Where are the bad-news buyers?
Markets are wobbling as slowing global growth, rising debt, and fading AI enthusiasm collide. Japan just posted its first GDP contraction in over a year, China’s property crisis refuses to fade, and European growth remains sluggish. Even Switzerland isn’t spared. Meanwhile, the bullish catalysts that powered markets all year — AI euphoria, massive government spending, and hopes of a dovish Fed — are losing steam. Japan’s huge $110bn stimulus barely moved the Nikkei, Fed cut expectations are evaporating, and AI stocks are under pressure despite big promises.
Now all eyes are on Nvidia. The chipmaker reports Q3 earnings tomorrow, and...