Doll’s Deliberations
by Crossmark Global Investments
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Is the AI Bubble Popping? What It Means for Stocks and Bonds
Is the AI Bubble Popping? What It Means for Stocks and Bonds
About this podcast
A concise, weekly market update for financial advisors and investors from the mind of industry veteran Bob Doll, CFA, Portfolio Manager, CIO, and CEO of Crossmark Global Investments, delivered weekly in just 10 minutes, preparing you for the week ahead in the financial markets.
Episodes
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- Is the AI Bubble Popping? What It Means for Stocks and Bonds · 8 min · Episode 85Bob Doll reviews a volatile week: major tech and AI stocks cooled, credit spreads widened, and bond yields have been capped by risk-off moves even as the economy shows solid…
- AI Takes a Breather — Markets Pause as Tech Cools · 9 min · Episode 84Bob Doll reviews mixed markets where AI-related tech strains cooled enthusiasm, energy prices remain a persistent headwind, and bonds rallied as yields eased. Corporate profits…
- Perhaps, Finally, a Bond Market Pause: What It Means for Stocks · 9 min · Episode 83Bob Doll explains how a recent easing in bond yields—driven partly by cracks in the AI trade—could provide a temporary lift to equities, even as global growth remains robust and…
- Sticky Inflation and Rising Yields: Markets at a Crossroads · 9 min · Episode 82Bob Doll reviews the week: modest stock gains, improving breadth, and sector winners in staples, utilities and energy, while technology and industrials lag. His essay "Sticky…
- Quarter-end Review: Bond Market Riot: Yields Surge and Equities on Edge · 11 min · Episode 81Quarter-end review of Q3 2026: mixed equity performance, surging 10-year yields, and very strong corporate earnings amid resilient economic activity. Key drivers include higher…
- The Bond Market Riots: Yields Break 5% and Stocks Feel the Heat · 8 min · Episode 80Markets rallied last week with the S&P 500 up 1.25% and the NASDAQ at a record high, led by technology, communications, and healthcare while utilities, energy, and financials…
- Will Something Break? Rising Yields, Oil at $100, and the Fed's Tightening · 10 min · Episode 79Bob Doll reviews last week’s market action: the Fed’s rate hike, oil above $100, rising bond yields, and AI-driven corporate borrowing, and asks whether the gradual rise in…
- Bond Yields Bite: Why Stocks Are Finally Feeling the Heat · 8 min · Episode 78Bob Doll reviews last week’s market moves: S&P 500 slipped, Brent crude neared $100, and core inflation and long-term bond yields have pushed higher, increasing pressure on…
- Bull Stocks, Bear Bonds: How Long Can the Rally Last? · 9 min · Episode 77Bob Doll reviews the week: mixed stock performance, rising interest rates and oil prices, and strong corporate profits supporting equities despite growing bond market stress. The…
- Rising Rate Risks: Why Bond Yields Could Upend the Rally · 9 min · Episode 76Bob Doll reviews markets for August 31, highlighting rising interest-rate risks and mild stagflationary pressures driven by tariffs, Middle East tensions, and heavy debt…
- Will Rising Interest Rates Break the Bull Market? · 8 min · Episode 75Bob Doll reviews last week’s market drop and explains how rising bond yields, sticky inflation, and fiscal pressures are putting upward pressure on interest rates. The Treasury’s…
- An Inflation Respite — Not the End of the Story · 9 min · Episode 74Stocks edged higher amid cooling inflation, but sticky price pressures, rising Treasury yields, and Middle East energy risks keep the outlook uncertain. Earnings have held up…
- Bull Market on Edge: Stellar Earnings vs. Rising Risks · 9 min · Episode 73Bob Doll reviews the August 10 market update: stocks surged (S&P +3.5%, NASDAQ +5%) led by tech and strong earnings, while the S&P reached a new all-time high. The rally is…
- More Flies in the Ointment: Oil Shocks, AI Volatility, and Rising Yields · 9 min · Episode 72Bob Doll reviews last week’s market action: the S&P posted a modest gain while momentum and AI/tech names grew volatile amid mixed earnings and sector divergence. He highlights…
- Risks Rise, But No Fatal Blow: Markets on a Knife-Edge · 6 min · Episode 71In this episode Bob Doll reviews the weeks market moves — a modest pullback in stocks amid rising geopolitical tensions and renewed tariff worries — and argues risks have…
- Vicious Rotation: AI, Semiconductors and the Market’s New Fault Lines · 10 min · Episode 70Markets dipped last week as momentum stocks—especially semiconductors, memory, and AI infrastructure names—led declines while energy and real estate outperformed. A softer…
- Degrees of Freedom Shrink: Cracks in Tech and Rising Bond Risk · 9 min · Episode 69Bob Doll reviews a mixed week for stocks with narrow breadth, tech volatility, and standout gains in technology, energy, and communications while materials and healthcare lagged…
- Q2 Market Pulse: AI Surge & $100 Oil's Surprise Rally · 17 min · Episode 68Bob Doll reviews a surprisingly strong Q2: equities rallied despite geopolitical shocks and $100 oil, driven by AI-led earnings, a semiconductor boom, and easing Middle East…
- War MOU Needs Work; Fed Sends Yellow Light · 8 min · Episode 67Stocks rose as a U.S.–Iran agreement reopened the Strait of Hormuz, sending energy prices lower and lifting risk assets with the Dow and Russell hitting records and the S&P up…
- IPO Flood: Can Markets Digest the New Supply? · 9 min · Episode 66Markets rose last week with the S&P up about 0.66%, led by materials, staples and financials while tech lagged. A wave of large U.S. tech IPOs, including SpaceX's debut, raises…
