The Dividend Cafe
The Dividend Cafe
The Bahnsen Group
Wednesday - May 20, 2026
7 minutes Posted May 20, 2026 at 9:30 pm.
Miami Beach Intro
Market Rally Recap
Oil And Rates Link
Rate Cut Expectations Shift
Multiples And Valuation
Upcoming Economic Data
Margin Mean Reversion
Why Margins Stay High
How Reversion Happens
Wrap Up And Thanks
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From Miami Beach at a Hightower summit, Brian Szytel recaps a broad market rally (Dow +645, S&P 500 +1%, Nasdaq +1.5%) driven by falling interest rates (10-year down 8 bps to 4.58%) and oil (WTI down ~5%) amid hopes for progress in the U.S.-Iran conflict around the Strait of Hormuz. He focuses on how expectations moved from ~60 bps of Fed cuts this year to pricing closer to a potential hike, a global shift also seen in Europe, and notes the tight correlation between oil prices and rate expectations. With markets up ~7–8% and earnings up ~13–14%, multiples have compressed, and higher-rate expectations reduce the chance of re-expansion. He also addresses high profit margins, citing tech-heavy, asset-light index composition as a key driver while still expecting eventual mean reversion via economic slowing and sector rotation.
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