
Q2 2026: The Economics of Good Enough
The S&P 500 rebounded roughly 15% in Q2 — its best quarter in six years — on renewed AI enthusiasm, even as the evidence mounts that competition is dismantling the pricing power that enthusiasm…
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The S&P 500 rebounded roughly 15% in Q2 — its best quarter in six years — on renewed AI enthusiasm, even as the evidence mounts that competition is dismantling the pricing power that enthusiasm…

Shaun Cornell
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The S&P 500 fell 3.9% in Q1, dragged lower by a 10.3% decline in the Magnificent Seven. With the equity risk premium near historic lows, investors are accepting equity volatility for very little compensation above risk-free rates.

Shaun Cornell