bearish for stocks, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq threatening key technical breakdowns. He sees relative opportunity in Bitcoin for a tactical bounce, remains constructive on gold/silver only if resistance breaks, and says oil has likely had its near-term run unless geopolitical risk reaccelerates it.
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Gareth Soloway opens by framing himself as a technical analyst who prioritizes charts over narratives, then pivots to the day’s macro catalyst: GDP came in well below expectations while PCE inflation was hotter than expected. He argues that the combination of weaker growth and firmer inflation is classic stagflation, and says this helps explain why the Fed minutes sounded less willing to cut rates and even open to hikes. He uses the data release to justify a bearish near-term view on equities, pointing to S&P futures selling off into the print and emphasizing that the market had already been structurally weak before the news. He spends much of the video on chart levels. On the S&P 500, he says the market already broke a major trend line and is now forming a head-and-shoulders pattern that would trigger on a daily close below the neckline. …
Near term, the tape looks vulnerable: if the S&P neckline gives way, risk assets could slide quickly and the best tactical rebound candidate is Bitcoin rather than equities. The immediate risk is chasing dips before the breakdown is confirmed.
Over the next several weeks, the market path depends on whether weak growth and sticky inflation keep weighing on risk sentiment. If major support levels fail across the mega caps and indices, the base case shifts toward a deeper correction; if not, this may resolve as a volatile range.
Structurally, he is arguing that price structure is the regime signal and that the market is transitioning from easy risk-on conditions to a more fragile, level-driven environment. If his read is right, the durable implication is weaker leadership from mega caps, a softer dollar later in the year, and more intermittent opportunity in hard assets and non-equity trades.
The latest GDP and PCE data are evidence of stagflation: weaker growth alongside hotter inflation.
He directly says GDP was weaker while PCE and core inflation were higher than expected, calling it stagflation.
The S&P 500 is vulnerable to a breakdown below the neckline of a head-and-shoulders pattern.
He says the pattern has not yet triggered but would on a daily close below the neckline.
If the S&P 500 pattern triggers, downside could extend to roughly 6580.
He calculates a measured move from the head-and-shoulders pattern and ties it to a support zone.
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