Market & Economic Headwinds Are Building | Lance Roberts

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Nov 8, 2025

Lance Roberts, a seasoned portfolio manager, shares his insights on the building economic headwinds as we approach 2026. He discusses concerning trends, including slowing growth and high market valuations, while cautioning against unrealistic earnings expectations. The conversation dives into the recent pullback in AI stocks, the Fed's new liquidity measures, and the challenges facing the middle class. Additionally, Lance explores potential investment opportunities in the oil and gas sector amidst these macroeconomic shifts.

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Building Market Headwinds For 2026

Economics, earnings expectations, and valuations are all elevated and becoming problematic into next year.
Lance Roberts warns these rising headwinds could cause higher volatility and lower returns in 2026.

ANECDOTE

Personal Update: Family, Chemo, And Man Cave

Lance's wife is undergoing chemotherapy and working on building AI data-center power infrastructure.
Lance built an office above his garage and is broadcasting from his man cave while maintaining distance due to illness.

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Energy Thematic Being Built With Long Hold

Lance and Michael are building a thematic energy portfolio focused on oil, gas, and transport for AI power needs.
They expect it to require a one-to-two-year hold and warn it may fall 20–30% before bottoming.

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There are now such a host of reasons to have concern for both the economy & markets heading into 2026, that the Wall Street euphoria is starting to wear off.The headwinds are building, cautions Lance Roberts.Slowing growth, unrealistic earnings expectations and historically-high valuations are all good reasons to worry.Lance and I discuss his outlook heading into 2026, as well as this week's weakness in the all-important AI stocks, the Fed's new "not QE" program, the future of the dollar, the plight of the middle class, as well as Lance's firm's latest trades.For everything that mattered to markets this week, watch this Market Recap.

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