2026 Market Predictions (Part 1) | Macro Trends + Top Ticker Picks

This is Part 1 of our 2026 market outlook. We didn’t split this because the strategy changes — we split it because the episode got long.

In this series we’re doing what most “predictions” don’t: showing our work. We walk through the major themes we expect to drive 2026 and we layer in how we’re thinking about positioning as we go — income vs growth, risk mitigation, and valuation discipline.

Part 1 covers themes like:

• AI continuing to dominate (and the next wave: agentic + physical + sovereign AI)
• Data center exposure (including “outside-the-box” income angles)
• Robotics + automation
• Quantum computing
• Interest rate cuts + a softer labor market (and what that means for income sectors) ...