Gareth Soloway argues that the latest PPI print shows a serious inflation surge, while markets remain oddly resilient because the AI/semiconductor trade is overpowering bad macro news. He is bullish on the near-term setup in AI chips but warns the rally is fragile, potentially fueled by privileged information, and vulnerable if no China/Nvidia deal materializes or if inflation and rates keep rising.
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Gareth Soloway opens by identifying himself as chief market strategist at Verified Investing and frames the day around a hot PPI release: month-over-month PPI at 1.4% versus 0.5% expected, year-over-year at 6.0% versus 4.9% expected, with core PPI also materially above forecast. He says the data reinforces an inflation problem that is already visible in CPI and could eventually feed through to consumers, creating a stagflation-like backdrop. He contrasts that macro weakness with the market’s strength, arguing that AI-related capex from companies like Meta, Google/Alphabet, Amazon, and others is artificially stimulating parts of the economy while masking broader pain. A major part of the video is his reaction to yesterday’s semiconductor bounce. He describes a sharp reversal in Nasdaq and semis around 1:00 p.m. …
Near term, the tape is being driven by AI/semiconductor momentum, but the setup is fragile because hot inflation and a rising 10-year can quickly pressure multiples. The immediate risk is that the market has priced in a China/Nvidia-positive outcome before anything is confirmed.
Over the next few weeks, the key question is whether chip leadership can keep absorbing bad macro news or whether higher yields and sticky inflation finally broaden into a risk-off move. Confirmation would come from sustained semiconductor follow-through and a stable bond market; invalidation would be a failed deal narrative or a decisive yield breakout.
Structurally, he sees the market as entering an AI-dominated regime where one narrow sector can overwhelm the rest of the economy and index performance. The lasting risk is that energy, power, and inflation constraints eventually limit that regime and force a repricing.
PPI was much hotter than expected, with month-over-month inflation at 1.4% versus 0.5% forecast and year-over-year at 6.0% versus 4.9% forecast.
He cites the released figures and directly contrasts them with forecasts.
Core PPI was also hot, which he says means the inflation problem is not just energy-driven.
He stresses that core PPI excludes food and energy and still printed high.
The market is ignoring bad inflation data because AI-related capex is stimulating only part of the economy and masking broader stagflation pressure.
He argues AI spending supports certain sectors while ordinary consumers still feel inflation.
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