The Dividend Cafe
The Dividend Cafe
The Bahnsen Group
Monday - June 22, 2026
14 minutes Posted Jun 22, 2026 at 9:51 pm.
Welcome and agenda
Market close snapshot
Sector leadership and breadth
Small caps surprise strength
SpaceX IPO mania
Rates and yield curve shift
AI bubble anecdote
UK politics and US policy
Fed odds and Greenspan
Oil and energy outlook
Wrap up and reminders
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Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/4vxzpNy
David Bahnsen hosts the Monday Dividend Cafe from Grand Rapids during the Acton Institute Symposium, noting a relatively quiet day that allows more market focus. The Dow rose 148 points while the S&P fell 0.37% and the Nasdaq dropped 1.33% amid weakness in communication services and mega-cap names. He highlights strong year-to-date energy performance, surprising small-cap outperformance, and argues much of the market’s gain is concentrated in AI/AI-adjacent and energy. Bahnsen cites speculative behavior in the SpaceX IPO, including extreme trading volume, limited float, and a sharp decline from recent highs. Bonds sold off with the 10-year at 4.51% and the 2/10 spread flattening to 28 bps from ~80 bps. He shares an anecdote about Allbirds rebranding to “Smartbird” to pivot to AI, covers UK political instability, Iran-US talks, pending US housing legislation, mortgage rates, Fed hike probabilities, Alan Greenspan’s death at 100, and oil falling to $75.19 as Hormuz uncertainty persists.
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