Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink as tech stocks get pummeled

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• The global oil market is tightening instead of loosening, especially as the US ratchets up pressure on Russia and Iran, pushing buyers to find barrels in other markets.

  80% confidence

• World oil demand will rise by 850,000 barrels per day this year, 80,000 bpd lower than the January forecast, and the market will spend 2026 in a deep oversupply glut of 3.73 million bpd.

  80% confidence

• Oil demand will rise by 1.38 million bpd this year.

  80% confidence

• If the unemployment rate is stable or down even further by June, Warsh might be stuck on hold for the rest of the year.

  80% confidence

• The key risk to Warsh's call for significant cuts is a decline in the unemployment rate. Therefore, the path to cuts under Warsh (which we don't think the economy needs) now looks narrower.

  80% confidence

• January jobs report is 'a feast for the hawks'.

  80% confidence

• The broad-based strength in the January jobs report vindicates our view that the Fed won't cut under Powell.

  80% confidence

• The system is ill-equipped to address the dramatic increase in demand created by AI data centers.

  80% confidence

• The regulatory framework was not designed for single-sector load shocks, so policymakers are attempting to adjust in real time to the scale and speed at which the load forecasts are changing.

  80% confidence

• We see strong, broad-based demand for our technology solutions and remain focused on capturing the significant opportunities we see ahead.

  80% confidence

• BofA is maintaining its prediction of two rate cuts under a Warsh-led Fed.

  80% confidence

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