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When the Trump administration’s crypto czar, David Sacks, recently held a news conference to announce a new congressional working group to advance cryptocurrency regulation, many digital asset enthusiasts were unimpressed and underwhelmed. “There were a lot of people on X who felt like this wasn’t, you know, a mind-blowing announcement,” Sacks said on a podcast a few days later, referring to the social media outlet formerly known as Twitter. “Time is critical,” Ji Hun Kim, president and acting CEO at the Crypto Council for Innovation said at a recent House committee hearing titled: “A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward.”

Bitcoin's lackluster price action may receive a jolt from this week's macroeconomic calendar.

Personal health and wellness is one of the many secular tailwinds for healthcare companies. But speed bumps have persisted in the wake of COVID-19 as players destocked inventories in 2023 and 2024. This has weighed on the returns lately as the industry has pulled back by 1.7% over the past six months, a noticeable divergence from the S&P 500’s 9% return.

Semiconductors are the silicon backbone of the digital revolution. Demand for chips is variable though, meaning that corporate inventory levels and sentiment can significantly impact the industry. Uncertainty surrounding these factors has hurt semiconductor stocks over the past six months as they have pulled back by 7.5%. This drawdown is a far cry from the S&P 500’s 9% ascent.

Most consumer discretionary businesses succeed or fail based on the broader economy. Lately, it seems like demand trends have worked in their favor as the industry has returned 15.5% over the past six months, outpacing S&P 500 by 6.6 percentage points.

Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the industry’s six-month return of 5.7% has fallen short of the S&P 500’s 9% rise.

Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy, and the industry is currently lagging as its six-month return of 5.7% has trailed the S&P 500’s 9% gain.