12/10/2026
US stocks are near record highs, but is the market stronger than it looks?
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While the S&P 500 approaches new highs, more than a third of its constituent stocks are in technical bear-market territory. Meanwhile, rising bond yields, SpaceX’s move into mobile services and renewed questions around AI revenues are adding fresh complexity to the global market picture.
In this week's Monday Espresso Podcast, Rory is joined by Andrew Shaw, Senior Investment Analyst, to discuss:
- Why a handful of AI and energy companies are driving much of the US market’s performance.
- How SpaceX’s expansion into mobile services has unsettled telecommunications stocks.
- What the OpenAI revenue headlines reveal about market expectations and the importance of understanding the underlying numbers.
How sustainable is a market rally when performance is concentrated in so few companies?