GS: We estimate that hyperscaler capex is driving roughly half of S&P 500 earnings growth this year.
As hyperscaler capex growth slows and depreciation expenses rise, the impact of AI investment spending on S&P 500 earnings growth will begin to fade and eventually become a drag.
With just two weeks left in Q3, 19% of dividend announcements have been cuts... the highest rate since Q2 2020's 21% pandemic peak. A sobering trend.
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$91 on WTI... yet a fresh 4-month high in RBOB gasoline futures... above $3.55
Global refinery crunch is hitting hard... Strait of Hormuz is yesterday's news