📊 Commodities Up, Policy Risks Ahead

Good Morning Investors,

Commodity and energy small-caps benefited from higher crude and rising input prices. Semiconductors gained on the day but remain exposed to trade and export-restriction headlines.

Policy chatter around tariffs, tokenization, and regulation could weigh on consumer, furniture, and listed fintech/trading names.

Sentiment is bifurcated—rate-cut optimism supports small-cap flows, but political pressure on the Fed and trade-policy risks elevate near-term volatility.

Matthias Schneider
Editor at Analytica Investor