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Bloomberg Surveillance TV: September 4th, 2026 | Bloomberg Surveillance
Bloomberg Surveillance
· · 22 min · Hosts: Tom Keene, Paul Sweeney, Lisa Mateo, Michael Barr · Guests: Christopher Verrone, Stephanie Roth, Mark Newman
Summary
The guests argued that the market’s recent wobble looks more like a seasonal soft patch than the start of a deeper breakdown. The strategist said credit remains the key tell, noting that double-B spreads are at cycle tights and that he is not seeing the kind of deterioration that preceded past late-cycle selloffs. He also said the recent rise in Treasury yields is less alarming than many suggest, because global sovereign yields are moving together and U.S. rates are still far from levels that would force money out of equities.
The labor-market discussion centered on a strong jobs report, with the economist saying the upside surprise mostly reflected reversals in prior seasonal weakness rather than a new inflationary acceleration. She argued that wages remain too subdued to create a lasting price spiral and that the next decisive signal for the Fed will come from CPI. The host and analyst added that the report does not rule out a September hold, but it also keeps a rate hike on the table if core inflation comes in hotter than expected.
Later, the conversation shifted to semiconductors and memory pricing. The analyst said backlash against data-center buildouts could become a headwind, while Apple’s need to raise iPhone prices reflects surging memory costs. He said memory pricing has risen so sharply that it cannot continue at the same pace, but he still sees strong demand and values leading memory names on trough-to-normalized earnings assumptions.
Key takeaways
- The strategist said credit is still supportive, with double-B spreads at cycle tights and no sign yet of the deterioration that would usually warn of a late-cycle break.
- He said the recent rise in U.S. yields is not a panic move, because G7 rates are higher together and 10-year Treasuries are still within a historically narrow range.
- The economist said the payrolls beat was helped by seasonal reversals in leisure and hospitality, not by a new surge in underlying labor demand.
- She said wages at about 0.27% month over month and roughly 3.5% annualized do not point to a self-reinforcing inflation spiral.
- The analyst said memory prices have risen 60% to 70% quarter on quarter and are up roughly 300% to 400% year over year, but the pace cannot keep accelerating.
Notable quotes
“Bullishness is not over the top given the market trailing six-month performance”
“the strong data seems to be correcting for some of the seasonal issues that we've seen”
“I mean, certainly not with, you know, average hourly earnings coming in at 0.27 27 after a string of, you know, fairly sluggish readings”
How the episode opens
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Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere else you listen. And as always on the Bloomberg terminal and the Bloomberg business app, we begin this hour with stock steady as investors look to close out the week higher. Chris Veron of Bed Strategus remaining constructive writing there's some unsettled price action under the hood of the market.
Bullishness is not over the top given the market trailing six-month performance. Chris joins us now for more. Chris, good morning.
Good to see you.
Great to be here, John.
That unsettled movement, help us identify what are you pointing to? Yeah, I think what you've seen basically since mid um since the middle part of last month is this little momentum bleed uh under the surface. You've seen 20-day lows actually start to expand.
I think we got to about 30% of the index making a one-mon low uh this week. So, what we're trying to decipher is this just the typical seasonal premidterm softness here or is there actually something uh cyclally weak starting to streak through this market? I think that's the big question as we set up not just to payrolls today and CPI next week uh and the Fed in two weeks.
It's you know have we started to see some cyclical deterioration where you would not be hiking into a strong economy you'd be hiking into a weaker one. I think that's the big question here.
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Topics
- world markets
- economy outlook
- market strategy
- economic indicators
- investment outlook
Companies and tickers mentioned
- Baird Strategas
- Wolfe Research
- Bernstein Institutional Services
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